Fulbright Scholarship Eligibility

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Eligibility

APPLICANTS MUST:

- Be U.S. citizens at the time of application. Permanent residents are not eligible.
- Hold a B.A. degree or the equivalent before the start of the grant.

. Applicants who have not earned a B.A. degree or the equivalent, but who have extensive professional study and/or experience in fields in which they wish to pursue a project, may be considered.
. In the creative and performing arts, four years of professional study and/or experience meets the basic eligibility requirement.

. Be in good health. Grantees will be required to submit a satisfactory Medical Certificate of Health from a physician.

. Have sufficient proficiency in the written and spoken language of the host country to communicate with the people and to carry out the proposed study. This is especially important for projects in the social sciences and the humanities.

. Applicants may hold a J.D. degree at the time of application, but not a doctorate.
M.D.s or medical students or the equivalent (e.g, D.D.S, O.D.) who wish to continue medical or hospital training or to obtain practical clinical experience should apply to IIE. However, M.D.s who have completed formal postgraduate training and propose attachment to a hospital or clinic for independent or collaborative research should apply to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.

PREFERENCE IS USUALLY GIVEN TO APPLICANTS WHO:

Have undertaken their higher education primarily at educational institutions in the U.S. Foreign study during the junior year or other periods of undergraduate study that are integral parts of the curricula of American institutions will not be considered a disadvantage.
Have not resided or studied in the country to which they are applying for more than six months. Duty abroad in the Armed Forces of the United States is not considered disqualifying within the meaning of this section.
For most grants, applicants who have had extensive previous foreign experience are at a disadvantage, but are not necessarily disqualified for that reason.

Ineligibility

Applicable to Fulbright Grants and to Foreign Grants supplemented by Fulbright Grants. The following persons are ineligible:

Employees of the U.S. Department of State, for a period ending one year following termination of such employment. This provision does not include part-time or temporary employees, consultants, and contract employees of the Department of State, unless such persons perform services related to the Bureau’s exchange programs.
Employees of private and public agencies (excluding educational institutions) under contract to the U.S. Department of State to perform administrative or screening services on behalf of the U.S. Department of State’s exchange program, for a period ending one year following the termination of their services for the U.S. Department of State provided such employees have been directly engaged in performing services related to the exchange programs.

Applicants holding a doctoral degree at the time of application.
Applicants seeking enrollment in a medical degree program abroad.
Applicants currently residing in any country listed below:
Australia
Belgium/Luxembourg
Canada
Chile
Finland
Hungary
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Sweden
Switzerland


NOTE: Students may receive only one U.S. Department of State-funded US Student Fulbright grant in a lifetime, including Fulbright travel. Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grantees are not eligible to apply for a U.S. Department of State-funded U.S. Student Fulbright grant. However, recipients of U.S. Department of State-funded U.S. Student Fulbright grants are eligible to receive a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad award one year following the completion of their U.S. Department of State-funded grant.

For further information, see Factors Affecting Selection and the Individual Country Summaries.

For official policies, including ineligibility, of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, see:
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