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"Fulbright" redirects here. For the senator, see J. William Fulbright. James William Fulbright ( April 9, 1905 &ndash February 9, 1995) was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from For UK program, see UK Fulbright Commission. The Fulbright Commission was created in the aftermath of the Second World War through the efforts of Senator J

The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars, educators, graduate students and professionals, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright. Grants are funds dispersed by one party (Grant Makers often a Government Department Corporation Foundation or Trust to a recipient, often (but not always The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives James William Fulbright ( April 9, 1905 &ndash February 9, 1995) was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from It is considered one of the most prestigious award programs and it operates in 144 countries. The Fulbright Program has 37 Nobel Prize winners among its alumni, more than any other scholarship program of its kind. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature

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“The Fulbright Commission aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship. ” - Senator J. William Fulbright[1]

Created in the aftermath of the Second World War through the efforts of Senator J. William Fulbright, The Fulbright Program promotes peace and understanding through educational exchange. Senator Fulbright believed that this would be an essential vehicle for mutual understanding between individuals, institutions and future leaders.

Today, the Fulbright Program is one of the most prestigious awards programs world-wide, operating in 144 countries and with 51 commissions. More Fulbright alumni have won Nobel Prizes than those of any other academic programme, including two in 2002.

The US-UK Fulbright Commission was created by treaty on 22 September 1948 and since its inception has expanded its programme to include grants for study in a wide variety of fields. MBA awards, filmaking, sports science, performing arts, science, politics, history, literature and dance to name a few. Since 1949, approximately 12,000 UK Nationals have studied in the US and 9,600 US Nationals in the UK on Fulbright Educational Exchanges out of 200,000 Fulbright alumni worldwide.

In 2008, it was revealed that 8 Palestinian Fulbright scholarship winners living in the Gaza Strip were denied VISAs by Israel. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. [2][3] They have since been reinstated [4]

The program

The programs were established to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

The Fulbright Program provides funds for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools abroad. The initial reach of this program had been primarily European countries, but now the program operates worldwide.

Administration and funding

The program is administered by 50 binational Fulbright commissions, US embassies, and cooperating organizations.

A Fulbright Commission is a foundation established abroad to co-sponsor and administer Fulbright grants locally. Unlike countries where Fulbright grants are paid by the U. S. Department of State, Commissions pay some or all of the scholarships.

Grants for recent B. A. graduates, graduate students and younger professionals are administered by the Institute of International Education. These grants are available for U. S. citizens with a bachelor's degree to study in other countries, and for citizens of other countries to do graduate study in the U. S. Grants for faculty and professionals, as well as grants for U. S. institutions wishing to host scholars from other countries, are administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. For over 50 years the Council for International Exchange of Scholars ( CIES) has helped administer the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U Grants for K-12 teachers and administrators are administered by the United States Department of Agriculture. Fulbright-Hays grants, including grants for doctoral and postdoctoral research, summer seminars abroad, and group projects abroad, are sponsored by the United States Department of Education.

The Program is funded by Congressional appropriations and funding provided by partner governments. The program also receives important in-kind and financial support from academic institutions, foundations, and the private sector. Fulbright grants for students, teachers, college faculty and professionals are sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, governments in other countries, and the private sector. Fulbright-Hays grants for graduate students, teachers, and faculty are sponsored by the United States Department of Education.

Fulbright Prize

The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding established in 1993 is awarded by the Fulbright Association to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures, or nations to greater understanding of others. The Fulbright Association is a US -based membership organization of Fulbright Program Alumni and supporters committed to fostering international awareness Fulbright Prize laureates include:

Fulbright alumni

Fulbright alumni associations exist in 71 countries around the world[5]. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Colin Luther Powell, KCB (Honorary MSC, (born April 5, 1937) is a retired General in the United States Army. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, PC (born June 18, 1931) - also known by his initials FHC - was the President of the Federative Republic of born 1927 is a Japanese Scholar and administrator. She served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1991 until 2001 Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938 is a Ghanaian Diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari ( pronounced) (born on June 23 1937 is a former President of Finland (1994–2000 2008 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (Máire Mhic Róibín born 21 May 1944 was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997 and the United Nations Patricio Aylwin Azócar (born November 26, 1918) was the first President of Chile after its return to democratic rule in 1990 following Václav Havel, GCB, CC, ( (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech Playwright Writer and Politician María Corazón Cojuangco-Aquino (born María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco on January 25, 1933) widely known as Cory Aquino, was the 11th Franz Vranitzky (born October 4 1937) is a former Austrian politician of the SPÖ party ( Social democrats. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (xolíɬaɬa mandéːla born 18 July 1918 is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in fully representative In the U. S. , the Fulbright Association[6] counts over 9,000 members. The Fulbright Association is a US -based membership organization of Fulbright Program Alumni and supporters committed to fostering international awareness

Notable alumni

The following are particularly notable:[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Fulbright", US-UK Fulbright Commission, 2003. Northeastern University, abbreviated NU or NEU, is a private University in Boston Massachusetts. Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director of Broadway theatre and film Patricia Wasley, EdD is the dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington since 2000 See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University Ulrich Wickert (born December 2, 1942 in Tokyo is a German journalist Zapiro is the Nom de plume of South African political cartoonist Jonathan The ERASMUS programme, also known as European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students, was established in 1987 and forms a major part of the The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The Belgian American Educational Foundation or BAEF is an independent philanthropy The Harkness Fellowships (previously known as the Commonwealth Fund Fellowships) are a programme run by the Commonwealth Fund of New York City Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2008-04-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor  
  2. ^ http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-scholars31-2008may31,0,1451183.story
  3. ^ http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/worldwide/story/0,,2283178,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
  4. ^ http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iixtTmkP2o_Ie1mOpcjGtQagiUAAD9123HUO0
  5. ^ Fulbright Alumni Organizations Worldwide
  6. ^ Fulbright Association
  7. ^ Fulbright Alumni Craig R. Barrett, John Hope Franklin, and Shirley Strum Kenny Receive Lifetime Achievement Medals.

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