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What are the different Fulbright programs?
Types of Awards
- Open Study/Research Awards. The Fulbright Study/Research Award is the traditional award opportunity where a candidate designs a proposal for a specific country.
- English Teaching Assistant Awards.
- Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships in Public Health.
- Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.
What is the Fulbright Education Program?
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research, and/or teach English abroad. The Fulbright-Hays Program is funded by a Congressional appropriation to the United States Department of Education.
What is the difference between a Fulbright scholar and student?
What is the difference between Fulbright “students” and Fulbright “scholars” in the Fulbright Program? Fulbright “students” are participants in the Fulbright Student Program, which enables graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, teach, or conduct research.
How difficult is it to get a Fulbright scholarship?
How hard is it to get a Fulbright Grant? A: Very hard. From year to year the rate of success has remained virtually the same—a solid 20\%. However, the “odds” vary from country to country because it depends on the popularity of the country and the number of grants that country offers.
How prestigious is the Fulbright scholarship?
Today, the Fulbright Program is considered the largest and most prestigious educational exchange program, providing recent college graduates, graduate students and young professionals the opportunity to continue their education or professional development through research and study in a foreign country [source: IIE].
Is Fulbright merit based?
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad to study and conduct research in the United States. The scholarship is a merit-based award that provides up to two years of funding for graduate-level study or research at a U.S. university.
Can you stay in US after Fulbright?
Q: Can Fulbright participants stay in the United States after their program, or do they need to return to their home country? A: Upon completion of their program, Fulbrighters are required to return to their home country to complete the two-year residency requirement before becoming eligible to apply for other visas.