The Commission also administers nominations for the Frank Boas Scholarship for International Legal Studies at the Harvard Law School[1] and the Cobb Family Fellowship for Icelandic citizens.
The Frank Boas scholarship for L.L.M Law study at Harvard University, is competed for annually by 9 European countries, of which Iceland is one.
The agreement sets up a three year pilot project whereby the Ministry funds the Fulbright-MFA Arctic Scholar Grant.
[7] This grant brings one US scholar to Iceland per academic year for one semester to teach, as well as conduct research.
In January 2015, the Commission signed an agreement with the US National Science Foundation (NSF) for a three-year pilot project to bring U.S. scholars and fellows to Iceland to conduct research in a wide variety of fields in the social and natural sciences, as they relate to the Arctic.
In addition to the Fulbright-NSF grants, we are participating in the Fulbright Arctic Initiative Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine (FAI).
The Ministry of Education and the U.S. Embassy appoint the Commission's Board of Directors, four Icelanders and four Americans, in addition to one alternate each.
Providing comprehensive and impartial advice on education opportunities in the U.S.[11] The Alumni Association was founded on March 25, 2008.