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Graduate Students
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As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) seeks to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchange programs, including the exchange of scholars, researchers, professionals, students, and educators. ECA programs foster engagement and encourage dialogue with citizens around the world. Educational and cultural engagement is premised on the knowledge that mutual understanding, the development of future leaders, and the benefits of education programs influence societies and affect official decision-making almost everywhere in the world today. ECA programs inform, engage, and influence participants across strategic sectors of society – including young people, women, teachers, scholars, journalists, and other professionals – increasing the number of foreign individuals who have first-hand experience with Americans and with the values of freedom, representative government, rule of law, economic choice, and individual dignity, while building international knowledge and capacity among Americans. The purpose of the Fulbright Student Program is to promote mutual understanding by providing opportunities for American and foreign students to study, do research, and/or serve as teaching assistants of their native languages abroad. The Fulbright Student Program includes program components for U.S. students, foreign students, Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program, Fulbright-Fogarty Fellows, and the Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship program.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
No Current Data Available. In FY 2016, there were approximately 1,126 English Teaching Assistants (ETAs) in 68 countries.
In FY 2016, 19 Fulbright Public Policy Fellows served as special assistants to support joint public policy initiatives within the government ministries or institutions in ten countries in AF, EAP, EUR, and WHA
In FY 2016, five Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellows carried out projects with components in countries from AF, EAP, EUR, SCA, and WHA.
In FY 2016, ECA supported approximately 236 Western Hemisphere Faculty Development grantees.
In FY 2016, 396 grantees participated in the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program.
Number of Participants:
Fulbright English Teaching Assistants: 1,201 to 73 countries.
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistancts (FLTA): 401 from 51 countries.
Fulbright Public Policy Fellows: 20
Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellows: 5
Western Hemisphere Fulbright Faculty Development Program: 139
In the 2018-2019 academic year, there were over 1,200 participants in the Fulbright English Teaching Assistants program and almost 400 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants.
In Academic Year 2019-20, there were 2,234 U.S. Fulbright Students, 3,895 Fulbright Foreign Students, and 402 Foreign Language Teacher Assistants (FLTAs).
In Academic Year 2020-21, there were 2,110 U.S. Fulbright Students (including 1,259 English Teaching Assistants) and , 3,996 Fulbright Foreign Students, (including 257 Foreign Language Teaching Assistants) selected to participate in the student program.
No Current Data Available.
In FY 2022 the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program brought approximately 400 teachers of foreign languages from 56 countries and territories to teach 37 different languages at 180 colleges and universities in 40 states.
No Current Data Available.
No Current Data Available.
No Current Data Available.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
