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Current U.S. Student

United States citizens who are currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs are eligible to apply.If you are currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at a U.S. college or university, you will apply through that institution, even if you are not currently a resident there. Find the Fulbright Program Adviser on your campus.

U.S. Citizen but not a Student

If you are a U.S. citizen, will hold a bachelor’s degree by the award start date, and do not have a Ph.D. degree, then you are eligible to apply. Non-enrolled applicants should have relatively limited professional experience in the fields (typically 7 years or less) in which they are applying. Candidates with more experience should consider applying for the Fulbright Scholar Program.

The Getting Started page will provide information on eligibility and next steps.

Artist

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program welcomes applications in the creative and performing arts. Arts candidates for the U.S. Student Program should have relatively limited professional experience in the fields (typically 7 years or less) in which they are applying. Artists with more experience should consider applying for the Fulbright Scholar Program.

Creative & Performing Arts projects fall under the Study/Research grant category and are available in all countries where Study/Research grants are offered.

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U.S. Professor/Administrator

If you are a U.S. citizen and a professor or administrator at a U.S. institution and are interested in applying for a Fulbright Scholar Award, you will need to apply through fulbrightscholars.org.

To support your students in applying for a U.S. Student Program award, please connect with the Fulbright Program Adviser at your institution.

Non U.S. Citizens

If you are a non-U.S. citizen interested in applying for a Fulbright Award to the United States, you will need to apply through the Fulbright Commission or U.S. Embassy in your home country. Find out more information on the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program or Fulbright Foreign Student Program.

2014 Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors

The Fulbright U.S. Student Alumni Ambassador Program was established in 2008 to identify, train and engage a select group of approximately 15 Fulbright U.S. Student Program alumni each year to serve as representatives, recruiters and spokespersons for the Fulbright Program. They are selected annually through recommendations from Fulbright Commissions and U.S. Embassy staff, area managers, the Fulbright Student Program Outreach Division and are approved by the sponsor of the Fulbright Program, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors come from an array of different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, states, fields of study, institutions; they have participated in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in all world areas.

Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors represent the program's rich diversity and play a key role in increasing knowledge about Fulbright opportunities. They provide testimonials about their Fulbright experiences at conferences and campus presentations and offer application tips in written articles, video and podcast interviews, webinars and at special events throughout the United States. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program relies on the Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors to mentor potential applicants, sharing what a Fulbright grant is really like, along with how to address the challenges of living abroad successfully and how best to meet the Fulbright Program's ultimate goal—to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and the people of other countries.

Hameto Benkreira

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Indonesia, 2011-2012

Paul Bostrom

Fulbright U.S. Student in Energy
Norway, 2012-2013

Giuseppe Cespedes

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Brazil, 2011-2012

Sharief El-Gabri

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Jordan, 2010-2011

Janice Feng

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Malaysia, 2011-2012

Kevin Fomalont

Fulbright U.S. Student in Biology
Russia, 2012-2013

Lauren Gaydosh

Fulbright U.S. Student in Sociology
Tanzania, 2012-2013

Samuel Gordon

Fulbright U.S. Student in Anthropology
Morocco, 2010-2011

Kia Hall

Fulbright U.S. Student in International Relations
Honduras, 2011-2012

Diana Heise

Fulbright U.S. Student in Performance Art
Mauritius, 2011-2012

Arienne Jones

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Spain, 2012-2013

Cameron Kruse

Fulbright U.S. Student in Biology
India, 2012-2013

Rebecca Littman-Smith

Fulbright U.S. Student in Architecture
Finland, 2010-2011

Alyssa Meyer

Fulbright U.S. Student in Energy
Kyrgyzstan, 2012-2013

MaSovaida Morgan

Fulbright U.S. Student in Communications
United Kingdom, 2012-2013

Mario Hoang Nguyen

Fulbright U.S. Student in Business
Mexico, 2012-2013

Carlos Rivas

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Argentina, 2012-2013

Kelly Rivera

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Malta, 2012-2013

Alexa Schmidt

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Bangladesh, 2011-2012

Jacob Vidourek

Fulbright U.S. Student in Musicology
Austria, 2010-2011

Michael Young

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Spain, 2011-2012