Bahir Dar University | Fulbright Scholar Program

Non-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

Country

Ethiopia

State

Amhara

City

Bahir Dar

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Samuel Lakeou	University of the District of Columbia	Bahir Dar University	Engineering	Ethiopia	2009-2010	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Wendy Belcher	Princeton University	Bahir Dar University	Humanities	Ethiopia	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James McCann	Boston University	Addis Ababa University , Bahir Dar University	Humanities	Ethiopia	2012-2013	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Solomon Weldegirma	University of South Florida	Bahir Dar University	Chemistry	Ethiopia	2018-2019	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Assefa Melesse	Florida International University	Bahir Dar University	Engineering	Ethiopia	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Wendy Tilton	New York University	Bahir Dar University	Education	Ethiopia	2012-2013	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jeanette Coufal	University of Kentucky	Bahir Dar University	Education	Ethiopia	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Vachel Miller	Appalachian State University	Bahir Dar University	Education	Ethiopia	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Shumet Sishagne	Christopher Newport University	Addis Ababa University , Bahir Dar University	History	Ethiopia	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Barbara Engebretsen	Wayne State College	Bahir Dar University	Physiology	Ethiopia	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Johnathan Bascom	Calvin University	Bahir Dar University	Physical Sciences	Ethiopia	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Krystyna Stave	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Bahir Dar University	Physical Sciences	Ethiopia	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jonathan Patz	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Bahir Dar University	Public Health	Ethiopia	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Fantahun Ayele Ibrahim	Bahir Dar University	Howard University	History	Ethiopia	2019-2020	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Melkamu Belachew Moges	Bahir Dar University	Georgia Institute of Technology	Law	Ethiopia	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Getasew Admasu Wubetu	Bahir Dar University	Oregon State University - Corvallis	Physics	Ethiopia	2024-2025	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program