There is a Fulbright program for you!
Whether you’re an undergraduate, graduate, alum, faculty, or staff, there are opportunities available to you to follow your passions in research, teaching, art, language, and more through Fulbright.
Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays opportunities provide participants – chosen for their academic merit, commitment to learning, and leadership – with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
There are numerous programs and many ways to get started. Learn about available programs on this site on your own, or reach out to the campus Fulbright coordinator to find our what best matches your goals.
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Get started
Multiple ways are available to connect with the UW-Madison Fulbright Coordinator, Mark Lilleleht:
Email: uwfulbright@wisc.edu
Call: 608.265.6070
Office address: 256 Bascom Hall – drop-ins welcome anytime!
Weekly open advising: Wednesdays, 11 am-1 pm CT – come by 256 Bascom Hall or connect via Zoom
Make an appointment: UW-Madison graduate & undergraduate students can schedule through Starfish; UW-Madison alumni, faculty & staff, and those from off-campus can book through Calendly
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Explore Fulbright programs
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Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Applicants: Undergraduates, graduate students, alumni
Open to: U.S. citizens
Fields: Research, teaching, graduate study, creative arts
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research or be an English teaching assistant abroad for one academic year.
Fulbright Foreign Student Program
Applicants: Graduate students
Open to: Non-U.S. citizens
Fields: Research, teaching, graduate study, creative arts
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad to research and study in the United States for one year or longer at U.S. universities or other appropriate institutions.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Applicants: Graduate students
Open to: U.S. citizens, permanent residents
Field: Research
This program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students who conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months.
Fulbright (U.S.) Scholar Program
Applicants: Alumni, faculty, staff
Open to: U.S. citizens
Fields: Research, teaching, creative arts, professional projects
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program sends approximately 800 American scholars and professionals per year to approximately 130 countries, where they lecture and/or conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
Fulbright (Visiting) Scholar Program
Applicants: Alumni
Open to: Non-U.S. citizens
Fields: Research, teaching, creative arts
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 full academic year.
Fulbright Specialist Program
Applicants: Alumni, faculty, staff
Open to: U.S. citizens
Fields: Creative arts, professional projects
The Fulbright Specialist Program, a short-term complement to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, sends U.S. faculty and professionals to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning and related subjects at overseas academic institutions for a period of 2 to 6 weeks.
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad
Applicants: Faculty, staff
Open to: U.S. citizens, permanent residents
Fields: Research
This program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of modern foreign language and area studies in the U.S. by providing opportunities for scholars to conduct research abroad.
Featured news and events
UW–Madison is a top producer of Fulbright students
UW–Madison has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, with 14 finalists selected for the 2023-2024 program with awardees traveling around the world to conduct research and teach English.
UW–Madison celebrates selection of 11 Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2024–2025
The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have selected 11 scholars from the University of Wisconsin–Madison as Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the 2024–2025 academic year.
Fulbright open office hours continue through the fall
Our regular Wednesday Open Office Hours restarted on August 7, 2024! Connect every Wednesday, 11am-1pm CT online or come by 256 Bascom Hall to speak with UW-Madison’s Fulbright Coordinator, Mark Lilleleht. No appointment necessary.
Fulbright news
More on Jessica Schmidt’s 2024 Fulbright Scholar Program award
September 17, 2024Peer partner program for UW-Madison Fulbright US Student Program applicants
We are coordinating a Fulbright US Student Program statements & short answer peer partner program, where UW-Madison applicants for the 2025-2026 Fulbright US Student Program share drafts of their statements to give and receive feedback …
September 4, 2024Fulbright open office hours continue
Our regular Wednesday Open Office Hours restarted on August 7, 2024! Have a question about the Fulbright US Student or Fulbright US Scholar programs? Want to learn more about your Fulbright or Fulbright-Hays options but …
August 9, 2024Fulbright Drop-In Hours to return August 7
We’re taking a bit of a break from our Wednesday drop-in hours over the next 2 months or so. Travel, professional development, and other programming are conflicting with our regularly scheduled drop-in sessions but we’ll …
June 12, 2024- More News
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