The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Eric will use this grant to support his dissertation research on cross-border human-wildlife movements and land-use planning in the Tanzania-Kenya borderland. He will be affiliated with Honeyguide Foundation, a Tanzanian research institution focusing on long-term community partnership in wildlife conservation, and Tumaini University Makumira.
See US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for more information.