Principal Investigator Linn Hobbs
Co-investigator Kimberly L Benard
Project Website http://web.mit.edu/scholarships/details/fulbright.htm
Congress created the Fulbright Program in 1946 at the end of World War II to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills. Senator J. William Fulbright the sponsor of the legislation, saw it as a step toward building an alternative to armed conflict.
Fulbright Grants provide for the international exchange of scholars in over 140 countries. The Fulbright Program is supported by annual appropriations from Congress to the U.S. State Department and administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York, NY.
The U.S. Student Program awards approximately 1000 grants annually tenable in over 140 countries. The grants are generally project-oriented and last for one year. The host country typically provides input, as one of the goals of the grant is to benefit the host country.
Another program for which some U.S. Student Program applicants might be eligible is the Fulbright-Hays Grant, for pre-doctoral students who intend a career in secondary or university teaching, administered by the U.S. Department of Education.