PHILADELPHIA -- Frank Furstenberg, professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists Grant in Sociology at the Instituto de Economía.

The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program offers two- to six-week grants to leading U.S. academics and professionals to support curricular and faculty development and institutional planning at academic institutions in 140 countries around the world.

Created to complement the traditional Fulbright Scholars Program which was started in 1946, the Senior Specialists Program aims to increase the number of faculty and professionals who travel abroad on a Fulbright.

The Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and managed by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.

Grantees also undertake new activities, ranging from conducting teacher training and developing and assessing curricula or educational materials to leading seminars or workshops or conducting needs assessments.

Further information about the program is available at the CIES Web site: http://www.cies.org.