The 2025-2026 application is now closed. The 2026-2027 competition will open in Spring 2025.

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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.

Fulbright-National Geographic Award Application Components

 

The Fulbright Program and the National Geographic Society are partnering to provide a unique Fulbright opportunity, the Fulbright-National Geographic Award Program. This award program makes available additional funding and resources to enhance the reach and impact of the Fulbright experience.  

This opportunity is best suited to applicants whose proposed projects align with the missions of both the Fulbright Program and the National Geographic Society, and who have a strong commitment to communicating their work. The Fulbright-National Geographic Award Program is an evolution of the partnership between the National Geographic Society and the U.S. Department of State that launched in 2013, previously titled the Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship. Originally focused on digital storytelling, the program now supports projects across research, conservation, technology, education, and storytelling.

Semi-finalists who indicated their interest in applying to the Fulbright-National Geographic Award Program in their application will be invited to submit additional materials for this opportunity in late January/early February 2025 following receipt of semi-finalist notifications. Application materials for this opportunity will be submitted in an invite-only application portal hosted by the National Geographic Society. Award program decisions will be communicated in late April 2025.