Fulbright at UW-Madison

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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Featured news and events

Meet UW–Madison’s 2024 Fulbright-Hays DDRA awardees

Four UW–Madison students have been selected to receive Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) awards for 2024–2025. This prestigious honor will allow these students to pursue research on a variety of subjects, including pregnancy and reproductive health, antifascist education, queer and trans community building, and the intersection between music and democracy.

Fulbright-Hays DDRA competition open for 2025-2026; information sessions on November 11

The 2025-2026 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program is OPEN and accepting applications! We have 2 online information sessions scheduled for Monday, November 11 at 4pm and again at 7pm. Learn more and register on our DDRA webpage.

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.

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Nikaan Koupaei Abyazani (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UW-Madison) is studying soil carbon dioxide emissions in Malaysian tropical wetlands. These ecosystems are known to contribute to ongoing climate change, so quantifying these emissions is a crucial step in developing climate change mitigation strategies.