Today the Fulbright Program is the U.S. Government's premier scholarship program. It enables U.S. students and artists to benefit from unique resources in every corner of the world. The Fulbright Program enables U.S. citizens to gain international competence in an increasingly interdependent world. Each year the Fulbright Program allows U.S. citizens to study or conduct research in over 100 nations. The Fulbright is funded by an annual Congressional appropriation and contributions from other participating countries.
Grantees plan their own programs.
Projects may include university coursework, independent library or field research, classes in a music conservatory or art school, special projects in the social or life sciences, or a combination. Recent projects have involved business administration in France, entomology in Madagascar, and Chinese theatre in Taiwan. Along with opportunities for intellectual, professional, and artistic growth, the Fulbright Program offers invaluable opportunities to meet and work with people of the host country, sharing daily life as well as professional and creative insights. The best way to appreciate others' viewpoints, their beliefs, the way they think, and the way they do things, is to interact with them directly on an individual basis- work with them, live with them, teach with them, and learn from them. The Fulbright Scholar Program, the senior scholar component of the Fulbright Program, offers grants for college and university faculty, as well as for professionals and independent scholars.