Fulbright Scholarship Programs

Scholarships for citizens of the Eastern Caribbean

Applicants for the following six scholarships must be citizens of and live in one of the countries to which the United States Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean is accredited: Antigua/Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Fulbright Faculty Development Scholarship – deadline is May 31.

The Fulbright Faculty Development program offers opportunities for community college and university faculty from abroad to engage in graduate study at U.S. universities.  Applicants must be nominated by their Eastern Caribbean college or university.  Apply online. 

Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship – deadline is July 15.

The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad to research and study in the United States for one year or longer at U.S. universities or other appropriate institutions.  Apply online.

Hubert Humphrey scholarship – deadline is September 12.

The Hubert H. Humphrey program brings outstanding mid-career professionals from the developing world and societies in transition to the United States for one year. Fellows participate in a non-degree program of academic study and gain professional experience. Apply online.

Fulbright NEXUS scholarship –  deadline to be announced.

The Fulbright Regional Network for Applied Research (NEXUS) Program is a network of junior scholars, professionals and mid-career applied researchers from the United States and other Western Hemisphere nations participating in a year-long program that includes multi-disciplinary, team-based research, a series of three seminar meetings and a Fulbright exchange experience.  The Fulbright NEXUS program will take place from November 2012 to October 2013.

Standardized Testing

Most Fulbright applicants will be required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for further information go to the GRE website.

Those applicants who are applying for a Fulbright scholarship in order to be admitted to an MBA program will need to write the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), for further information please to the GMAT website.

Accreditation

Your institution must be accredited.  Please check the database of Accredited Post Secondary American Institutions and Programs to see whether the university you wish to attend is accredited.

Foreign Residency Requirement

When you participate in a Fulbright program, you will be subject to the two-year home-country foreign residency requirement.  You must return to your home country for a cumulative total of two years at the end of your Fulbright program.  You are not prohibited from traveling to the United States but may not benefit from certain employment-based or family-based visas until the foreign residency requirement is satisfied.

For further information please send us an email, or call staff assistant Juanita Lynch at 246-227-4102.

Scholarships for citizens of the United States

Scholarships for citizens of the United States

The following two programs are available to citizens of the United States who are interested in pursuing academic work in the Eastern Caribbean.

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program – offered annually

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar program offers opportunities for American scholars, artists and professionals to conduct research, lecture, and/or consult with other scholars and institutions abroad.  The program sends approximately 800 American scholars and professionals per year to approximately 130 countries, where they lecture and/or conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. Visit the Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program website for complete application and eligibility details. Interested faculty members may also wish to contact their institution's Fulbright Campus Representative.

Eastern Caribbean colleges and universities who wish to host a scholar should contact us via email.

Fulbright American Specialists – rolling deadline 

The Fulbright Specialists program sends U.S. faculty and professionals to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning, and related subjects at academic institutions abroad for a period of 2 to 6 weeks. Apply here.

The application process requires a username and password, which may be requested by email .