Fulbright Opportunities

"The Fulbright program gave me the opportunity to immerse myself in another culture and connect with my co-teachers, students, and other people in the community in meaningful ways."

Bridget Rennard

English Teaching Assistant in Spain

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Program administers grant opportunities in more than 160 countries and has provided approximately 370,000 participants with the opportunity to study, teach, or conduct research in each others' countries and exchange ideas. Approximately 8,000 competitive, merit-based grants are awarded annually in most academic disciplines and fields of study.

Fulbright in the News

Fulbright experience paves way for career in foreign service

When Ross* took the job of bus boy at Blue Koi, he had no idea it would place him on a path to pursue his dream job of working for the foreign service and a year abroad in Taiwan under a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship.

KU welcomes 21 Fulbright students and teaching assistants

This fall, the University of Kansas welcomed 14 students as part of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program and an additional seven students as Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants.

Recent KU graduate receives Fulbright Award; 3 others named alternates

One recent University of Kansas graduate accepted a prestigious Fulbright award as a teaching assistant in Austria, and two other alumni and a doctoral candidate were named alternates to study or conduct research abroad.

KU researcher Rafe Brown receives Fulbright Award to the Philippines

Rafe Brown, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to travel to the Philippines to study biodiversity. The Fulbright award will allow Brown to spend a year in the Philippines.