Fulbright U.S. Student Program
PLEASE NOTE – OUR OFFICE ADVISES APPLICANTS TO THE FULBRIGHT U.S. STUDENT PROGRAM ONLY
If you are an international student interested in applying for a Fulbright to study at JHU or an international scholar interested in an affiliation with JHU, please contact your home country’s Fulbright Commission or U.S. embassy. If you are a Fulbright grantee from abroad who has arranged to come to JHU, please reach out to the Office of International Services for questions and support. If you are a JHU faculty member applying for a Fulbright grant, please reach out to the Johns Hopkins Editorial Assistance Services Initiative for assistance with your application materials.
What’s Fulbright?
Fulbright is an umbrella term for several programs for students, scholars, and others in the U.S. and around the world that share the goal of promoting cultural exchange and mutual understanding. This page is about the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, which sends U.S. students and recent graduates overseas for an academic year.
Since 2010, 230 students and alumni from Johns Hopkins have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to study, do research, and teach English and American culture in more than 70 countries on six continents. A complete list of winners from Johns Hopkins is available on the Fulbright website.
To learn more about the possibilities offered by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, check out “What is Fulbright?” and other videos on the the program’s YouTube channel. Please also visit our Fulbright Study/Research Award and Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship pages and explore our Fulbright videos, featuring JHU Fulbrighters talking about their experiences applying and in-country. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program has recorded webinars you can access as well, ranging from program introductions to specific awards and topics to application advice.
The Fulbright ETA in Brazil gave me the chance to explore many different potential career paths. In addition to the hands-on experience working in a university setting, through my side project I gained important experience in public health research.
– Sasha Guttentag, Fulbright ETA
Interested in applying for a Fulbright?
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is for rising and current seniors, graduate students, and recent alums who wish to spend an academic year pursuing study, research, or creative work, or teaching English abroad, while engaging in cultural exchange with their host communities. To apply for a Fulbright grant, you must be a U.S. citizen at the time of application and have a bachelor’s degree by the time the grant would start (but not have earned a Ph.D. by the time you apply). PLEASE NOTE: You must also meet any additional eligibility criteria for the specific country and award combination for which you want to apply. Please be sure to read carefully the profile of any specific country/award combination you are considering in the “Countries” section of the Fulbright website.
The National Fellowships Program is the designated campus advising office for JHU students and recent alums applying to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and we provide extensive support as well as endorsements for JHU applicants. We look forward to working with you! For more details on how we support applicants, please see our Fulbright Study/Research Award and Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship pages. We welcome inquiries all year round – please contact us if you would like to learn more about Fulbright grants and the resources we offer.
Applying in 2025 for a 2026-27 Fulbright Grant
For the grant cycle opening in April 2025 (for grants tenable in 2026-27), JHU applicants should plan to begin working with the NFP by the late spring/early summer on an application to be submitted by October 7, 2025.
We closely advise candidates who join our campus process in a timely manner on all parts of the application. Applicants who work with our office on our campus endorsement timeline (i.e. have submitted an intent to apply form by August 1 and have a well-developed, complete application by September 1) are eligible for a university endorsement. University endorsement is not required to apply. Those who join late are still welcome and encouraged to use our resources for Fulbright applicants, but cannot be provided with the level of individual support and advising that those who follow our campus timeline receive.
To get started on your application with us, please email us at [email protected] to ask for instructions to self-enroll on our Canvas course for JHU applicants (open from April through October).
JHU has been named a top-producing institution of Fulbright student grant winners for the 15th year in a row.
