The Fulbright Scholarship

The prestigious international educational program originally sponsored by the United States Government, widely known as the Fulbright Program, is designed to "increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries..." With this goal as a starting point, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 230,000 participants world-wide, chosen for their leadership potential, with the opportunity to observe each others' political, economic and cultural institutions, to exchange ideas, and to embark on joint ventures of importance to the general welfare of the world's inhabitants.

The Fulbright Program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. Approximately 234,000 people, 88,000 from the United States and 146,000 from other countries, have participated in the Program since its inception more than fifty years ago. Fulbright Alumni include Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, governors and senators, ambassadors and artists, prime ministers and heads of state, professors and scientists, United States Supreme Court Justices, and CEOs.

For more information, please visit the Fulbright Commission website: www.fulbright.co.uk.