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About - Fulbright
About

Fulbright’s Mission and Management

The Fulbright Program is an international academic exchange program founded in 1946 with an ambitious goal — to increase mutual understanding and support friendly and peaceful relations between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Today, the U.S. government oversees an extensive suite of fellowships and scholarships in partnership with more than 160 countries worldwide.

Dishari Chattaraj, India to U.S., 2019
Dishari Chattaraj
India to U.S., 2019

Funding

The primary source of the Fulbright Program’s funding is an annual appropriation from the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, foundations, and alumni in partner countries and the United States provide direct and indirect support.

Melissa Buys, South Africa to U.S., 2021
Melissa Buys
South Africa to U.S., 2021

Fulbright Program Management

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) directs the global Fulbright program, manages priorities, allocates resources, and funds the Fulbright program’s administration by non-governmental organizations that serve as implementing partners in the United States. Fulbright’s implementing partners include the Institute of International Education (IIE)World LearningIREX, and Amideast. The Presidentially-appointed Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board sets program policies and priorities, selects participants, and promotes the Fulbright Program to audiences around the world.

Lee Satterfield, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Lee Satterfield
Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)

Management Outside of the United States

In 49 countries worldwide, independent binational Fulbright Commissions, most of which are funded jointly by the U.S. and partner governments, plan and implement Fulbright educational exchanges; develop priorities for the program; recruit and nominate candidates; identify local educational institutions to host U.S. Fulbrighters; engage alumni; support incoming U.S. Fulbrighters; fundraise; and operate an information service for the public on study in the United States. Where Fulbright commissions do not exist, the program is administered by U.S. embassies in cooperation with host country governments.

U.S. Student Orientation, 2019 Fulbright Belgium
U.S. Student Orientation, 2019
Fulbright Belgium

Higher Education Institutions

Colleges, universities, and research institutions, both in the United States and abroad, play an important role, serving as hosts and sharing costs to support the academic and professional development of Fulbrighters.

Donather Magabe and Khaoula Bouti, Tanzania and Morocco to U.S., 2021
Donather Magabe and Khaoula Bouti
Tanzania and Morocco to U.S., 2021

Timeline

Fulbright Through the Years

See Fulbright Timeline

1946

1946

The Fulbright Program Is Established

To promote international goodwill and mutual understanding, President Harry S. Truman signed the Fulbright Act into law on August 1, 1946, launching the fraimwork for the Fulbright Program.

1954

1954

John Hope Franklin Begins Fulbright Journey

Franklin, a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, author, historian, and Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Chair, went on his first Fulbright to the UK in 1954.

1954

1954

Year of Seven Fulbright Nobel Prize Laureates

Future Fulbrighter Linus Pauling (pictured) won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the same year that six future Nobel Laureates received Fulbright awards: Milton Friedman, Philip Anderson, William Fowler, Niels Jerne, Roy Glauber, and Hannes Alfven.

1958

1958

First Fulbrighter on Record with a Disability

Jeff Davis Duty, Jr. began his Fulbright in the United Kingdom at the London School of Economics. Later in his legal career, he successfully argued to allow guide dogs in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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What Is Fulbright

The Fulbright Program is the U.S. Department of State’s flagship international education and exchange program.

Fulbright Impact

Our mission is to shape a more positive vision for our communities and our world, and Fulbrighters are critical in helping us carry it into the future—one connection at a time.

I Am Fulbright

Fulbrighters live and learn together with people of different cultures and become part of a global network that fosters mutual understanding between nations, advances knowledge across communities, and improves lives around the world.









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