Fulbright Scholarships

THE FULBRIGHT PROGRAM:

• Is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
• Is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide.
• Was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to "enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries."
• Awarded approximately six thousand grants in 2010, at a cost of more than $327.3 million, to U.S. students, teachers, professionals, and scholars to study, teach, lecture, and conduct research in more than 155 countries, and to their foreign counterparts to engage in similar activities in the United States.
• Receives its primary source of funding through an annual appropriation from Congress to the Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions in foreign countries, and in the United States, also contribute financially through cost-sharing and indirect support, e.g., through salary supplements, tuition waivers, and university housing.

Current CU-Boulder Students must apply for Fulbright through the Office of International Education.  Visit their site for more information about applying: http://www.colorado.edu/suep/top-scholarships/explore/graduate-scholarships/fulbright-us-student-program.

For more information about the Fulbright Program, please visit http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html.