SCHOLARSHIPS : United States Department of State

Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarships 2023 Program

The application cycle for one of the most prestigious, competitive, and highly-paid Fulbright Scholarships 2023 in the United States of America is now open to students from 160 countries around the world. Fulbright Scholarships are fully funded international scholarships offered by the United States Educational Foundation for Masters and Ph.D. Degree Programs. About 4,000 scholarships are offered to foreign students [...]

Each year, the U.S. Congress appropriates funds to the U.S. Department of State to sponsor the Fulbright Program. Many foreign governments contribute substantially as well. Additional direct or in-kind funding is provided by U.S. and foreign institutions of higher education, non-governmental organizations, private organizations, corporate partnerships, and individual donors.

The program provides awards to approximately 8,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and professionals each year from the United States and 160 countries. Fulbright is unique in its binationalism and noted for its merit-based selection process and academic prestige. Fulbrighters come from all backgrounds and are selected regardless of their race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, geographic location, socio-economic status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) administers the Fulbright Program under policy guidelines established by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB). Binational Fulbright Commissions in 49 countries develop priorities for the program, including the number and categories of grants. Commissions are funded jointly by the United States and respective host governments and governed by boards composed of citizens of the United States and partner nations. In the approximately 100 countries without Fulbright Commissions, the U.S. Embassy's Public Affairs Section (PAS) supervises the Fulbright Program. Several U.S. non-profit organizations administer components of the program in the United States on behalf of the Department of State.

Fulbright alumni from the United States and around the world have gone on to achieve distinction in government, science, the arts, business, philanthropy, and education. Among the ranks of Fulbright alumni are 61 Nobel Prize recipients, 75 MacArthur Foundation Fellows, 89 Pulitzer Prize winners, and 40 current or former heads of state or government.

Partner Agencies

In the United States, the Institute of International Education as well as two other administering agencies administers the Fulbright Foreign Student Program on behalf of the U.S. Department of State.

• AMIDEAST administers the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for most of the Middle East and North Africa.
• The Institute of International Education administers the Foreign Fulbright Program for Africa, Eurasia, Europe, East Asia and Pacific, South and Central Asia, part of the Middle East, and the Western Hemisphere. IIE is the longest running administrative agency and has been administering the program since its inception in 1946.
• LASPAU shares responsibility with IIE for administering the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for part of the Western Hemisphere.

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