Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

U.S. Scholar Application Update

Fulbright U.S. Scholar applications for 2025-26 continue to be reviewed as stated on our timeline pages (US Scholar and IEA). Any updates about applications will be communicated to applicants over email. The competition for the 2026-27 U.S. Scholar Program is open.

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

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Donald O'Connell	University of Maryland, College Park	Universidad Panamericana , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Economics	Mexico	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Kemper	Southern Methodist University	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Anthropology	Mexico	1991-1992	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

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Host Institution

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Academic Years

Program

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Angela Moyano de Guevara	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	University of Chicago	History	Mexico	1986-1987	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Luis Aguilar	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	University of California, Berkeley	Political Science	Mexico	1987-1988	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Luis Alberto Vargas-Guadarrama	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Michigan State University	Anthropology	Mexico	1981-1982	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Gabriel Linares Gonzalez	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	University of California, Santa Barbara	Literature	Mexico	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Barbara Blaha Degler	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	University of Kansas	Linguistics	Mexico	2013-2014	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Efrain Lazos Ochoa	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Philosophy	Mexico	2012-2013	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Clementina Lastra	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	University of Texas at Austin	Linguistics	Mexico	1985-1986	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Alejandro Garciadiego	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Ball State University	Mathematics	Mexico	1990-1991	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Katia Avina Padilla	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Virology	Mexico	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mario Figueroa Saldivar	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	University of California, San Diego	Chemistry	Mexico	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Vito Hernandez Melchor	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	National Institutes of Health	Neuroscience	Mexico	2023-2024	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Vahram Chavushyan	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Harvard University	Astronomy	Mexico	2022-2023	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jesus Alberto Diaz Cruz	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Paleontology	Mexico	2020-2021	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

U.S. Scholar Application Update

U.S. Grantees

Visiting Grantees