Fulbright Fellowships
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or English Teaching Assistantships. Candidates submit a Statement of Grant Purpose defining activities to take place during one academic year in a country outside the U.S.
During the grant, Fulbrighters meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others' viewpoints and beliefs, methods and thinking.
Through engagement in the community, Fulbrighters interact with hosts one-to-one in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity and intellectual freedom, promoting mutual understanding.
Apply & Interview
Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. Note that someone will contact you shortly thereafter to schedule a campus interview. We realize that everyone has busy schedules; the interview is an essential part of your application. Please do your best to work with those scheduling the interviews.
Questions? Call 910.962.7660 or email Dr. Burgh.
About Applicants
Recent Graduates
Graduating seniors and recent bachelor's degree recipients should have some undergraduate preparation and/or direct work or internship experience related to the project.
Master's and Doctoral Candidates
Graduate-level candidates must demonstrate the capacity for independent study or research, together with a general knowledge of the history, culture, and current events of the countries to which they are applying.
Young Professionals
Fulbrighters include writers, creative and performing artists, journalists and those in law, business and other professional fields. Competitive candidates who have up to 5 years of professional study and/or experience in the field in which they are applying will be considered. Those with more than 5 years of experience should apply to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars in the Fulbright Scholar Program.
Eligibility
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship at the time of application. Permanent residents are not eligible.
- B.A./B.S. degree or the equivalent conferred before the start of the grant.
- In the creative and performing arts, four years of professional training and/or experience meets the basic eligibility requirement.
- Grantees will be required to submit a satisfactory medical certificate of health from a physician.
- Proficiency in the written and spoken language of the host country sufficient to communicate with the people and to carry out the proposed study is especially important for projects in the social sciences and humanities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Candidates who have undertaken their higher education primarily at educational institutions in the U.S. Undergraduate study abroad will not be considered a disadvantage.
- Candidates who have not resided or studied in the country to which they are applying for more than six months, not counting undergraduate study abroad. Duty abroad in the Armed Forces of the United States is not considered disqualifying within the meaning of this section.
- For most programs, applicants who have had extensive previous foreign experience in the host country are at a competitive disadvantage, but are still eligible to apply.
Undersubscribed Countries
These nations typically have fewer Fulbright applicants and thus may be less competitively stacked:
- China (Study/Research)
- Indonesia (Partnership, ETA)
- Laos
- Malaysia (Study/Research, ETA)
- Austria (Partnership awards)
- Belarus (ETA)
- Bulgaria (Partnerships, Study/Research, ETA)
- Finland (Partnerships)
- Moldova (Study/Research, ETA)
- Slovak Republic (Study/Research)
- Kuwait (Study/Research)
- Paraguay (Study/Research)
Contact Info
Students: For more information, email UNCW Advisor Dr. Theodore Burgh
Faculty: Email Dr. Raymond Burt