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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. All applicants enrolled in U.S institutions must apply through their home campuses. Find the Fulbright Program Adviser on your campus.

If you are an undergraduate student, you are eligible to apply in the fall of your senior year.  If you are a graduate student, you are eligible as long as you will not have a PhD degree by the application deadline.

U.S. Citizen but not a Student

If you are a U.S. citizen, hold a bachelor’s degree, and do not have a PhD degree, then you are eligible to apply. Non-enrolled applicant 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.
Please review the program summary for the country where you would like to apply.

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 5 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

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

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 or Student Program.

Fulbright U.S. Student Top Producing Institutions By Year

Those institutions with a checkmark are listed in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Institution
State Grants Applications Year Top Producer
Smith College Massachusetts 17 43 2016-2017
Pitzer College California 15 60 2016-2017
Pomona College California 15 60 2016-2017
Oberlin College Ohio 14 44 2016-2017
Bates College Maine 13 54 2016-2017
Bowdoin College Maine 11 39 2016-2017
Saint Olaf College Minnesota 11 37 2016-2017
Amherst College Massachusetts 10 38 2016-2017
Lewis & Clark College Oregon 10 40 2016-2017
Carleton College Minnesota 9 28 2016-2017
Occidental College California 9 30 2016-2017
Depauw University Indiana 8 26 2016-2017
Wellesley College Massachusetts 8 40 2016-2017
College of the Holy Cross Massachusetts 7 58 2016-2017
Grinnell College Iowa 7 28 2016-2017
Hamilton College New York 7 16 2016-2017
Middlebury College Vermont 7 29 2016-2017
Wesleyan University Connecticut 7 23 2016-2017
Connecticut College Connecticut 6 29 2016-2017
Hobart and William Smith Colleges New York 6 21 2016-2017
Davidson College North Carolina 5 23 2016-2017
Rhodes College Tennessee 5 13 2016-2017
Scripps College California 5 31 2016-2017
Williams College Massachusetts 5 25 2016-2017
Carthage College Wisconsin 4 17 2016-2017
College of Saint Benedict Minnesota 4 21 2016-2017
Dickinson College Pennsylvania 4 18 2016-2017
Furman University South Carolina 4 6 2016-2017
Haverford College Pennsylvania 4 10 2016-2017
Hendrix College Arkansas 4 9 2016-2017
Mount Holyoke College Massachusetts 4 25 2016-2017
Spelman College Georgia 4 11 2016-2017
Swarthmore College Pennsylvania 4 35 2016-2017
Vassar College New York 4 29 2016-2017
Whitman College Washington 4 23 2016-2017
Denison University Ohio 3 26 2016-2017
Gettysburg College Pennsylvania 3 10 2016-2017
Hope College Michigan 3 12 2016-2017
Juniata College Pennsylvania 3 13 2016-2017
Kenyon College Ohio 3 27 2016-2017
Knox College Illinois 3 10 2016-2017
New College of Florida Florida 3 19 2016-2017
Reed College Oregon 3 13 2016-2017
Trinity College Connecticut 3 14 2016-2017
United States Military Academy at West Point New York 3 9 2016-2017
Washington and Lee University Virginia 3 9 2016-2017
Wheaton College, Massachusetts Massachusetts 3 18 2016-2017
Agnes Scott College Georgia 2 8 2016-2017
Allegheny College Pennsylvania 2 10 2016-2017
Austin College Texas 2 7 2016-2017
Claremont McKenna College California 2 18 2016-2017
Colby College Maine 2 11 2016-2017
Colgate University New York 2 14 2016-2017
Cornell College Iowa 2 16 2016-2017
Doane University Nebraska 2 6 2016-2017
Eckerd College Florida 2 15 2016-2017
Franklin and Marshall College Pennsylvania 2 53 2016-2017
Gustavus Adolphus College Minnesota 2 5 2016-2017
Hampshire College Massachusetts 2 6 2016-2017
Lafayette College Pennsylvania 2 9 2016-2017
Lawrence University Wisconsin 2 7 2016-2017
Macalester College Minnesota 2 20 2016-2017
McDaniel College Maryland 2 10 2016-2017
Messiah College Pennsylvania 2 3 2016-2017
Morehouse College Georgia 2 2 2016-2017
Saint John's University, Minnesota Minnesota 2 8 2016-2017
Sewanee: University of the South Tennessee 2 15 2016-2017
Transylvania University Kentucky 2 8 2016-2017
Union College, New York New York 2 19 2016-2017
University of Maine at Farmington Maine 2 7 2016-2017
University of North Carolina at Asheville North Carolina 2 12 2016-2017
Albion College Michigan 1 4 2016-2017
Albright College Pennsylvania 1 2 2016-2017
Bard College New York 1 10 2016-2017
Bennington College Vermont 1 3 2016-2017
Berry College Georgia 1 9 2016-2017
Bucknell University Pennsylvania 1 9 2016-2017
Calvin College Michigan 1 2 2016-2017
Central College Iowa 1 1 2016-2017
Centre College Kentucky 1 11 2016-2017
Coe College Iowa 1 8 2016-2017
College of Wooster Ohio 1 12 2016-2017
Colorado College Colorado 1 12 2016-2017
Concordia College Moorhead Minnesota 1 2 2016-2017
CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique & Interdisciplinary Studies New York 1 1 2016-2017
Earlham College Indiana 1 8 2016-2017
Elizabethtown College Pennsylvania 1 4 2016-2017
Flagler College Florida 1 1 2016-2017
Georgetown College Kentucky 1 10 2016-2017
Gordon College Massachusetts 1 1 2016-2017
Hanover College Indiana 1 7 2016-2017
High Point University North Carolina 1 1 2016-2017
Hillsdale College Michigan 1 4 2016-2017
Illinois College Illinois 1 2 2016-2017
Kalamazoo College Michigan 1 8 2016-2017
Lebanon Valley College Pennsylvania 1 5 2016-2017
Luther College Iowa 1 13 2016-2017
Lycoming College Pennsylvania 1 4 2016-2017
Manchester University Indiana 1 2 2016-2017
Marian University Indiana 1 1 2016-2017
Meredith College North Carolina 1 2 2016-2017
Millsaps College Mississippi 1 3 2016-2017
Nebraska Wesleyan University Nebraska 1 6 2016-2017
Northern State University South Dakota 1 1 2016-2017
Ohio Northern University Ohio 1 2 2016-2017
Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio 1 1 2016-2017
Roanoke College Virginia 1 7 2016-2017
Saint Michael's College Vermont 1 3 2016-2017
Sarah Lawrence College New York 1 4 2016-2017
Seton Hill University Pennsylvania 1 1 2016-2017
Siena College New York 1 4 2016-2017
Simpson College Iowa 1 2 2016-2017
St. Mary's College of Maryland Maryland 1 7 2016-2017
United States Air Force Academy Colorado 1 4 2016-2017
United States Coast Guard Academy Connecticut 1 1 2016-2017
United States Naval Academy Maryland 1 7 2016-2017
University of Hawaii at Hilo Hawaii 1 3 2016-2017
University of Minnesota, Morris Minnesota 1 2 2016-2017
University of Puget Sound Washington 1 16 2016-2017
University of Richmond Virginia 1 11 2016-2017
Wabash College Indiana 1 14 2016-2017
Washington and Jefferson College Pennsylvania 1 2 2016-2017
Westmont College California 1 3 2016-2017
Whittier College California 1 13 2016-2017
Willamette University Oregon 1 11 2016-2017
Wittenberg University Ohio 1 5 2016-2017
Xavier University of Louisiana Louisiana 1 1 2016-2017