2025 PARC U.S. Faculty Development Seminar on Palestine Travel Fellowships
Two program dates: May 20 – June 3, 2025 and June 17 – July 1, 2025 in Jerusalem and the West Bank
EXTENDED DEADLINE: Applications due December 23, 2024
Awards announced January 17, 2025
On October 16, PARC held an informational webinar for interested applicants. To watch the recording, click here.
The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 16th annual PARC Faculty Development Seminar (FDS) on Palestine competition for U.S. faculty members with a demonstrated interest in, but little travel experience to, Palestine. Applicants may come from any field of study. The program will host 12 U.S. faculty members to participate in roundtable discussions; visits to universities, research institutes, and cultural and civil society organizations; tours of historic cities; as well as meetings with Palestinian colleagues. Through these activities, participants will learn about the region, deepen their knowledge about their fields of interest in Palestine, and build relationships with Palestinian colleagues and institutions.
If we are not able to travel to Palestine in 2025, we will provide awardees and alternates with a one-year, virtual FDS program on Palestine. The program will include webinars from Palestinian organizations, virtual meetings at Palestinian universities, and more until we can travel together.
Applicants must:
- Be U.S. citizens.
- Be full-time faculty members at recognized U.S. colleges or universities. Applicants may come from any academic discipline, including the arts, humanities, social sciences, law, health, media/film, and sciences.
- Have a demonstrated interest in Palestine.
- Have little previous travel experience to Palestine.
- Be willing to integrate their experiences from the seminar into their own teaching, research, and/or other projects.
- Be willing to use their skills, experience, and resources to benefit Palestinian colleagues and institutions.
- Be a member of PARC. Visit the PARC membership page on our website for more information.
PARC will make all arrangements for the program, including hotel, site visits, tours, and meetings with Palestinian colleagues. During the program PARC will cover all expenses in Palestine for group ground travel, accommodations, and group meals. International travel and personal and free day expenses will be the responsibility of each faculty member and/or their institution. In cases of demonstrated need, limited funding is available to cover partial costs for international travel. PARC will select up to 12 professors as participants and alternates for these two FDS programs.
Professors from Community Colleges and Minority Serving Institutions are especially encouraged to apply. If not covered by their institutions, PARC will provide travel stipends of up to $1,000 each for airfare.
Funding for Community College and Minority Serving Institution participants is provided by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs through an agreement with CAORC.