Pre-Departure Orientations | 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

2023 Pre-Departure Orientation Schedule

All candidates accepting awards for the following programs are required to attend a pre-departure orientation. If your country is not listed, there is no pre-departure orientation in the United States and the Fulbright Commission in your host country will provide more details.

The 2023 Pre-Departure Orientations will be virtual, and sessions will be held over the dates listed below. Attendance at Pre-Departure Orientations is mandatory. If you are not able to attend a session at the given time, you will be required to watch the recording.

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Africa, Sub-Saharan

Countries	Dates	Hosted Virtually by:
Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Cote d’Ivoire Ethiopia Eswatini Ghana Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe	July 10 – July 13, 2023	Northeastern Illinois University

East Asia and the Pacific

Countries/Programs	Dates	Hosted Virtually by:
ASEAN Research Program Cambodia Mongolia Singapore Vietnam	June 12 – June 15, 2023	Colorado State University

Europe and Eurasia

Countries	Dates	Hosted Virtually by:
Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Estonia Georgia Kosovo Latvia Lithuania North Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Serbia Slovenia	July 17 – July 20, 2023	University of Oregon

Middle East and North Africa

Countries	Dates	Hosted Virtually by:
Algeria Bahrain Kuwait Oman Palestinian Territories (West Bank) Qatar Saudi Arabia Tunisia United Arab Emirates	June 26 – June 29, 2023	Wayne State University

South and Central Asia

Countries	Dates	Hosted Virtually by:
Bhutan Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Maldives Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan	June 26 – June 29, 2023	Arizona State University, Tempe

Western Hemisphere

Countries	Date	Hosted Virtually by:
Bahamas Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Belize Bolivia Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Panama Paraguay Suriname Trinidad & Tobago	June 12 – June 15, 2023	St. John’s University

Fulbright Global Scholar Award

View recording of 2022 Pre-Departure Orientation
View PowerPoint of 2022 Pre-Departure Orientation

Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship

All candidates accepting awards for the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship program are required to attend a virtual pre-departure orientation. In addition, Fellows to Botswana, Cambodia, Fiji, Ghana, Rwanda, Timor-Leste and Vietnam will be required to attend a pre-departure orientation for their respective world region (see above for dates).

Countries	Dates	Hosted Virtually by:
Botswana Cambodia Colombia Fiji Ghana Peru Rwanda Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam	TBD	TBD

Non-U.S. Scholars

U.S. Institutions