The Scholar is expected to teach undergraduate courses, graduate courses or both in one or more areas of Scholar's specialization. As requested by the host institution, Scholars may offer tutorials, advise students, and assist in curriculum development or faculty training. Scholars are expected to teach approximately 20 to 40 hours per week.

Conduct policy-oriented research that addresses topics of common importance for the US-EU relationship and/or EU affairs and that is tenable in one, two, or three EU Member States. 

One American scholar will be selected for the Fulbright-Schuman Innovation Award, designed to support research at the intersection of policy and technology that can improve the transatlantic understanding of issues at the heart of the US-EU relationship.