Fulbright Grants

1 academic year of study/research or English Teaching Assistantship in over 140 different countries

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for the Fulbright U.S. Student Grant Program, candidates must:

Be U.S. citizen at the time of application.
Have their bachelor's degree by the beginning date of the grant.
May not hold a doctoral degree at the time of application.
Have sufficient language proficiency to carry out the proposed project.
Be in good health.
Preference given to applicants whose higher education was received primarily at a U.S. Institution. Undergraduate study abroad is not considered disqualifying.

About Fulbright Grants

The Fulbright Program, established in 1946 by U.S. Congress, is named for Senator J. William Fulbright and was created to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchanges. It is designed to give opportunities for personal and career development and international experience. Most awards are for one academic year.

There are two main types of traditional Fulbright Awards for the U.S. Student Program and other special Fulbright Awards:

Study/Research Grants: Applicants propose and design their own programs. Projects may include university coursework, independent research, special projects in the creative or performing arts, or a combination.
English Teaching Assistantships (ETA): The Fulbright places ETA recipients in classrooms in the host country to provide assistance to the local English teachers.

Special Fulbright Grants

Fulbright-National Geographic Enhancement Award

Provides opportunities for U.S. citizens to participate in an academic year of overseas travel and digital storytelling in one, two, or three countries on a globally significant theme. Fulbright-National Geographic Fellows must be selected for a Fulbright Study/Research Grant by the eligible country for which they applied and meet the criteria of the Fulbright Study/Research requirements of the host country.

New Stanford Fulbright Grantees

View the Project Summaries from 23-24 and Project Summaries from 24-25 of our new Stanford Fulbright Grantees.

Administered by Stanford

Amount Awarded

Varies; Round-trip transportation, room, board, Accident & Sickness Health Benefits (can include: books, research allowance, enrichment activities, tuition, language study, orientations)

Timeline Details

The Fulbright U.S. Student Grant Program has a campus process and requires a Stanford endorsement. Therefore, you need to be aware of two deadlines: a campus deadline and a national deadline. The campus deadline is early September and the national deadline is early October. Stanford applicants must submit their application by the campus deadline, prior to the national deadline. We encourage you to begin your application early.

Stanford applicants - Please fill out the Fulbright Intent to Apply Form and we can help you schedule an advising appointment to discuss your Fulbright application. All Stanford applicants need to meet with an OGS advisor to discuss your proposed project/program.

Application Process

Application Submission

All Stanford Fulbright applicants must submit their application two ways by our campus deadline in September:

Through the Fulbright Online Application system.
By email. You need to send the PDF of your online submission along with and the Stanford Fulbright Cover Sheet and OGS Scholarship Nomination Form Waiver to globalscholarships@stanford.edu (Please send one combined PDF of application + cover sheet + OGS Form Waiver)

The Stanford Fulbright Campus Cover Sheet

The OGS Scholarship Nomination Form Waiver (provided by the OGS.)

Should I Apply?

Important information, which can help you determine if a Fulbright Scholarship is right for you, can be found above by reading the OGS Fulbright Should I Apply? Handout.

This document also includes some information regarding our campus process.