The teaching assignment is the reason for the grant. Therefore, you may include any or all of the following in your Statement.

• Why you would like be a language teaching assistant abroad.
• Why you have chosen the particular country
• How your background and academic preparation relates to the particular ETA country program and the responsibilities that you are expected to carry out.
• How you expect to benefit from the assignment, and what use you will make of the experience upon your return to the United States.

In addition, most country programs expect grantees to engage in other activities related to their personal, career and/or educational interests. Applicants should consider a project that they intend to pursue if awarded the grant. Keep in mind that these activities should be flexible respective to geographic location, since you will not know where you will be placed. Depending in the country, you may pursue a course of study, conduct research into topics or issues relative to host country, engage in specific volunteer activities, or a combination of these. In the Statement of Proposed Study, briefly describe the project plan and include some or all of the following (1) why the activities are appropriate to host country, (2) skills, talents or other qualifications that you bring to the project plan, (3) how you view this plan as contributing to your professional or educational development, and (4) if and how the plan contributes to the Fulbright goals of mutual understanding and host community engagement. Remember that the primary activity for ETAs is teaching and not the project.