Fulbright U.S. Student Program: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/
Fulbright Grants fund 8-12 months of international experience in over 140 countries. With a long-standing mission of promoting mutual understanding through educational and cultural exchange, Fulbright opportunities can be categorized into two main grant types:
- Study/Research grants offer the opportunity to carry out your own international research project in any discipline (or in some countries, to pursue a graduate degree)
- English Teaching Assistantships (ETA) grants place Fulbrighters in classrooms abroad to teach English and share American culture
The application for the 2026-2027 program will launch on March 31, 2025 with a final deadline in early October. Check back for additional updates.
- Interested candidates should enroll in CURF's Canvas site for Fulbright applicants. Please note that this page will be relaunched in early April.
Letters of Recommendation
The Fulbright Award requires three letters of recommendation (and often, a foreign language evaluation). In each case, the applicant must register each referee/evaluator within their online Fulbright application.
Research/Study grants and English Teaching Assistant (ETA) grants use different recommendation formats:
- Recommenders for Research/Study applicants should compose an open-ended letter of recommendation(link is external).
- Recommenders for ETA applicants must provide short-answer responses to the prompts provided on the ETA recommendation form – they should NOT write an open-ended letter of recommendation. ETA applicants should look at the ETA recommendation form as they consider who is best suited to write their recommendations and should provide their recommenders with the sample form so they can prepare their responses in advance (rather than writing them spontaneously). More information, including access to the sample ETA recommendation form, is available(link is external).
Contact Information
curf-ncf@curf.upenn.edu
Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
3539 Locust Walk, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Details:
Location
United Kingdom, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, Middle East
Type
Graduate Study, Research, Language Study
Eligibility
Junior, Senior, Alumni, Graduate Student