Fulbright Opportunities

Overview

Since 1947, more than 32,000 U.S. citizens and 34,000 citizens of other nations received grants from the Fulbright Scholar Program. Since 1949, more than 260 UK faculty and 100 UK students have been awarded Fulbright grants in support of study, teaching, and research in more than 75 countries around the world. During that same period, the Fulbright program enabled more than 130 scholars and scientists from more than 45 countries to come to UK as visiting scholars.

Eligible UK faculty from any academic discipline may apply for this prestigious scholarship to conduct research and/or to lecture in almost any country. Visit the online Catalog of Awards to search for awards that offer the best fit for your experience, teaching or research interest, or preferred country or region. You can register your interest at My Fulbright to receive the latest program updates and announcements. Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Awards provide opportunities for administrative staff, and the Fulbright Specialist program supports short-term (2-6 week) travel for applied, project-based consultancies in a wide range of fields.

Calendar of Events

Upcoming & Past Programs

Fulbright Opportunities: Middle East and North Africa, 3/30/22

IIE Webinar

Fulbright Scholar Opportunities: Middle East and North Africa

March30, 2022, 2:00 pm

Fulbright Opportunities: Sub Saharan Africa, 3/16/22

IIE Webinar

Fulbright Scholar Opportunities: Sub Saharan Africa

March 16, 2022, 2:00 pm

Fulbright Opportunities: South and Central Asia, 3/9/2022

IIE Webinar

Fulbright Scholar Opportunities: South and Central Asia

March 9, 2022, 2:00 pm

Fulbright Opportunities: Europe and Eurasia, 3/2/22

IIE Webinar

Fulbright Scholar Opportunities: Europe and Eurasia

March 2, 2022, 2:00 pm

Fulbright Opportunities: East Asia and the Pacific, 2/23/2922

IIE Webinar

Fulbright Scholar Opportunities: East Asia and the Pacific

February 23, 2022, 2:00 pm

Fulbright Opportunities in the Western Hemisphere, 2/16/22

IIE Webinar

Fulbright Scholar Opportunities in the Western Hemisphere

February 16, 2022, 2:00 pm

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program: Opportunities for 2023-2024, 2/9/2022

IIE Webinar

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program: Opportunities for 2023-2024
Wednesday, February 9 at 2PM
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Ask Us Anything: Fulbright Scholar Program 2023-24, 11/17/2021

IIE Webinar

Ask Us Anything: Fulbright Scholar Program 2023-24
Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 2-3 PM EDT
Join our interactive session to learn more about things you can do now to prepare for a successful Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program application for 2023-2024. Program staff will discuss award opportunities, the application & selection process, and answer your questions! Click here to register.

Fulbright Scholar Overview-Kentucky, 11/1/2021

UK International Partnerships and Research (IPR) Virtual Presentation

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Information Session

November 1, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET

For any UK faculty or staff who might be considering an application to the Fulbright Scholar program for the upcoming, 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar competition, which will officially launch in February, 2022, this presentation will be a useful introduction to the wealth of opportunities afforded through the Fulbright Program to US faculty in all disciplines, as well as the excellent onsite resources to support you throughout the submission process. Please share this widely with your faculty.

To join this Fulbright virtual information session, please register at https://apply.iie.org/register/11.1UK

Once interested faculty register, they’ll receive a link to the actual event itself.

Please share this widely with your faculty and colleagues!

What's New with Fulbright? 10/21/2021

IIE Webinar

What's New with Fulbright?

October 21,2021, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm

Click here to view an archived recording of this virtual presentation about changes to the Fulbright program and new opportunities for U.S. scholars.

Fulbright Scholar Program

The Fulbright Scholar Program offers over 800 teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries. Opportunities are available for university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. In addition to several new program models designed to meet the changing needs of U.S. academics and professionals, Fulbright is offering more opportunities for flexible, multi-country grants. For complete information about the range of awards, visit the Fulbright Scholar Program website.

Over the past ten academic years, the following UK faculty have been awarded Fulbright grants:

UK's Fulbright Scholar Awardees

Name	Last Name	Type	College/Unit	University	Country	Academic Year
Richard	Allday	Scholar	Education	University of West Hungary	Hungary	2019-20
Stefan	Bird-Pollan	Distinguished Chair	Arts & Sciences	Sigmund Freud Museum	Austria	2019-20
Thomas	Clayton	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Kratie	Cambodia	2019-20
Philip	Crowley	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Pau	France	2019-20
Alicia	Fedewa	Scholar	Education	University of Jyvaskyla	Finland	2019-20
Bobi	Ivanov	Scholar	Communication & Information	South East European University	North Macedonia	2019-20
Kimberly	Parker Ivanov	Scholar	Communication & Information	South East European University	North Macedonia	2019-20
Alexander	Vazsonyi	Distinguished Chair	CAFE	Palacky University	Czech Republic	2019-20
Doug	Boyd	Scholar	Library	National Library of Australia	Australia	2018-19
Nikki	Brown	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Ege University	Turkey	2018-19
Ana	Linares	Scholar	Nursing	University of San Luis Gonzaga	Peru	2018-19
Jason	Hans	Scholar	CAFE	Odessa National University	Ukraine	2017-18
Michael	Healy	Scholar	Law	Wuhan University	China	2017-18
Akiko	Takenaka	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Sophia University	Japan	2017-18
Melvin	Coffee	Scholar	Communication & Information	University of Zambia	Zambia	2016-17
Alan	DeYoung	Scholar	Education	International University for the Humanities and Development	Turkmenistan	2016-17
Nikiforos	Stamatiadis	Scholar	ENG	Universita di Catania	Italy	2016-17
Stacy	Closson	Scholar	Patterson School	National Chengchi University	Taiwan	2015-16
Jeanette	Coufal	Scholar	Gatton	Bahir Dar University	Ethiopia	2015-16
Solomon	Harrar	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Salzburg	Austria	2015-16
Jennifer	Bird-Pollan	Scholar	Law	Vienna U of Economics	Austria	2014-15
Stefan	Bird-Pollan	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Vienna U of Economics	Austria	2014-15
Subba	Palli	Scholar	CAFE	Acharya Nagarjuna University	India	2014-15
Srimati	Basu	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Jadavpur University	India	2013-14
Nikki	Brown	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Bilkent University	Turkey	2013-14
Patricia	Dyk	Scholar	CAFE	Masaryk University	Czech Republic	2013-14
Alan	Fryar	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Fez	Morocco	2013-14
Anita	Lee-Post	Scholar	Gatton	Mongolia International University	Mongolia	2013-14
Michael	Samers	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Lille 2 University of Health and Law	France	2013-14
Douglas	Slaymaker	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Meiji University	Japan	2013-14
Paul	Vincelli	Scholar	CAFE	National Agrarian University	Nicaragua	2013-14
Matthew	Zook	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Tartu	Estonia	2013-14
Theodore	Fiedler	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Ljubljana	Slovenia	2012-13
Susan	Roberts	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Turku	Finland	2012-13
Richard	Schein	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Helsinki	Finland	2012-13
William	Ederington	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	KULeuven	Belgium	2011-12
Donald	Gross	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Ljubljana	Slovenia	2011-12
Harry	LeVine	Scholar	Medicine	University of Linkoping	Sweden	2011-12
Jenny	Minier	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Universite Catholique de Louvain	Belgium	2011-12
Alan	Nadel	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Universita degli Studi I Naples	Italy	2011-12
Jim	Ridolfo	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Palestinian Center for Scholar and Cultural Dialogue	Palestine	2011-12
Eugene	Gaetke	Scholar	Law	University of Maribor	Slovenia	2010-11
Jason	Hans	Scholar	CAFE	Odessa National University	Ukraine	2010-11
Raymond	Hill	Scholar	Public Health	Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University	Ukraine	2010-11
Claudia	Hopenhayn	Scholar	Nursing	Universidad San Francisco de Quito	Ecuador	2009-10
Noemi	Lugo	Scholar	Fine Arts	Conservatorio de Musica de Pernambuco	Brazil	2009-10
Randall	Roorda	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Masaryk University	Czech Republic	2009-10
William	Silvia	Scholar	CAFE	National University of La Pampa	Argentina	2009-10
Lars	Bjork	Scholar	Education	University of Jyvaskyla	Finland	2008-09
Bernhard	Henning	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	2008-09
Glenn	Blomquist	Scholar	Gatton	Stockholm School of Economics	Latvia	2007-08
Stanley	Brunn	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Semey State University	Kazakhstan	2007-08
Anna	Brzyski	Scholar	Fine Arts	Tsinghua University	China	2007-08
Abigail	Firey	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münich	Germany	2007-08
Jeanmarie	Rouhier-Willoughby	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Novosibirsk State University	Russia	2007-08
Thomas	Zentall	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Charles de Galle--Lille III	France	2006-07
Frank	Ettensohn	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Tribhuvan University	Nepal	2005-06
Tad	Mutersbaugh	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca	Mexico	2005-06
John	Staller	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Pontifica Universidad de Ecuador	Ecuador	2005-06
Paul	Vincelli	Scholar	CAFE	National Institute of Agricultural Scholar	Uruguay	2005-06
David	Wise	Scholar	CAFE	University of Buenos Aires	Argentina	2005-06
Robert	Dahlstrom	Scholar	Gatton	Norwegian School of Management	Norway	2004-05
David	Olster	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Tuebingen	Germany	2004-05
Michael	Healy	Distinguished Chair	Law	Xiamen University	China	2003-04
Debra	Moser	Scholar	Nursing	University of Western Sydney	Australia	2003-04
Albert (Brent)	Rowell	Scholar	CAFE	National Biological Control Scholar Center	Thailand	2003-04
Mark	Berger	Scholar	Gatton	University College Dublin	Ireland	2002-03
Edward	Kifer	Scholar	Education	Center for the Reform of Standardized Tests and Secondary Educationcation (CERMAT)	Czech Republic	2002-03
Rory	Remer	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	National Taiwan Normal University	Taiwan	2002-03
Desmond	Brown	Scholar	CAFE	University of Cape Coast	Ghana	2002-02
Wolfgang	Natter	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	University of Leipzig	Germany	2001-02
Jeanmarie	Rouhier-Willoughby	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Novosibirsk State University	Russia	2000-01
Theodore	Schatzki	Distinguished Chair	Arts & Sciences	Karl Franzens University	Austria	2000-01
Stephan	Wilson	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Kenyatta University	Kenya	2000-01
Thomas	Clayton	Scholar	Arts & Sciences		Cambodia	1999-2000
A.D.	Karathanasis	Scholar	CAFE	University of Thessaloniki	Greece	1999-2000
Patrick	Mooney	Scholar	Arts & Sciences	Jagiellonian University	Poland	1999-2000
Virgina	Nordin	Scholar	Law	Institute of Asia and Africa	Georgia	1999-2000
Matthew	Pelkki	Scholar	CAFE	Novosibirsk State University	Russia	1998-99

Fulbright Specialist Program

The Fulbright Specialist Program promotes linkages between U.S. scholars and professionals and their counterparts at host institutions overseas. The program awards grants to U.S. faculty and professionals approved to join the Specialist Roster in select disciplines to engage in short-term collaborative projects at eligible institutions in over 140 countries worldwide. For more information about the program, including eligibility requirements and application guidance, visit the Fulbright Specialist Program website.

UK faculty have served as Fulbright Specialists in many parts of the world.

UK's Fulbright Specialist Awardees

Name	Last Name	Award	College/Unit	Host University	Country	Academic Year
Stefan	Bird-Pollan	Specialist	Arts & Sciences	University of Parma	Italy	2018-19
Craig	Carter	Specialist	Public Health	Warsaw Univesrity of Life Sciences	Poland	2018-19
Alan	Fryar	Specialist	Arts & Sciences	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	India	2017-18
Jeffrey	Seay	Specialist	ENG	Makerere University	Uganda	2017-18
Paolo	Visona	Specialist	Arts & Sciences	Univesrity of Rijeka	Croatia	2017-18
Lisa	Cliggett	Specialist	Arts & Sciences	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	2015-16
Alan	DeYoung	Specialist	Education	International University for the Humanities and Development	Turkmenistan	2015-16
Susan	Roberts	Specialist	UKIC	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	2015-16
Melvin	Coffee	Specialist	Communication & Information	Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation	Zambia	2013-14
Michael	Reed	Specialist	CAFE	Africa University	Zimbabwe	2013-14
Paul	Vincelli	Specialist	CAFE	University of the Republic	Uruguay	2012-13
Donald	Case	Specialist	Communication & Information	University of Oulu	Finland	2011-12
Omar	Hatim	Specialist	Medicine	Waikato Institute of Technology	New Zealand	2011-12
Ani	Katchova	Specialist	CAFE	University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences	Austria	2011-12

Fulbright-Hays Program

The Fulbright-Hays Program awards grants to individual U.S. K-14 pre-teachers, teachers and administrators, pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral faculty, as well as to U.S. institutions and organizations. The Program supports research and training efforts overseas, which focus on non-Western foreign languages and area studies. The Fulbright-Hays Program is funded by a Congressional appropriation to the U.S. Department of Education.

Programs for Staff & Administrators

The International Education Administrators Program awards help U.S. international education professionals and senior higher education officials create empowering connections with the societal, cultural and higher education systems of other countries. Grantees have the opportunity to learn about the host country’s education system as well as establish networks of U.S. and international colleagues over the course of an intensive two week grant duration. University of Kentucky staff have participated in Fulbright seminars and have brought back their learning to enrich their work on campus.

For more information visit CIES.org.

Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminar Awardees

Name	Last Name	Award	College/Unit	Host University	Country	Academic Year
Timothy	Barnes	IEA Seminar	UKIC	Franco-American Fulbright Commission	France	2018-19
Jason	Hope	IEA Seminar	UKIC	Fulbright German Studies Seminar	Germany	2018-19
Nancy	Johnson	IEA Seminar	Gatton	Fulbright-Nehru IEA Seminar	India	2018-19
Karin	Pekarchik	IEA Seminar	CAFE	German-American Fulbright Assn	Germany	2015-16
Elizabeth	Leibach	IEA Seminar	UKIC	Korea-America Fulbright Commission	Korea, South	2014-15
Horace	Bartilow	IEA Seminar	Arts & Sciences	German-American Fulbright Commission	Germany	2012-13
Brendan	O'Farrell	IEA Seminar	Health Sciences	German-American Fulbright Commission	Germany	2012-13
Anthony	Ogden	IEA Seminar	Education	United States-India Educationcational Foundation (USIEF)	India	2012-13
Susan	Carvalho	IEA Seminar	UKIC	Japan-United States Educationcational Commission	Japan	2010-11
Edward	Jennings	IEA Seminar	Martin School	Fulbright German Studies Seminar	Germany	2008-09
Wolfgang	Natter	IEA Seminar	Arts & Sciences	German-American Fulbright Commission	Germany	1998-99