For Researchers, Scholars, Professors, and Specialists
Bringing The Working World Together
CIEE Professional Exchange Programs empower international innovators – researchers, scholars, professors, and specialists from almost any industry – to collaborate with tech startups, research laboratories, universities, libraries, and other institutions and businesses across the U.S. How? By sponsoring J-1 visas in the following categories: Short-Term Scholar, Research Scholar, Professor, and Specialist.
Our goal is to bring the working world together. Participants get the opportunity to learn, demonstrate, and practice skills, to conduct research, to teach or lecture, to attend seminars, workshops, or conferences, while host organizations get a fresh global perspective and the international insights they need to succeed.
Case Study
The Rockefeller University identified a researcher from Turkmenistan they wanted to host in order to conduct a research project. However, Rockefeller University is not a designated sponsor of the J-1 Research Scholar visa. Thankfully, CIEE was here to sponsor the researcher’s visa on the university’s behalf – facilitating the international collaboration they needed to complete their research.
Why CIEE Professional Exchange Programs?
Since our founding in 1947, CIEE has helped hundreds of thousands of people gain the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world. This is more than just our history; it is experience you can trust.
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Industry Expertise
We are the nation’s oldest and largest J-1 visa sponsor. Let our experts guide you through the process.
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Visa Sponsorship
Not only will we help you navigate the immigration process, but we will also sponsor your J-1 visa.
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Industry-Leading Support
With CIEE, you get more than just a visa sponsor. You get 24/7 multilingual support.
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