Fulbright Program - Wikipedia

Fulbright Program - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 History Toggle History subsection 1.1 Founding 1.2 Program terminations 1.3 2025 board resignations and political interference 2 Program Toggle Program subsection 2.1 Student grants 2.2 Scholar grants 2.3 Teacher grants 2.4 Grants for professionals 2.5 Fulbright–Hays Program 3 Administration 4 Related organizations 5 Bilateral commissions 6 Notable alumni Toggle Notable alumni subsection 6.1 List of selected group of notable Fulbright grant recipients 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Toggle the table of contents Fulbright Program 41 languages العربية Azərbaycanca Беларуская Български Català Čeština Deutsch Ελληνικά Esperanto Español فارسی Suomi Français Galego עברית Magyar Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Italiano 日本語 한국어 Lietuvių മലയാളം Монгол मराठी Nederlands Norsk bokmål Polski Português Русский Simple English Slovenčina Slovenščina Shqip Српски / srpski Svenska Türkçe Українська Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Switch to legacy parser Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American educational grant program "Fulbright" redirects here. For other uses, see Fulbright (disambiguation) . Not to be confused with Fullbright . Award Fulbright Program Awarded for Grants for U.S. professors ("scholars"), graduating college seniors and graduate students ("students"), young professionals ("specialists"), and artists to research, study, or teach English abroad Sponsored by Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State Established August 1946 (79 years ago) ( 1946-08 ) Website fulbrightprogram .org The Fulbright Program , including the Fulbright–Hays Program , is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations , cultural diplomacy , and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through the mutual exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. The program was founded by United States senator J. William Fulbright in 1946, and has been considered as one of the most prestigious scholarships in the United States. [ 1 ] Via the program, competitively selected American citizens including students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists, and artists may receive scholarships or grants to study, conduct research, teach, or exercise their talents abroad; and citizens of other countries may qualify to do the same in the United States. The program provides approximately 8,000 grants annually, comprising roughly 1,600 grants to U.S. students, 1,200 to U.S. scholars, 4,000 to foreign students, 900 to foreign visiting scholars, and several hundred to teachers and professionals. [ 2 ] The Fulbright Program is administered by cooperating organizations such as the Institute of International Education and operates in over 160 countries around the world. [ 3 ] The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State sponsors the Fulbright Program and receives funding from the United States Congress via annual appropriation bills . Additional direct and in-kind support comes from partner governments, foundations, corporations, and host institutions both in and outside the U.S. [ 4 ] In 49 countries, a bi-national Fulbright Commission administers and overse…