U.S. Scholars

Explore opportunities for U.S. citizens to go abroad with the Fulbright Scholar Program. With more than 800 awards annually to 135+ countries, find the right Fulbright for you.

U.S. Scholars

Each year roughly 850 faculty and professionals from around the world receive Fulbright Scholar awards for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States. Individual awards are available to scholars from over 100 countries.

Non-U.S. Scholars

U.S. Institutions

U.S. Higher Education institutions are instrumental to the success of the Fulbright mission. They are key allies in advancing the goal of sharing knowledge across communities, promoting mutual understanding across nations and improving lives around the world.

U.S. Institutions

Alumni

Learn how alumni can continue to stay connected and engage with the Fulbright program.

Alumni

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Visit the Fulbright Scholar Liaison Network to view over 1,600 designated Fulbright Scholar Liaisons on college and university campuses throughout the United States.

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Notable Fulbrighters

With over 400,000 Fulbrighters around the world, Fulbright alumni have achieved distinction wherever they work.

Andrea Dutton Fulbright U.S. Scholar to New Zealand, 2020 2019 MacArthur Fellow	David W. Blight – Professor and Author - Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Germany, 1992; 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History	Kip S. Thorne Fulbright U.S. Scholar to France 1966 Nobel Laureate in Physics 2017
Saidiya Hartman Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Ghana, 1997 2019 MacArthur Fellow	Jack E. Davis – Professor and Author - Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Jordan, 2002-2003; 2018 Pulitzer Prize in History	John Michael Kosterlitz - U.K. Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Cornell University 1973-1974 Nobel Laureate in Physics 2016

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