University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras | 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

State

Puerto Rico

City

San Juan

Institution IPED

243221

Liaison(s)

Agnes Bosch

Title

Associate Dean

Phone

1 (787) 764-0000

agnes.bosch@upr.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Leo Lathroum	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	University of San Marcos	Biology	Peru	1963-1964	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Helen Ryu	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	Seoul National and Korea Universities	Law	South Korea	1963-1964	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Alfred Thorne	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	University of Tehran	Economics	Iran	1966-1967	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Adela Mendez	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	National University	Language	Colombia	1959-1960	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Felicidad Catala	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	Central University	Social Work	Venezuela	1959-1960	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nereida Delgado-Monge	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	National Pedagogical University	Education	Honduras	2007-2008	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Alexandra Isfahani	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	Federal University of Pernambuco	Literature	Brazil	2003-2004	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Antonio Gaztambide	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	Central University of Venezuela	Political Science	Venezuela	2002-2003	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Rafael Rios	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	National University of Asuncion	Engineering	Paraguay	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Carla Restrepo	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	Del Valle University, Colombia	Biology	Colombia	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Alex Ruiz-Torres	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	National Polytechnic School, Ecuador	Business	Ecuador	2010-2011	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Javier Rodriguez	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	University of Montevideo	Business	Uruguay	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Alex Ruiz Torres	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	Aalto University	Business	Finland	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Luis Muniz-Arguelles	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	University of Buenos Aires	Law	Argentina	1999-2000	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Evaldo Cabarrouy	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	Various Institutions	Economics	Colombia	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Rosalina Perales	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	University of Ljubljana	Drama/Theater Arts	Slovenia	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Elsa Lopez	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	University of Antioquia	Library Science	Colombia	1998-1999	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Iris Grace Gonzalez	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	Pontifica Catholic University of Chile	Linguistics	Chile	1989-1990	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Don Walicek	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	Karl-Franzens-University of Graz	Linguistics	Austria	2018-2019	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Diana Padilla	University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras	National University of Colombia	Social Work	Colombia	2018-2019	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program