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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.

Checklist for Fulbright-mtvU Applicants

Starting the Application

   All candidates for Fulbright-mtvU awards apply at-large from their home states.

   Carefully review the program summary for the country to which you are applying.

   Consult the Required Supplementary Materials For Arts Applicants for the specific creative/performing arts field.

   Request feedback from professors/artists on putting together a professional portfolio of supplementary material to be reviewed by the National Screening Committee.

   Draft a Statement of Grant Purpose that is feasible and culturally appropriate for the country of application.

   Identify a potential affiliation in the host country and make contact with an appropriate person there who might be able to serve as your adviser and who could write the Affiliation Letter for the Fulbright application. Provide the author of the affiliation letter with a summary of the proposed project.

   Draft a Personal Statement that provides the screening committee members with a fuller picture of who and what has motivated you to pursue this Fulbright opportunity.

   Design an achievable Fulbright-mtvU Documentation and Outreach Plan.

   Consult with professors and/or colleagues in the arts community with background in the country to which you are applying or those who have expertise in the field of study of the proposed project.

   Solicit critiques on the draft Statement of Grant Purpose from professors, advisers, mentors, colleagues, etc., and make revisions, as appropriate.

   Contact 3 individuals to write the reference letters. These individuals should be the 3 people who can best speak to your ability to carry out the project being proposed. You should provide a copy of the Statement of Grant Purpose to each reference writer.

   Contact the professor or other professional foreign language instructor who will complete the Foreign Language Evaluation form for the application (for candidates submitting Foreign Language Evaluations.)

   Obtain transcripts from each post-secondary institution attended.


Before Submitting the Application

   Make sure that all of the required fields on the Biographical Data pages have been filled in, including the Project Title and Abstract of Proposal sections.

   Check to make sure that the Statement of Grant Purpose, the Personal Statement, and the transcripts have been uploaded into the correct sections of the application.

   Confirm that recommenders and language evaluators have submitted their documents.

   Double-check the supplementary materials to make sure that they have been uploaded properly and can be viewed/heard (for candidates applying in a creative or performing arts field).

   Preview the complete application in the Embark system.

   Print a copy of the application for your records.