Academic Exchange Programs – Graduate Students

The flagship international exchange program sponsored by the United States Government, the Fulbright Program is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Funding is provided to non-profit organizations to support their work in designing and administering programs as well as coordinating program logistics. Funding to those organizations supports activities such as publicity and recruitment, screening of applications, communication with participants, payment of participant costs, and the provision of enrichment activities. The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program, an element of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, places recent college graduates and young professionals as English teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools, universities, and language-learning institutions overseas. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program provides scholarships to foreign graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad, enabling them to study or conduct research in all academic fields in the United States for one academic year or more. Students and professionals in the Fulbright Foreign Student Program study at U.S. universities, where they experience education and culture in the United States while promoting mutual understanding through sharing their own cultures with the Americans they meet throughout the program. The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program brings early career educators from all over the world to the U.S. to refine their teaching skills, increase their English language proficiency and extend their knowledge of the cultures and customs of the United States while engaging in non-degree studies at accredited post-secondary U.S. educational institutions. The Fulbright-National Geographic Award, an enhancement of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, provides Fulbright U.S. Student researchers with mentorship and training from the National Geographic Society to pursue a storytelling project using a variety of media tools. Please refer to the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State’s MyGrants (formerly SAMS Domestic) announcement for further information.

Pursuant to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (Fulbright-Hays Act) the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State awards grants and cooperative agreements to educational and cultural public or private nonprofit foundations or institutions. Applications may be submitted by public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3). Organizations must have nonprofit status with the IRS at the time of application. Please refer to the Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of State's MyGrants (formerly SAMS Domestic) announcement for further eligibility criteria. OMB Guidance 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart E Cost Principles under Special Considerations for States, Local Governments, and Indian Tribes applies to this program.