Fulbright Program: Difference between revisions

|OrgSponsor=United States Department of State

|Mission=To increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries through educational exchange. The program facilitates cultural exchange by enabling participants to study, teach, or conduct research abroad.

The Fulbright Program exchanges scholars and students with numerous countries in bilateral partnerships managed by commissions for each country. It provides funding for U.S. persons to visit other countries in the U.S. Student Program, U.S. Scholar Program, Teacher Exchange Program, and others, and enables foreign nationals to visit the United States in programs such as the Foreign Student Program, Visiting Scholar Program, Teacher Exchange Program.

* The Fulbright Degree Program funds graduate education for international students wanting to study in the United States. Students apply for the scholarship in their home country and after a long process, they can pursue a Masters or Ph.D. program in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.scholarden.com/fulbright-scholarship/fulbright-scholarship-2020-step-wise-guide/|title=Fulbright Scholarship 2020 – Step-Wise Guide {{!}} Scholar Den|last=admin|date=February 16, 2020|website=SD GRE Blog|language=en|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219051618/https://blog.scholarden.com/fulbright-scholarship/fulbright-scholarship-2020-step-wise-guide/|archive-date=February 19, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

* The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals, and artists to research, study, or teach English abroad for one academic year. The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others' viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think. The application period opens in the spring of each year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Berkey|first=Ayden|date=October 30, 2020|title=Fulbright U.S. Student Program|url=https://accessscholarships.com/scholarship/fulbright-u-s-student-program|website=Access Scholarships}}</ref> Since the inaugural class in 1949, [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Yale]], [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]], [[Columbia University in the City of New York|Columbia]], and [[University of Michigan|Michigan]] have been the top producers of U.S. Student Program scholars. Michigan has been the leading producer since 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://topproducing.fulbrightonline.org/|title=Top Producing Institutions|website=us.fulbrightonline.org|access-date=November 4, 2020}}</ref>

* The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad to conduct research and study in the United States. Some scholarships are renewed after the initial year of study.  

* The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program provides opportunities for young English teachers from overseas to refine their teaching skills and broaden their knowledge of U.S. culture and society while strengthening the instruction of foreign languages at colleges and universities in the United States.

* The Fulbright Schuman Program awards scholarships to American citizens for research in the European Union with a focus on EU affairs/policy, or the US-EU transatlantic agenda.<ref name="Which Grant is Right for Me?">{{cite web |url=http://eca.state.gov/fulbright/fulbright-programs |title=Fulbright Programs |publisher= Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs  |access-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120035802/http://eca.state.gov/fulbright/fulbright-programs |archive-date=November 20, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>