The Global Teaching Fellowship Program

CEU works with Partner Universities, GTFP Host Institutions around the world to provide teaching experience via Fellowships. Through the Global Teaching Fellowhip Program, a selected group of advanced doctoral candidates and recent doctoral graduates have the opportunity to teach at a GTFP Host Institution for a semester or an academic year. Global Teaching Fellowships combine teaching with research, thus giving the Fellows the opportunity to contribute to the academic and civic life of the Host Institution and have a fulfilling scholarly experience.

Over the past years, the Global Teaching Fellowship Program depending on the external funding avaliable and the inter-institutional agreements signed between CEU and the GTFP Host Institutions, provided GT Fellows with a set of benefits for example a monthly stipend or salary, coverage of the travel or medical insurance, a return airfare ticket, housing or housing allowance. In most cases the GTFP Host Institutions sponsored the teaching acitivities of the Fellows, and where it was relevant CEU co-funded the Fellowship. The financial responsibility for a Fellowship is shared between CEU, the GTFP Host Institution and the grantee, the Global Teaching Fellow. Details of the Fellowship(s) are described in the respective GTFP Calls for Applications.

All GT Fellows are integrated into the department of the GTFP Host Institution, have a well-defined teaching load and may have other academic and civic duties. The Fellows may be required to be involved in tutoring undergraduate, graduate students, giving talks, participating in workshops or similar academic events, and they are encouraged to participate in local community activities. GTFP Host Institutions will support the Fellows’ research agendas, making it possible for Fellows to continue to work on their doctoral dissertations if needed.

The teaching may be provided under the framework of an employment contract, or other form of affiliation (e.g.: scholarship), the academic status of the Fellows at the GTFP Host Institution may be e.g.: junior visiting faculty, visiting faculty, teaching assistant. 

CEU is committed to ensuring that the institutions in which the GT Fellows are placed are appropriate, and that the academic positions and activities supported by the Fellowship enhance the Fellows’ academic qualifications meet workload goals, and are consistent with the educational objectives of the Teaching Fellow and the CEU doctoral programs.

GTFP Host Institutions may also have teaching/research postdoctoral fellowship or research schemes which they intend to open to the doctoral candidates/doctoral graduates. They have a strong and reciprocal interest in long-term collaboration with CEU.

During GTFP Yehuda Elkana Center for Teaching, Learning, and Higher Education Research provides ongoing and sustained academic support for all Global Teaching Fellows (GTFs) in the area of higher education teaching and learning. It integrates workshop session(s) and individual consultations (upon demand) to assist Fellows in making their Fellowship a valuable contribution in developing as academic professionals and future education leaders. The Mentoring Program is an integral part of the Global Teaching Fellowship. It consists of a pre-application stage and three mentoring stages. For more information please visit: https://elkana.ceu.edu/

Who can apply?

Doctoral students and (recent) graduates of CEU:

Global Teaching Fellows can have no other work nor grant affiliation with CEU or other related entities during the time of teaching via GTFP nor can they have a CEU write-up grant.

Recent Doctoral Graduates who have received a doctoral degree from CEU not earlier than 2 years prior to application for a Global Teaching Fellowship.

CEU Doctoral Candidates who are in their third year of doctoral studies or beyond, and have the written endorsement of their doctoral supervisor and the director of the doctoral program.

All Candidates are encouraged to complete the CTL Program for Excellence in Teaching in Higher Education and other courses offered by CTL before taking on a Fellowship.

Doctoral students and (recent) graduates of OSUN and/or CIVICA Member Institutions:

Due to the OSUN (Open Society University Network) funding a number of Calls for Applications are open to Doctoral Candidates and Recent Doctoral Graduates of OSUN (University Network) and CIVICA (European University) member institutions.

Doctoral Candidates who are in their third year of doctoral studies or beyond, and have the written endorsement of their doctoral supervisor and the director of the doctoral program.

Recent Doctoral Graduates who have received a doctoral degree from an OSUN member institution not earlier than 2 years prior to application for a Global Teaching Fellowship.

In case your Doctoral Studies are not in English, an English language Certificate might be required (Min. TOEFL iBT 110 or equivalent).

GTFP application process in summary:

1. All applications are collected by the GTFP Office at CEU.

2. Application documents are shared with the GTFP representatives of the partner institution where the candidate would like to teach.

3. The partner institution's representative informs the GTFP Office at CEU, and the applicants about their decision.

GTFP partnerships always aim at supporting the missions of GTFP Host Institutions and their efforts towards internationalization, especially where such efforts involve diversification of curricula that requires an increasing number of courses taught in English. In addition (as mentioned above) to fulfilling their academic responsibilities, the Fellows are encouraged to participate, as appropriate, in other activities involving the local community in ways specified by the Partner’s mission and its civic engagement. GTFP must also must also comply with the the priorities of the Program.

CEU’s financial contribution to a GT Fellowship is an acknowledgment of GTFP’s research component and is disbursed as a research grant. The CEU Research Grant Committee approves grants on monthly basis. The Research grant application form template(!), and the monthly deadlines for research grant applications can be found below.

GTFP Fellows, CEU Units and Partner Universities are advised by the terms of the Guidelines, which can be downloaded from the link below.