{"id":2473,"date":"2026-06-04T11:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/?page_id=2473"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:27:41","slug":"fulbright-program-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/global-activity-support\/fulbright-scholar-program\/fulbright-program-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulbright Program Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Outbound Programs<\/h2>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Fulbright U.S. Student Program<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p><em>For U.S. citizens; outbound from BU<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Awards available to <strong>graduating college seniors, graduate students, and young professionals<\/strong> from all backgrounds. <strong>Program participants pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English abroad.<\/strong>\u00a0Must be U.S. citizen at time of application.<\/p>\n<h4>More Information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us.fulbrightonline.org\/\">Fulbright<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/advising\/fellowships-scholarships\/opportunities\/fulbright-u-s-student-program\/\">Fellowships\/Scholarship Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Key BU Contacts<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jeff Berg,<\/strong> Director of National &amp; International Scholarships and Fulbright Program Advisor (FPA) for Boston University: berg@bu.edu.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Fulbright U. S. Scholar Program<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><em>For U.S. citizens; outbound from BU (2 to 12 months for Scholars; 2 weeks for IEA awards)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Offers more than 380 awards in more than 120 countries for U.S. citizens to\u00a0<strong>teach, conduct research, and carry out professional projects around the world<\/strong>. Open to faculty, research and development professionals, artists and administrators<\/p>\n<p>Includes Fulbright Scholars Award, Fulbright Distinguished Scholars Award, Fulbright Postdoctoral Awards and Fulbright International Education Administrator (IEA) Award.<\/p>\n<h4>More Information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbrightscholars.org\/us-scholar-awards\">Fulbright Scholars<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Key BU Contacts<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Willis Wang &amp; <a href=\"lthorman@bu.edu\">Lauren Thorman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Inbound Programs<\/h2>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program (FFLTA)<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p><em>For non-U.S. citizens; inbound to BU<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Designed to develop Americans&#8217; knowledge of foreign cultures and languages by supporting <strong>teaching assistantships in more than 30 languages at hundreds of U.S. institutions of higher education<\/strong>. At BU the FFLTA program is hosted by BU\u2019s College of Arts &amp; Sciences (CAS) World Language &amp; Literature (WLL) department.<\/p>\n<p>Fulbright FLTAs are sponsored as <strong>J-1 non-degree students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BU sponsors 1-2 per year<\/p>\n<h4>More Information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreign.fulbrightonline.org\/about\/flta-program\">Fulbright FLTA Program<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/foreign.fulbrightonline.org\/about\/flta-program\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Key BU Contacts<\/h4>\n<p>Coordinator at WLL who selects FLTAs through 2029 is <a href=\"yamanaka@bu.edu\"><strong>Emi Yamanaka<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Fulbright Visiting Scholars Program<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><em>For non-U.S. citizens inbound to BU<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Each year roughly 850 faculty and professionals from around the world receive Fulbright Scholar <strong>awards for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States<\/strong>. Individual awards are available to scholars from over 100 countries.<\/p>\n<h4>More Information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbrightscholars.org\/institution\/boston-university\">Visiting Grantees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Key BU Contacts<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mmalone@bu.edu\"><strong>Melissa Malone <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IIE sponsors visa, ISSO Scholars team onboards<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Fulbright Outreach Lecturing Fund<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Offers short-term travel grants for current<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffulbrightscholars.org%2Fnon-us-scholars%2Ffulbright-visiting-scholar-program&amp;data=05%7C02%7CGScharnweber%40iie.org%7C18cebef1ebae490f1dce08dde1753a0a%7C9553a3e2181944e2bbc7c78ac77d22a3%7C0%7C0%7C638914615782433409%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OMSazuhcfZOKzWjgLO2AuiM1J2GVJxopIes%2FVlfLsHE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">\u00a0Fulbright Visiting Scholars<\/a>\u00a0already in the United States to visit additional U.S. institutions. BU would need to partner with another local institution who has hosted fewer than 5 scholars in the past 2 years in order to apply to host the visitor.<\/p>\n<h4>More Information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbrightscholars.org\/OLF\">Fulbright OLF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Key BU Contacts<\/h4>\n<p>Can contact <a href=\"lthorman@bu.edu\">Lauren Thorman<\/a> for guidance<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Enables US higher education institutions to host a scholar from outside the US for a semester or full academic year to teach courses, assist in curriculum development, guest lecture, and engage with the community.<\/p>\n<h4>More Information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbrightscholars.org\/sir\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbrightscholars.org\/sir\">Fulbright SIR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Key BU Contacts<\/h4>\n<p>Application would be submitted by the institution, rather than an individual<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h5>You can find information on what is involved in hosting a Fulbright Scholar on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/global-activity-support\/faculty-exchanges-visiting-scholars\/#hosting-visiting-scholars\">Faculty Exchanges and Hosting a Visiting Scholars<\/a> page.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outbound Programs Inbound Programs You can find information on what is involved in hosting a Fulbright Scholar on our Faculty Exchanges and Hosting a Visiting Scholars page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":0,"parent":2477,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2534,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2473\/revisions\/2534"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}