Fulbright Program

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The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars, educators, graduate students and professionals, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright. It is considered one of the most prestigious award programs and it operates in 144 countries. The Fulbright Program has 37 Nobel Prize winners among its alumni, more than any other scholarship program of its kind.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 History 2 The program 3 Administration and funding 4 Fulbright Prize 5 Fulbright alumni 5.1 Notable alumni 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] History

“The Fulbright Commission aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship.” - Senator J. William Fulbright^[1]

Created in the aftermath of the Second World War through the efforts of Senator J. William Fulbright, The Fulbright Program promotes peace and understanding through educational exchange. Senator Fulbright believed that this would be an essential vehicle for mutual understanding between individuals, institutions and future leaders.

Today, the Fulbright Program is one of the most prestigious awards programs world-wide, operating in 144 countries and with 51 commissions. More Fulbright alumni have won Nobel Prizes than those of any other academic programme, including two in 2002.

The US-UK Fulbright Commission was created by treaty on 22 September 1948 and since its inception has expanded its programme to include grants for study in a wide variety of fields. MBA awards, filmaking, sports science, performing arts, science, politics, history, literature and dance to name a few. Since 1949, approximately 12,000 UK Nationals have studied in the US and 9,600 US Nationals in the UK on Fulbright Educational Exchanges out of 200,000 Fulbright alumni worldwide.

In 2008, it was revealed that 8 Palestinian Fulbright scholarship winners living in the Gaza Strip were denied VISAs by Israel.^[2][3] They have since been reinstated ^[4]

[edit] The program

The programs were established to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills.

The Fulbright Program provides funds for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools abroad. The initial reach of this program had been primarily European countries, but now the program operates worldwide.

[edit] Administration and funding

The program is administered by 50 binational Fulbright commissions, US embassies, and cooperating organizations.

A Fulbright Commission is a foundation established abroad to co-sponsor and administer Fulbright grants locally. Unlike countries where Fulbright grants are paid by the U.S. Department of State, Commissions pay some or all of the scholarships.

Grants for recent B.A. graduates, graduate students and younger professionals are administered by the Institute of International Education. These grants are available for U.S. citizens with a bachelor's degree to study in other countries, and for citizens of other countries to do graduate study in the U.S. Grants for faculty and professionals, as well as grants for U.S. institutions wishing to host scholars from other countries, are administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Grants for K-12 teachers and administrators are administered by the United States Department of Agriculture. Fulbright-Hays grants, including grants for doctoral and postdoctoral research, summer seminars abroad, and group projects abroad, are sponsored by the United States Department of Education.

The Program is funded by Congressional appropriations and funding provided by partner governments. The program also receives important in-kind and financial support from academic institutions, foundations, and the private sector. Fulbright grants for students, teachers, college faculty and professionals are sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, governments in other countries, and the private sector. Fulbright-Hays grants for graduate students, teachers, and faculty are sponsored by the United States Department of Education.

[edit] Fulbright Prize

The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding established in 1993 is awarded by the Fulbright Association to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures, or nations to greater understanding of others.^{[citation needed]} Fulbright Prize laureates include:

• Bill Clinton (2005)
• Colin Powell (2004)
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso (2003)
• Sadako Ogata (2002)
• Kofi Annan (2001)
• Martti Ahtisaari (2000)
• Mary Robinson (1999)
• Patricio Aylwin Azócar (1998)
• Václav Havel (1997)
• Corazon Aquino (1996)
• Franz Vranitzky (1995)
• Jimmy Carter (1994)
• Nelson Mandela (1993)

[edit] Fulbright alumni

Fulbright alumni associations exist in 71 countries around the world^[5]. In the U.S., the Fulbright Association^[6] counts over 9,000 members.

[edit] Notable alumni

The following are particularly notable:^[7]

• Arlene Alda, children’s book author and photographer
• Nancy C. Andreasen, recipient of the National Medal of Science in 2000
• Ivar A. Bjørgen, professor in psychology, NTNU
• Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel Corporation
• Frits Bolkestein, Dutch Politician and former EU Commissioner
• Amar Bose, MIT professor; founder of the Bose Corporation
• Steven Campbell, Scottish painter
• Barbara Knowles Debs, former president of Manhattanville College and the New York Historical Society
• Richard A. Debs, founding president of Morgan Stanley International
• Niels Diffrient, award-winning industrial designer
• William Durden, president of Dickinson College
• Charles Figley, president Green Cross academy of traumatology
• Christian Filippella, film director and writer
• John Miles Foley, scholar of comparative Oral tradition
• John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke professor emeritus of history at Duke University and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Jonathan Franzen, novelist
• Jean-Pierre Garnier, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
• Milton Glaser, graphic designer
• George J. Graham, Jr., political theorist
• John M. Granville, United States Agency for International Development diplomat assassinated in Sudan
• Rita E. Hauser, president of the Hauser Foundation
• Joseph Heller, author
• Alex Kahn, pageant performance artist
• Shirley Strum Kenny, president of Stony Brook University
• H.T. Kirby-Smith, author and poet
• Harry Klagsbrun, Senior partner EQT
• S.M. Krishna, visionary and former chief minister of Karnataka, India
• John Lithgow, actor
• Alvin Lucier, composer of experimental music
• Dolph Lundgren, actor
• Reinhard H Luthin, historian and author
• Walter F. MacConaway, biographer of explorer James Michael Prescott
• John Mendelsohn, president of the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Dr. Donna J. Nelson, chemistry professor and scientific workforce scholar
• Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, president and CEO of Strategic Investment Group
• Tarik O'Regan, composer
• Thomas R. Pickering, former under secretary of state for political affairs
• Sylvia Plath, poet
• S. Pushpavanam, distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
• Stephan Reimertz, writer and art historian
• Stefan Sagmeister, Graphic Designer and Typographer
• Ross Scaife, Founder and co-editor of The Stoa: A Consortium for Electronic Publication in the Humanities and founding editor of Suda On Line
• Ruth J. Simmons, president of Brown University
• Javier Solana, former Secretary General of NATO and current EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy
• Olen Steinhauer, author
• Denis J. Sullivan, professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Northeastern University
• Julie Taymor, designer and director
• Patricia Wasley, dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington and renowned education scholar
• Ulrich Wickert, German journalist and TV presenter
• Colin H Williams, Professor, School of Welsh, Cardiff University
• Jonathan Shapiro ("Zapiro"), South African cartoonist

[edit] See also

• ERASMUS programme (European Union)
• Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF)
• Harkness Fellowship

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Fulbright Program Homepage – A page with several links to Fulbright grants and fellowships
• US Department of State Fulbright Website
• Fulbright Scholar Program – Council for International Exchange of Scholars
• Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Initiative
• Fulbright Teacher Exchange - Website for K-12 Teacher and Administrator Exchange