Fulbright Affiliations?

[hobakie]

For those that applied how did you find or were introduced to an advisor to affiliate yourself with? I am not applying this season (goo luck to those who are ) but sometime in the future I will. I want to apply for a public health related research/study grant in China ,but knowing the culture and people it is hard to just randomly email or call interesting professors/advisors and ask to be apart of their research without establishing some type of relationship first or being introduced by someone else. I plan on going to China this summer and next spring for language study and to do a different type of public health project so I figured I could try to establish some sort of relationship there. 

 

For anyone doing or applying for the research grants how did you find an advisor?

[nodens]

My former advisor knew a professor in the country I applied to (Georgia, so also not easy to find someone cold). I asked my former advisor if he minded that I email his contact over there and introduce myself as my advisor's former student, explain the process, and ask him for a recommendation. My former advisor agreed, I sent my email and my project statement, and the professor in Georgia wrote me my letter.

 

It's worth asking people you study with who they might know.

Edited February 23, 2015 by nodens