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 2024 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.
| 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 15 – July 18, 2024 | Northeastern Illinois University |
| Countries/Programs | Dates | Hosted Virtually by: |
|---|---|---|
| ASEAN Research Program Cambodia Mongolia Singapore Vietnam | June 10 – June 13, 2024 | Colorado State University |
| 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 | June 24 – June 27, 2024 | Oregon State University |
| Countries | Dates | Hosted Virtually by: |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria Bahrain Kuwait Oman Palestinian Territories (West Bank) Qatar Saudi Arabia Tunisia United Arab Emirates | July 8 – July 11, 2024 | Wayne State University |
| Countries | Dates | Hosted Virtually by: |
|---|---|---|
| Bhutan Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Maldives Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan | June 24 – June 27, 2024 | Arizona State University, Tempe |
| 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 | July 8 – July 11, 2023 | St. John’s University |
2024 Pre-Departure Orientation Recording
View PowerPoint of 2024 Pre-Departure Orientation
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 Mongolia Peru Rwanda Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam | Monday, July 29, 2024 | IIE and ECA |