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[lihede]

My husband I got an offer for a new job. He also was awarded a Fulbright grant. Both offer cane in this evening.  He has not informed his present place of employment. This problem is the new job and the Fulbright scholarship begin in the first week of July 2010.  The new job pays more money than the current one. What does he do? Accept the new job with the explanation that he has to leave for a Fulbright Scholarship that requires him to be out of the country for 6 months? Or turn down the new job and stay at his current employment and take the Fulbright offer?  My husband wants the new job and the Fulbright because that is really what went to do! What does do? Can anyone help? Has anyone been in this kind of situation before?

Thanks for helping!

[totoro]

Assuming that the new job is an academic one then he should tell them about the Fulbright. If it's a TT job they probably will be really happy and hire an adjunct for 6 months while he is away. Or they should be. If it's not a TT job and he still has a position where he is then maybe he should stay where he is if they are happy for him to go on the Fulbright.

[systeme_d_]

Call the chair of the department at the new job.  Inform the chair of the Fulbright.  Ask the chair if arrangements can be made to start the new job in January of 2011.  As Totoro noted, the department can likely hire an adjunct for the fall semester of 2010.

And in answer to your question, this does happen.  No chair will be surprised by it.