The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars, educators, graduate students and professionals, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright. The Fulbright Program is one of the most prestigious awards programs worldwide, operating in over 155 countries and with 50 commissions. More Fulbright alumni have won Nobel Prizes than those of any other academic program (for a total of 40, including one in 2009 Oliver Williamson). [edit] History The Fulbright Commission aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in peace and friendship. [1] Created in the aftermath of the Second World War through the efforts of Senator Fulbright, The Fulbright Program promotes peace and understanding through educational exchange. The senator believed that this would be an essential vehicle for mutual understanding between individuals, institutions and future leaders. There are over 300,000 alumni of the program, split approximately equally between science & technology and arts & humanities. About 7,000 new grants are awarded each year. The Fulbright Program in the Philippines is the oldest continuously operating Fulbright program in the world. The Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF) was established on March 23, 1948. In spite of the increasing cost of higher education in the U.S. and limited funding allocation, PAEF strives to place/send qualified Filipino Fulbrighters to competitive American universities, including Ivy League schools. The US-UK Fulbright Commission was created by treaty on 22 September 1948, and since its inception has expanded its program to include grants for study in a wide variety of fields: MBA awards, filmmaking, sports science, performing arts, science, politics, history, literature and dance to name a few. Since 1949, approximately 12,000 UK Nationals have studied in the U.S. and 9,600 U.S. Nationals in the UK through the Fulbright Program. [edit] The program The programs were established to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. The Fulbright Program provides funds for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools abroad. The initial reach of this program had been primarily European countries, but now the program operates worldwide. [edit] Administration and funding The program is administered by 50 binational Fulbright commissions, U.S. embassies, and cooperating organizations. A Fulbright Commission is a foundation established abroad to co-sponsor and administer Fulbright grants locally. Unlike countries where Fulbright grants are paid by the U.S. Department of State, Commissions pay some or all of the scholarships. Grants for recent B.A. graduates, graduate students and younger professionals are administered by the Institute of International Education. These grants are available for U.S. citizens with a bachelor's degree to study in other countries, and for citizens of other countries to do graduate study in the U.S. Grants for faculty and professionals, as well as grants for U.S. institutions wishing to host scholars from other countries, are administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Grants for K-12 teachers and administrators are also available. Fulbright-Hays grants, including grants for doctoral and postdoctoral research, summer seminars abroad, and group projects abroad, are sponsored by the United States Department of Education. The Program is funded by Congressional appropriations and funding provided by partner governments. The program also receives important in-kind and financial support from academic institutions, foundations, and the private sector. Fulbright grants for students, teachers, college faculty and professionals are sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, governments in other countries, and the private sector. Fulbright-Hays grants for graduate students, teachers, and faculty are sponsored by the United States Department of Education. [edit] Fulbright Prize The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding established in 1993 is awarded by the Fulbright Association to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures, or nations to greater understanding of others. Fulbright Prize laureates include: [edit] Fulbright alumni Fulbright alumni associations exist in 71 countries around the world[2]. In the U.S., the Fulbright Association[3] counts over 9,000 members. The Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology[4] focuses on professional advancement and collaboration needs among the 100,000+ Fulbright alumni in science, technology and related fields. [edit] Notable alumni The following are particularly notable, listed in alphabetical order:[5] - Raj Aggarwal, Professor of International Business and Finance at the University of Akron College of Business Administration and notable finance scholar.
- Shamshad Akhtar, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
- Arlene Alda, children’s book author and photographer
- Francis Andersen, Australian Hebrew scholar
- Nancy C. Andreasen, recipient of the National Medal of Science in 2000
- Richard T. Antoun; Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Binghamton University; stabbed to death by student in 2009
- Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, First female Vice Chancellor in Ghana
- Sima Avramovic, Serbian legal academic
- Craig Barrett, former chairman of Intel Corporation
- Melissa Block, host on All Things Considered on National Public Radio
- Frits Bolkestein, Dutch Politician and former EU Commissioner
- Amar Bose, MIT professor; founder of the Bose Corporation
- Jeffrey M. Bradshaw - Senior research scientist at The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
- Michael Bryant - former Attorney-General of the Province of Ontario, Canada
- Storm Bull - Professor Emeritus at the College of Music, University of Colorado
- Steven Campbell, Scottish painter
- A. D. Coleman, photography critic and author
- Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, scriptwriter, novelist
- Barbara Knowles Debs, former president of Manhattanville College and the New York Historical Society
- Richard A. Debs, founding president of Morgan Stanley International
- Niels Diffrient, award-winning industrial designer
- William C. Dowling, scholar, author, social critic
- John W. Downey, contemporary classical composer
- Peter Drysdale, economist, his work provided the intellectual foundations for the establishment of APEC
- William Durden, president of Dickinson College
- Charles Figley, president Green Cross academy of traumatology
- Christian Filippella, film director and writer
- Andrea Fitting, founder and CEO of Fitting Group, a challenger branding agency
- John Miles Foley, scholar of comparative Oral tradition
- Carlo Forlivesi, composer and researcher
- John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke professor emeritus of history at Duke University and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Jonathan Franzen, novelist
- Andras Gerevich, poet and screenwriter
- Austan Goolsbee, economist and Presidential advisor
- Milton Glaser, graphic designer
- George J. Graham, Jr., political theorist
- John Granville, United States Agency for International Development diplomat assassinated in Sudan
- Harold J. Grimm, Professor of History and an authority on the Protestant Reformation
- Charles Gwathmey, architect
- Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General, The Supreme Council of Antiquities; Egypt
- Joseph Heller, author
- Deborah Hertz, Herman Wouk Chair in Modern Jewish Studies at the University of California, San Diego
- Urs Hölzle, senior vice president of operations at Google
- Greg Hunt, Australian Politician
- Alex Kahn, pageant performance artist
- Kusuma Karunaratne, Sri Lankan academic, university administrator, Professor and scholar of Sinhalese language and literature
- Shirley Strum Kenny, president of Stony Brook University
- H.T. Kirby-Smith, author and poet
- Werner Krieglstein, a German-American University of Chicago fellow, philosopher, author, and actor
- S.M. Krishna, Former chief minister of Karnataka, India and the current Foreign Minister of India.
- Laila Lalami, author and essayist
- Ben Lerner, poet
- Jack Levine, American painter and printmaker
- William S.W. Lim, Chinese architect and author
- John Lithgow, actor
- Alvin Lucier, composer of experimental music
- Dolph Lundgren, actor
- Reinhard H Luthin, historian and author
- Walter E. Massey, physicist, former president of Morehouse College and Chairman (2009) of Bank of America.
- John Mendelsohn, president of the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Anna Moffo, operatic soprano
- Monica Myzezi, President IVFonline
- Loretta Napoleoni, economist, author, journalist and political analyst
- Robert Neffson, artist
- Dr. Donna J. Nelson, chemistry professor and scientific workforce scholar
- Marcus Nispel, film director
- Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, president and CEO of Strategic Investment Group
- Carlos Ott, Uruguayan architect
- Tarik O'Regan, composer
- Dr. Diana S. Perdue, tenured mathematics education professor, author and presenter
- Thomas R. Pickering, former under secretary of state for political affairs
- Sylvia Plath, poet
- Saeed Jaffrey, Actor and recipient of OBE
- Michael Pyatok, architect, Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle
- Dr. David Reagan, former director of Pepperdine University's Center for International Business, currently an evangelist and founder of Lamb and Lion Ministries
- Stephan Reimertz, writer and art historian
- Michael A. Rice, professor of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Rhode Island and state representative Rhode Island House of Representatives.
- Stefan Sagmeister, Graphic Designer and Typographer
- Nilofar Sakhi, women's rights activist in Afghanistan
- Ross Scaife, Founder and co-editor of The Stoa: A Consortium for Electronic Publication in the Humanities and founding editor of Suda On Line
- Ruth J. Simmons, president of Brown University
- Tom Smith, jazz musician, educator
- Javier Solana, former Secretary General of NATO and current EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy
- Theodore J. St. Antoine, Dean of University of Michigan School of Law and expert in labor relations and collective bargaining
- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize winning economist
- Olen Steinhauer, author
- Terence Tao, mathematician, recipient of the Fields Medal
- Julie Taymor, designer and director
- Patricia Wasley, dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington and renowned education scholar
- Ulrich Wickert, German journalist and TV presenter
- Colin H Williams, Professor, School of Welsh, Cardiff University
- Jonathan Shapiro ("Zapiro"), South African cartoonist
- Jean Choplin, France, co-founder of AIESEC
- David G. Bradley, Owner of the Atlantic Media Company and founder of the Advisory Board Company and the Corporate Executive Board
- Liam Byrne, UK Labour Party politician
- Muhidin Hamamdzic, Academic, Former Mayor of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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