Country: USA Category: Grants Program Length: 3 - 6 months, 6 months - 1 year

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program in USA: All expenses paid for the participants.

The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program provides grants to approximately 850 foreign scholars from over 100 countries to conduct post-doctoral research at U.S. institutions from an academic semester to a year. Application details and grant terms for the Fulbright Program vary by country of citizenship and program. Potential applicants should consult individual country pages for program availability and contact information.

Fulbright operates on a yearly application cycle, which generally (but not in all cases) opens approximately 15 months before the anticipated start of the grant with a deadline approximately 11 or 12 months before the grant's start date.

Application Criteria for Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program


To participate in the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program, the applicant must have:

  • a doctoral degree or equivalent professional training or experience at the time of application.
  • sufficient proficiency in the English language to carry out the project required.
  • Fulbright candidates must meet the language requirements (IELTS/TOEFL)

Eligible Nationalities


49 countries: including Bangladesh, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar and many more.

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Candidates are selected based on a variety of factors, that may include (but are not limited to):

  • academic qualifications
  • project feasibility
  • personal leadership ability
  • available grant funds

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