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Email: [email protected]Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3483
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Ronald Building, First FloorNote: This page refers to the student program only. Learn more about Fulbright Program opportunities for faculty.
- Be a U.S. citizen
- Hold a BA/BS degree or equivalent by the time of the grant (Alternatively, applicant must have extensive professional study and/or experience in fields in which he/she wishes to pursue a project or, in the case of the creative and performing arts, four years of professional study and/or experience.)
- Be in good health
- Additional eligibility requirements vary by specific grants, countries and programs. Further information on these qualifications is available online at us.fulbrightonline.org.
No. Most countries do not require the pursuit of a master’s degree and/or PhD, though grantees are required to have an affiliation with a host country institution (academic or otherwise) to support their work. However, grant opportunities vary by country; for detailed information, please see this year’s individual country summaries (available online at us.fulbrightonline.org).
The application period closes approximately one year prior to a grantee’s departure. For example, if an applicant is a college senior who wants to begin his/her Fulbright Grant the fall after graduation, the application must be received by APU’s Fulbright program advisor by the end of September in his/her senior year.
The deadline to submit applications to APU is September 24, 2018, at 3 p.m.
There is a single application form for all types of grants: Fulbright full grants, travel grants, teaching assistantships, etc. Since candidates may apply to only one country, one application suffices for all awards to that country for which an applicant is eligible.
Grants provided by Fulbright include the following:
- Fulbright Full Grants (Research or Study): Grants benefits will vary by country and type of grant. Fulbright U.S. Student Full Grants generally provide round-trip transportation, book and research allowances, maintenance for the academic year based on living costs in the host country, supplemental health and accident coverage, tuition (in some cases), and language or orientation courses where appropriate.
- Fulbright ETA Grants: Benefits for English Teaching Assistantships (ETA) are the same as for Full Grants. That is, grantees will be provided with round-trip transportation, maintenance for the academic year, supplemental health and accident coverage, tuition assistance (in some cases), and language or orientation courses where appropriate.