Fulbright

American  

[fool-brahyt] / ˈfʊlˌbraɪt /

noun

1. (James) William, 1905–95, U.S. politician: senator 1945–74.

2. Informal.

   1. a grant awarded under the provisions of the Fulbright Act.

   2. a person who receives such a grant.

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Usage

What is Fulbright? The Fulbright U. S. Student Program, or Fulbright for short, awards recent American college graduates grants to teach English or participate in research projects in other nations. Fulbright grant recipients, or Fulbrighters, work and live with the people they are teaching or researching with in their host countries. In order to qualify for a Fulbright grant, you must have recently earned a bachelor’s degree, be a graduate student with your field of study related to history, culture, or current events, or have several years of experience performing, studying, or writing in the field for which you apply. Fulbrighters may be sent to countries within the East Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and other regions.

Example Sentences

He served as an educational and cultural ambassador in the Palestinian territories through the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's flagship international exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Yunus won a Fulbright scholarship to study in the United States and returned soon after Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan in 1971 following a war.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

She started her career at legal-affairs newspaper the Recorder in San Francisco.She graduated with honors from Princeton University and completed a Fulbright Scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

She was a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, and loved to travel - including on study abroad trips with students in Italy and had planned trips to Iceland and Belize.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

I flew to the Middle East, where Drew was completing a Fulbright.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover