Fulbright (U.S.) Scholar Program

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers approximately 400 awards yearly in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world.  College and university faculty, as well as artists and professionals from a wide range of fields can join over 400,000 Fulbrighters who have come away with enhanced skills, new connections, and greater mutual understanding.

Online information sessions for the 2026-2027 competition cycle

Over the coming months, we will be holding 3 online (via Zoom) information sessions for UW-Madison faculty and staff (and those considering post-doc options) interested in learning more about all the possibilities available to conduct research and teach abroad through the Fulbright (US) Scholar Program (FSP):

• Thursday April 24, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm CDT
• Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm CDT
• Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 1:00-2:00pm CDT

Register for any of the above at https://go.wisc.edu/FSPinfo. If you can’t make the sessions above or would like to meet with Mark Lilleleht, UW-Madison’s Fulbright Coordinator, you can schedule an appointment with Mark via Calendly.

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. These distinguished scholars will teach and conduct research in collaboration with institutions abroad, representing a wide spectrum of disciplines including astronomy, biology, communication sciences and disorders, engineering, English, kinesiology, law, medicine, and political science.

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