What is Fulbright?
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program, offering opportunities for students, teachers, professionals, and scholars to study, teach, lecture, and conduct research in more than 160 countries worldwide; and for their foreign counterparts to engage in similar activities in the U.S. Established by Congress in 1946 and sponsored by the U.S Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright Program was created to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S and people of other countries. Since then, more than 360,000 Fulbrighters have participated in the Program, which now awards approximately 8,000 grants annually.
Fulbright Scholar Program
Designed for college and university faculty, administrators, and researchers, as well as artists and professionals, the Scholar Program enables recipients to travel out of their home countries in order to build skills and networks that make meaningful contributions to communities in different fields. The Scholar Program sends approximately 800 U.S. scholars abroad and receives 900 visiting scholars to the U.S. annually.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Targeting a wide range of academic disciplines for graduating college seniors, graduate students, and early-career professionals from different backgrounds, the Student Program offers recipients the opportunity to pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English abroad.
