U.S. Scholars

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.

Non-U.S. Scholars

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

Alumni

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University of Rhode Island

Country

United States

State

Rhode Island

City

Kingston

Institution IPED

217484

Liaison(s)

Nancy Stricklin

Title

Assistant to the Provost

Address

Kingston, RI
United States

Phone

Email

Gifty Ako-Adounvo

Title

Vice Provost for Global Initiatives

Address

Kingston, RI
United States

Phone

Email

gako-adounvo@uri.edu

Dr. Nasser Zawia

Title

Dean

Address

Kingston, RI
United States

Phone

Email

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Bruno Vittimberga	University of Rhode Island	Polytechnic Inst	Chemistry	Italy	1980-1981	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Carl Hammen	University of Rhode Island	Faculty of Sciences	Animal Science	Morocco	1983-1984	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nancy Angeline Potter	University of Rhode Island	University of Hamilton	Literature	New Zealand	1982-1983	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Richard Hauke	University of Rhode Island	Kenyatta University College	Biology	Kenya	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Phyllis Brown	University of Rhode Island	Hebrew University	Chemistry	Israel	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Clair Cheer	University of Rhode Island	University of Thessaloniki	Chemistry	Greece	1986-1987	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jan Northby	University of Rhode Island	Max Planck Institute	Physics	Germany	1986-1987	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nancy Potter	University of Rhode Island	University of La Serena , University of Talca	Literature	Chile	1987-1988	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Greenfield	University of Rhode Island	Roskilde University	Engineering	Denmark	2016-2017	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Janet Hirsch	University of Rhode Island	University of Iceland	Medical Sciences	Iceland	1984-1985	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Richard Weeks	University of Rhode Island	University of Lisbon	Business	Portugal	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Calvin Poon	University of Rhode Island	Assiut University	Environmental Sciences	Egypt	1985-1986	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Barbara Tate	University of Rhode Island	University of Tromso	Medical Sciences	Norway	1983-1984	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Stanley Pickart	University of Rhode Island	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Philosophy	Mexico	1993-1994	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Roger Goos	University of Rhode Island	University of Lisbon	Biology	Portugal	1992-1993	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Laura Meyerson	University of Rhode Island	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Physical Sciences	Czech Republic	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Nicolai Petro	University of Rhode Island	Novgorod State University	Political Science	Russia	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Frank Heppner	University of Rhode Island	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	Biology	Brunei	1995-1996	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Rice	University of Rhode Island	Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University	Agriculture	Philippines	1996-1997	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
James Findlay	University of Rhode Island	Kossuth Lajos University	History	Hungary	1997-1998	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Pravin Patkar	Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham-University	University of Rhode Island	Social Work	India	2015-2016	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Dinker Sirdeshmukh	Kaktiya University	University of Rhode Island	Physics	India	1980-1981	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Xin-Yuan Zhu	Beijing Institute of Agriculture & Mechanics	University of Rhode Island	Economics	China	1981-1982	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mahmoud Ghorab	Cairo University	University of Rhode Island	Chemistry	Egypt	1988-1989	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Serdar Ongan	Istanbul University	University of Rhode Island , Michigan State University	Economics	Turkey	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Roberto Scasso	University of Buenos Aires	University of Rhode Island	Geology	Argentina	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
John Schinas	University of Thrace	University of Rhode Island	Engineering	Greece	1986-1987	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Valeriano Rodriguez Martinez	University of Malaga	University of Rhode Island	Biology	Spain	1986-1987	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Socrates Kokkou	University of Thessaloniki	University of Rhode Island	Physics	Greece	1984-1985	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Terence Johnson	University of Leicester	University of Rhode Island	Anthropology	United Kingdom	1985-1986	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Michael Healey	University of British Columbia	University of Rhode Island	Environmental Sciences	Canada	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Charles Antoine Claude Alexandr Guerin	University of Toulon	University of Rhode Island	Oceanography	France	2016-2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Shambhoo Srivastava	University of Roorkee	University of Rhode Island	Environmental Sciences	India	1986-1987	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Saleem Asghar	QUAID-I-AZAM UNIVERSITY	University of Rhode Island	Mathematics	Pakistan	1991-1992	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Ramji Sharma	University of Jammu	University of Rhode Island	Business	India	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Jaroslav Jaros	Comenius University	University of Rhode Island	Mathematics	Slovak Republic	1992-1993	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
George Pangalos	University of Thessaloniki	University of Rhode Island	Computer Science	Greece	1993-1994	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Young Choi	Keimyung University	University of Rhode Island	Business	South Korea	1994-1995	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mansor Isa	University of Malaya	University of Rhode Island	Business	Malaysia	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Talal Radain	King Abdulaziz University	University of Rhode Island	Engineering	Saudi Arabia	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

U.S. Scholars

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.

Non-U.S. Scholars

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

Alumni

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

View information on other Fulbright Programs

View information for students

Visit the Fulbright Scholar Directory to view the opportunities pursued by more than 50,000 alumni.

Search Fulbright Scholar Directory