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Program Timeline Participating Countries and Other Areas The Making an Impact Specialists in the News The Fulbright Program World Learning For Specialists Eligibility Information Sessions and Events Application Process and Deadlines Application Instructions Frequently Asked Questions Information Session Archive For Host Institutions Eligibility Application Process Frequently Asked Questions Alums Tell Your Fulbright Story Refer a Colleague or Friend Directory of Program Alums Contact Search Apply Home About Program Timeline Participating Countries and Other Areas The Making an Impact Specialists in the News The Fulbright Program World Learning For Specialists Eligibility Information Sessions and Events Application Process and Deadlines Application Instructions Frequently Asked Questions Information Session Archive For Host Institutions Eligibility Application Process Frequently Asked Questions Alums Tell Your Fulbright Story Refer a Colleague or Friend Directory of Program Alums Contact Search Apply Panoramic image of a city at sunset Become a Fulbright Specialist Apply Online to Join the Fulbright Specialist Roster Apply Now Image of a female Specialist with chin-length black hair speaking to an audience using a microphone. Host a Fulbright Specialist Apply Through Your Fulbright Commission or U.S. Embassy Learn More Image of a male Specialist smiling with his arms around three male students. Making an Impact Success Stories from Around the World Read More Image of a male Specialist standing on a stage speaking to an audience. Attend an Information Session or Consultation Find Upcoming Events for Prospective U.S. Specialists Learn More A program of the U.S. Department of State , the is a unique opportunity for U.S. academics and established professionals to engage in two- to six-week, project-based exchanges at host institutions across the globe. Learn More 0 0 0 Alum Stories Making an Impact Around the World Featured Beyond Objects: Fulbright Specialists Reflect on the Meaning Behind their Mementos As we head into 2024, we asked alums look back on their time as Fulbrighters and share mementos that express what they mean to them. Read More → Fulbright Prompts ‘Paradigm Shift’ in Perspective on Global Educational Needs This experience broadened my understanding of global educational needs, enriching my own work with fresh insight.” Read More → How Two Fulbrighters Are Uniting to Advance Accessible Education in Bulgaria Fulbright allowed me to understand that I was making the right decision to engage with this amazing Deaf community and bring some of my Deaf and hearing professor friends along for the ride.” Read More → Celebrating 20 Years of Fulbright Specialists Learn About Notable Milestones and Alumni 2001 Established After 55 years of creating connections in a complex and changing world, the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Exchanges established the FSP in 2001. The FSP further extended the scope and reach of the traditional Fulbright Program into a new era by providing U.S. academics and professionals with significant expertise with the opportunity to complete short term project-based exchanges designed by institutions around the world. In its first year, 46 experts such as Marsha Echols, Professor of Law and Director of The World Food Law Institute at Howard University, would serve as Specialists in 30 countries across the globe. 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian Begins His Fulbright Journey Fulbright Specialists are a diverse group of passionate and accomplished individuals who engage with institutions around the world to share their expertise. Michael G. Kammen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian at Cornell University whose many books explored the Constitution, the concept of American identity, and America's cultural and social history, served as a Specialist at the University of Bucharest in Romania. During his grant, Kammen led seminars on the study of American culture and served as the keynote speaker at the Romanian Association of American Studies' biannual U.S. Studies conference. 2005 Smithsonian Conservator Provides Essential Training to Preserve Khmer Artifacts Through the FSP, institutions around the world are able to connect and develop sustained collaboration with U.S. experts from a wide range of professional backgrounds and fields, including the U.S. public and non-profit sectors. Paul Jett, then the Head of Conservation and Research at the Smithsonian Institutions's National Museum of Asian Art, served as a Specialist in Cambodia, providing technical trainings to a team of curators and museum professionals to enable them to care for a collection of nearly 7,000 bronze artifacts dating from as early as the 9th century. The project led to nearly a decade of collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Cambodia to study and preserve this important cultural art form including establishing Cambodia's first bronze conservation program and bringing an exhibit of several dozen bronze artifacts to the American public in 2011. 2011 Ten Years of the The FSP continues to grow and expand opportunities for U.S. academics and professionals of all backgrounds to develop international collaboration, advance their careers and make meaningful contributions to society. Over 10 years, nearly 2,200 individuals served as Fulbright Specialists in 140 countries and other areas around the world in 24 eligible disciplines. 2015 Fulbright Specialists Address an Emerging Migration Crisis The short-term and flexible nature of the FSP allows Fulbright Specialists to use their skills and expertise to support their host institution's response to emerging challenges. In reaction to a growing migration and humanitarian crisis in the Middle East, a number of Fulbright Specialists like Joseph Bock, Director of the International Conflict Management Program at Kennesaw State University, were deployed to assist universities, government institutions, medical institutions, and non-governmental organizations around the world to address urgent issues related to refugee resettlement. As a Specialist, Bock consulted with the Municipality of Athens in Greece as they worked to develop strategies for managing the influx of refugees and migrants to the city. 2016 Alumna Tapped to Lead One of the World's Largest Scientific Societies Chemist Donna Nelson has served as a leader within the scientific community by contributing to the examination of racial and gender diversity of U.S. faculty in the sciences through the development of the Nelson Diversity Surveys, one of the first highly disaggregated datasets examining diversity of STEM faculty within U.S. research universities. She has also advanced the public's understanding of the importance and impact of science and scientists through diverse activities like serving as science advisor to the team behind the hit television show Breaking Bad . In 2016, she was tapped to serve as President of the American Chemical Society (ACS), an organization with over 150,000 members from the chemistry community. As a Specialist in Bulgaria, Nelson delivered lectures on education in chemistry and the history and philosophy of chemistry at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and participated in workshops on the inclusion of women in science and decision making. 2018 Community College Dean Becomes First Fulbrighter to Bermuda Valerie Palamountain, Dean of Workforce Development at Piedmont Virginia Community College, served as the first U.S. Fulbrighter to the island nation of Bermuda . While there, she collaborated with Bermuda’s Ministry of Education and Workforce Development to create a National Workforce Development Plan for the island’s approximately 65,000 residents. 2019 Women of Color Magazine Announces Technologist of the Year Award Fulbright Specialist alumna and University of Central Florida professor Pamela McCauley was named the 2019 Women of Color...