fullbright scholarships

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

The program offers two types of scholarships:

• Fulbright Scholar Awards: These awards are for applicants who want to teach, research or carry out other projects abroad in a graduate-level program at a university in their home country or another country. These awards can be as long as one year but must be at least 10 months long; they are renewable for up to three years total (two years minimum). If you’re interested in teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL), you may want to apply for this type of award instead of going through our application process below
• Fulbright Foreign Student Awards: These awards are intended for non-U.S. citizens who wish to study at an accredited U.S.-based institution while they are abroad on a short-term basis (usually less than three months).

The Fulbright Program provides participants—chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential — with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.

The Fulbright program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government, designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The program offers grants for U.S. citizens to study abroad in more than 140 countries; participate in English Teaching Assistantships (ETAs) in China, Turkey and Tunisia; teach at a university level in Indonesia and Vietnam; or conduct research in eighty-one different countries around the world.

There are three types of scholarships: 1) graduate studies; 2) undergraduate or secondary school education; and 3) short term projects and internships lasting from three months to one year.

Grantees address critical global challenges in all disciplines while building relationships, knowledge, and leadership in support of the long-term interests of the United States.

The program is open to young professionals from all over the world, who have been out of school for at least two years, and who want to better their professional skills. The Fulbright Program also includes language training grants, which can be used by grantees to learn English or another language that will help them in their career.

The goal of the Fulbright Program is to increase mutual understanding between people in the United States and those abroad through educational exchange. To achieve this goal, grantees will gain first-hand experience working with local communities in a wide range of disciplines including art history, anthropology and sociology as well as business administration and public policy studies.

Fulbright alumni have achieved distinction in government, science, the arts, business, philanthropy, education and athletics. Forty-four Fulbright alumni from eleven countries have been awarded the Nobel Prize and eighty-two alumni have received Pulitzer Prizes.

You are a Fulbright Scholar if you have won a Fulbright grant for study, research or teaching abroad. You’re also a Fulbright Scholar if you’ve been awarded the Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Environmental Award or the Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Scholarship in Conservation Law and Policy.

You can find out more about these alumni online at www.fulbrightonline.org

Prominent alumni include: Martti Ahtisaari, Former President of Finland; Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human rights activist; Gaston Kaboré, President of Burkina Faso; Helmut Kohl Former Chancellor of Germany; Michael Ondaatje Novelist and poet; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Screenwriter; Juan Manuel Santos President of Colombia; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of Liberia; Leymah Gbowee Liberian peace activist, Muhammad Yunus Founder of Grameen Bank; Elie Wiesel Author; Al Gore Former Vice President of United States; Rita Dove Poet Laureate of United States.

The Fullbright Scholarship is a prestigious award that provides opportunities for advanced study or research in the United States. Fullbrights are awarded to both citizens and non-citizens to pursue graduate degrees at a wide range of institutions, including universities, community colleges, research organizations, and private companies.

Fullbrights are highly competitive: there were around 3,500 applications per year on average between 2016 and 2019 (the most recent years with data available).