Fulbright

[fool-brahyt]

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.

Example Sentences

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

Academics said the Vietnamese government likely acted quickly to shut down the backlash against Fulbright in order to prevent the anti-American sentiment from harming its ties with the U.S., its largest trade partner.

From Los Angeles Times

All educational and cultural programs, however, including the internationally-recognized Fulbright Program, will no longer be funded.

From Salon

At age 36, she won a prestigious Fulbright grant to teach for a year in Jakarta, Indonesia.

From Los Angeles Times

What the great critic of Vietnam War escalation during the 1960s, Sen. William Fulbright, called “the arrogance of power.”

From Salon

When To Use

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.