American PhD candidate living abroad - can İ apply for U.S. fellowships?

[chakobsa]

Moved to Turkey with my (Turkish) husband so he could go to medical school. We've been here for one year. İ'm starting classes towards a PhD in the spring but won't officially start as a candidate until next fall. Just wondering if anyone is/has been in a similar situation and knows of fellowships İ could apply for in the U.S. İ can't apply for Fullbright because İ've already been living here for a year... My dept. is Material Sciences and Nanotechnology - will be working on a nanobiotech project.

Thanks!

[confusedgradadmit]

I don't know about Turkey, but here in Canada (at least for NSERC, our equivalent of the NSF) you have to be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident for any of their grants. I would assume that any Turkish government funding would be similar, but always check with the relevant authorities. You may want to look at more of a private-sector basis for your funding, as they may not care what your citizenship is.

Edit: Wait, I misunderstood your question completely. Sorry. I'll leave it up there for others, though.

Anyway, again about my experience with NSERC, it is (I think) possible to study at an approved foreign institution as long as you remain a citizen of Canada, but you would need approval from NSERC.

Edited September 1, 2012 by confusedgradadmit

[random17]

As an American in Canada I've looked into this, but all the fellowships I know of (NSF, DoE, etc.) require you to be studying at a U.S. university.

[Usmivka]

As of 2011, you can no longer use US federal fellowships at international universities. Prior to the 2011 application year, you could apply NSF GRFP funding to international universities with prior approval. So, given how NSF works, you could have applied and gotten a GRFP in 2010 and then applied the funding internationally anytime between 2010-2015 if you wanted. But if you are a 2011 or later admit, it's a no-go.

Private fellowships are still a possibility: Hertz and the Ford Foundation are the only two I'm aware of that specifically allowed this post-2011.

Fulbright's are still a possibilty, as they do not require you to be affiliated with a US institution. But you must be nominated by a US school, so that may be an irrelevant distinction, unless you can get your undergrad school to nominate you.

Edited September 3, 2012 by Usmivka