Fulbright

The Fulbright Program awards approximately 8,000 grants annually. Roughly 1,600 U.S. students, 4,000 foreign students, 1,200 U.S. scholars, and 900 visiting scholars receive awards, in addition to several hundred teachers and professionals. Approximately 370,000 “Fulbrighters” have participated in the Program since its inception in 1946. Currently, the Fulbright Program operates in over 160 countries worldwide.


Core Fulbright Scholar Program

The Core Fulbright Scholar Program offers over 500 teaching, research, or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries. Although the Fulbright Scholar Program is open to both academics and professionals, approximately 80 percent of available awards require a Ph.D. or terminal degree. Only U.S. citizens are eligible to apply for a grant through the core U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program. To learn more, and apply visit cies.org/program/core-fulbright-us-scholar-program.


Fulbright Canada

The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program operates on the principle of reciprocal exchange and provides the opportunity for outstanding American scholars to lecture and/or conduct research in Canada. Award recipients include prominent and promising scholars, as well as experienced professionals.

U.S. Scholars

See the Fulbright Canada website for a full list of available awards available to U.S. scholars.

Canadian Scholars

See the Fulbright Canada website for a full list of available awards available to Canadian scholars.


Fulbright Commission Iceland

Fulbright Iceland – supporting Icelandic-U.S. partnership in education, science and the arts since 1957. We build bridges to bring a little more knowledge, reason and compassion to the world.

U.S. Scholars

See the Fulbright Commission Iceland website for a full list of available awards available to U.S. scholars.

Icelandic Scholars

See the Fulbright Commission Iceland website for a full list of available awards available to Icelandic scholars.

Last modified: Jun 12, 2023