Fulbright Scholarships

Postgraduate Programs

The U.S. Fulbright Graduate Student Program is designed to give recent Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts graduates, master's and doctoral candidates, and young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development and international experience. Grantees plan their own programs. Projects may include university course work, independent library or field research, classes in a music conservatory or art school, special projects in the social or life sciences, or a combination of these.

The Fulbright program welcomes applications from men and women in all fields and at all levels. Graduating seniors need not have formulated specific educational or career goals, since the awards are intended to broaden their horizons before they determine their career plans.

The U.S. Congress created the Fulbright program in 1946, immediately after World War II, to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchanges. Senator J. William Fulbright, sponsor of the legislation, saw it as a step toward building an alternative to armed conflict.

Today the Fulbright program is the U.S. government's premier scholarship program. It enables U.S. students and artists to benefit from unique resources in every corner of the world. Each year the program allows more than six hundred Americans to study or conduct research in more than one hundred nations.

Restrictions: Most Fulbright grants are awarded for programs of study and research that will require an academic year. The applicant must be in good health and a U.S. citizen at the time of application. In most cases, you must hold the U.S. bachelor's degree at the beginning date of your grant. Language requirements vary. In general, grantees are expected to be able to communicate with the people in the host country and carry out the proposed project.