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Founded in 1946 by Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright, the Fulbright Scholarship Program is an international educational exchange program available to citizens of the United States and other countries. Funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and funded by Congress budgetary funding, the program awards approximately 8,000 scholarships and grants annually to graduate and graduate students, academics, teachers, professors, and professionals. Fulbright's goal is to improve relationships between Americans and people around the world by giving them the opportunity to share experiences and ideas in order to solve problems that affect everyone. If you would like to take advantage of this exchange program, please follow the steps below and you will learn how to get a Fulbright Scholarship.

Steps

1. 1 Plan ahead. Since the number of grants is limited, applying for the Fulbright Fellowship is a long and stressful process. In most cases, applications will begin 15 months prior to the expected start date, and the application deadline is approximately 11 or 12 months prior to the start date. Ideally, it is best to start planning this already 2 years before you plan to use the Fulbright program.
   • Some grants, such as the Fulbright mtvU Fellowship and the Fulbright Specialist Program, operate on a different schedule than the above. You will need to visit the Fulbright website for specific application deadlines for the program that suits you.
2. 2 Check out the requirements for citizens. Fulbright Scholarships enable US citizens to travel to any country participating in the Fulbright Program, as well as citizens of those countries to travel to the United States. The requirements for citizens are described below:
   • To win a Fulbright grant and travel overseas from the United States, applicants must be US Natives or naturalized citizenship. As an applicant, you may be staying in a foreign country at the time of application, but you will not be able to apply to study in the same country while staying in one of these countries: Australia, Belgium, Chile, China, Finland, France, Holland, Hong Kong, Israel, Jordan, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom or Vietnam. You also cannot apply for a Fulbright Grant to study in an EU country if you currently reside in a country that is a member of the EU.
   • To travel from a foreign country to the United States and pass the Fulbright Commission, Fulbright grant applicants must meet the citizenship requirements of the United States' agreement with that country. Fulbright Commissions now operate in 50 countries.
   • Fulbright applicants living in foreign countries where the Fulbright program is overseen by the US Embassy must meet the requirements to have a valid passport of their country of residence.
   • Non-citizens living in the United States cannot apply for Fulbright grants to study in the United States while residing in the United States. They can apply for a scholarship through their home country if they are participating in the Fulbright program, but they are usually required to be in that country at the time they apply for the grant.
   • Dual Citizenship Applicants - United States and a Fulbright Foreign Country may apply for a Fulbright Grant to travel to another participating country, but cannot apply for a Fulbright Fellowship to study in the United States. They can apply for a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the country of which they hold as a second citizenship, if permitted by the agreement of that country and the United States; otherwise, they can apply to study in another foreign country participating in the Fulbright program.
3. 3 Be able to speak a foreign language. Foreign participants in the Fulbright program must be fluent or reasonably proficient in English. US citizens applying for Fulbright scholarships and traveling to foreign countries must be proficient in the language of the country in which they plan to study.
4. 4 Decide which country you would like to study in. Fulbright Scholarships allow eligible US citizens to travel to any of 150 countries around the world, or citizens of those countries to visit the United States. You can find a list of countries by region on the Fulbright Program website (http://fulbright.state.gov/participating-countries.html).
   • Fulbright grants are also available for many countries within the Regional Network for Applied Research (NEXUS) area.
   • Some countries do not participate in Fulbright programs themselves, but in partnership with other participating countries. For example, the Caribbean countries Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent are in partnership with Barbados.Citizens of any of these countries can apply to America through the Barbados program, and US citizens wishing to visit one of these countries will apply through the same program.
   • You can also take advantage of the Fulbright Scholarship to visit the territory of a foreign country participating in the Fulbright program or, while living in that country, visit the United States under this program. The same laws apply in the territory as in the country participating in the program; for example, to visit French Guiana, you will follow the same rules as when entering France.
   • Fulbright Scholarships are not intended to allow citizens of one participating country to study in another participating country. The Fulbright Program is a strictly bi-national exchange program between the United States and the countries participating in the program.
5. 5 Decide which Fulbright scholarship you want to compete for. The Fulbright Scholarships offer students not only in the humanities and social sciences, but also in biology, chemistry, computer science, mechanical engineering, mathematics, performing arts, physics, global public health, telecommunications, visual arts and interdisciplinary fields that affect one of the separately supported research areas. You can apply for different types of Fulbright grants, depending on whether you are a student, academic, educator, or working professional. Below is a list of Fulbright's programs; first, programs for US citizens are indicated, then for citizens of other countries.
   • The Fulbright Program for US Students (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html) is provided for one academic year to college graduates, graduate students, cultural workers and young professionals to study, research and / or teach English in a foreign country. "Cultural figures" are those who work in the field of visual arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, graphic design) and theatrical art (acting, dance, music, writing). This program includes the Fulbright mtvU Scholarship (https://us.fulbrightonline.org/types_mtvu.html), which gives 4 US students a chance to study music abroad and the Fulbright Teaching English Practice (http: // us. fulbrightonline.org/thinking_teaching.html), which empowers teachers and student teachers to teach English and American culture to international students.
   • The Critical Languages ​​Scholarship Program is a 7 to 10 week program that is open to undergraduates, graduates, and graduate students from the United States. The program teaches 13 foreign languages ​​of "strategic importance": Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangladeshi / Bengali, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish and Urdu, and provides additional information about the culture of these countries.
   • The Fulbright Scholarship Program for US Residents (http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/) is available to holders of a PhD or other equivalent degree. Participants can lecture or do research work for a semester or year.
   • The Fulbright Program for Specialists (http://www.cies.org/Specialists/) offers the opportunity to exchange experiences from 2 to 6 weeks for both researchers and specialists to share their experience with scientific institutions abroad. The goal of the program is to help these institutions improve their curriculum, teaching staff and strategic planning.
   • The Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship Program for Research Abroad (http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsfra/index.html) is open to postdoctoral faculty members in the United States who teach a non-Western foreign language and culture. Its sister program, the Fulbright-Hayes Overseas Project Teams Program (http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsgpa/), organizes groups of students, teachers and professors to study the language and culture of a foreign country together. being in it.Unlike other Fulbright programs, these programs are not funded by the State Department, but by the US Department of Education.
   • The Fulbright Public Order Fellowship Program (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/fulbright-public-policy-fellowships.html) provides an opportunity for US students and professionals to gain public sector experience and research while at service with a foreign government.
   • The Fulbright Teachers Program (http://www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org/) is an exchange of private, high school, and selected secondary school teachers between educational institutions in the United States and foreign countries.
   • Fulbright programs for international students of the last year include studies at US universities from 4 to 6 weeks on an international student exchange program, which gives scholarships for one semester or an academic year. Under the student exchange program, groups of the most gifted international students come to the United States to engage in thorough study of the sciences, social activities and social and cultural activities, while the International Student Exchange Program will bring students from countries not recognized by the UN for the same goals, but at a slower pace.
   • Through the Fulbright International Students Program, graduate students, artists and young professionals from other countries can come to the United States to study and conduct their research. Some of the available annual grants will be renewable. One of the grants, the Fulbright Prize for Science and Technology, gives international students the opportunity to study science, engineering, or mechanical engineering at some of the most renowned colleges and universities in the United States.
   • Fulbright Scholarship Programs for Research Fellows and Visiting Professors are available to foreign nationals holding a doctorate or relevant work and research experience. They give international researchers the opportunity to teach and continue their postdoctoral studies at colleges and universities in the United States for one year.
   • The Fulbright Foreign Language Teacher Program allows foreign teachers of English to travel to America to improve their skills and learn more about American culture.
   • The Hubert Humphrey Scholarships are available to experienced overseas professionals from developing countries. Under the program, they can travel to the United States for a year to gain theoretical knowledge and professional experience.
6. 6 Apply for your chosen Fulbright Scholarship. US citizens can apply for the Fulbright Scholarship through the college where they are studying or take it to an institution that oversees the program that interests them. The Cooperating Agencies will forward these applications to the Fulbright Commission or the US Embassy in the country of study specified in the application. Foreign nationals applying for a Fulbright Scholarship to travel to the United States must apply to either the Fulbright Commission or the US Embassy in their home country, whichever is running the program there. The commission or embassy will make recommendations to both American and foreign citizens - they will be referred to the Fulbright Foreigners Program Admissions Office, which will decide who will receive the grants.
   • The Foreigners Scholarship Commission consists of 12 members appointed by the President of the United States. The members of the council are selected from academia and the state apparatus.

Tips

• The Fulbright Program does not work in countries with which the United States does not have diplomatic relations.If you are a citizen of such a country, you can officially register in the country with which the United States has diplomatic relations, and through which you can apply to participate in the Fulbright program. You will have to contact the Fulbright Commission or the US Embassy in the country where you plan to stay in order to be eligible.
• If, after reviewing the scholarships provided by this program, you decide that the Fulbright program is not for you, be aware that the Foreign Office provides other exchange programs. US citizens should visit the ureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs website (http://exchanges.state.gov/); International nationals visit EducationUSA (http://www.educationusa.info/5_steps_to_study/) or the websites of US colleges and universities that interest them. Everyone can also visit the Institute for International Learning (http://www.iie.org/), which oversees some of Fulbright's programs and is responsible for educational listing and funding (http://www.fundingusstudy.org/) in the country and abroad.
• There is no set age limit for the Fulbright Scholarship, but some programs take into account the preferred age of applicants: Applicants for the Foreign Language Teacher Program must be between 21 and 29 years old at the time of application, and in some countries, the Fulbright Language Teacher Program requires only see candidates under the age of 30.
• Most Fulbright scholarships cover all member costs: flights to and from the host country, monthly scholarship for the entire period stipulated by the grant, full or partial tuition fees, insurance in case of illness or accidents, as well as the cost of any orientation or excursion activities related to with the program. Read the terms of the program you are interested in before applying.

Warnings

• Fulbright Fellowships cannot be used to fund travel that is primarily intended to attend a conference, complete a doctoral dissertation, travel to specific institutions as a consultant, or conduct clinical research that involves patient contact. The Fulbright Scholarships are also not solely for foreign nationals to learn English, but the Foreign Language Teacher Program is available to foreigners who teach English so that they can improve their teaching skills.
• Fulbright Scholarships cannot be awarded to U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs employees, their immediate family members, or employees of a firm or agency who are contracted to provide their services to the Foreign Office for exchange program matters.
• You cannot receive the Fulbright Fellowship and the Foreign Office Graduate Medical Graduate Grant at the same time. (This program gives international students the opportunity to study clinical medicine in the United States).