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Fulbright

Fulbright

8 6.5
An international scholarship program that sends students and teachers between the United States and other countries
  • proper noun
  • /ˈfʊlbraɪt/
: programa Fulbright
  • In search of fresh air, I applied for—and received—a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Fulbright scholar
  • Fulbright Fellowship
  • Fulbright Grant

He's now a finalist for a Fulbright to study in England medieval literature.

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Examples

  • George is here on a Fulbright scholarship and Zaneb is an artist.

    Stay (2020)

  • My research has been funded by the Tinker Foundation and the Fulbright Commission.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Are you a former Fulbright Scholar?

    Adaptation. (2002)

  • In 1998, Tom applied to and was accepted into the Fulbright Teacher Memorial Fund program.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The research for this article was supported by a Fulbright-IIE grant and fellowships from Indiana University.

    Academic text (2006)

  • He's now a finalist for a Fulbright to study in England medieval literature.

    Robinson Erhardt

  • With her encouragement, I postponed my doctoral dissertation and applied for a Fulbright Fellowship in Creative Writing.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Altiero has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship.

    Academic text (2004)

  • They are consistently selected for Fulbright scholarships, Rhodes Scholarships, Marshall and Mitchell Scholarships.

    Stanford

  • I had an opportunity to be a Fulbright fellow at Cambridge University.

Synonyms

scholarship
vsFulbright
411 2.8

Money given to a student to help pay for education, often for good grades

is a prestigious international program that funds educational exchange with the United States
fellowship
vsFulbright
  • Specialized
50 6.0

Money given by an organization for advanced study

is aimed at international educational exchange rather than mainly funding research
studentship
vsFulbright
  • UK
1 5.5

The place of a person enrolled at a school or a small paid award to help their learning

focuses on funded international exchange rather than student status or role

Surface Forms

Fulbright main

Etymology

The Fulbright program is named after U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright, who set up a scholarship to support study and teaching between the United States and other countries. A helpful way to remember the program is that the name ends with bright, like 'bright' meaning 'smart', so it supports 'bright' scholars studying abroad.