Fulbright Student Grant for Graduate Study, Research Abroad or English Teaching Assistantship

This award requires university nomination or interview and cannot be applied to directly. Students must work with the Office of Fellowships and Scholarships and meet university deadlines.

Overview

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English teaching assistant programs. During their grants, Fulbright recipients will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things and the way they think. Through engagement in the community, the individual will interact with their hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity and intellectual freedom, thereby promoting mutual understanding.

Deadline

  • Campus Deadline: September
  • External Deadline: October

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must:

  • Be U.S. citizens or nationals at the time of the application deadline.
  • Have a conferred bachelor's degree or equivalent before the start of the grant period.
  • Meet the language requirements of the award to which they are applying and demonstrate sufficient competency to complete their project and adjust to life in the host country.

How to Apply

Apply on the Fulbright website.

Selection Process

The UB campus committee will meet with all candidates after the campus deadline.

Campus Contact

Past Award Recipients and Honorees

Year Name Status Field(s) of Study Hometown Grant Type Country
2023 Russel Bassarath Recipient History/Social Studies Education Clarence, NY English Teaching Assistantship Cyprus
2023 Emma Correia Recipient Linguistics and Spanish Newark, NY English Teaching Assistantship Andorra
2023 Jane Halfhill Recipient Geological Sciences   Study/Research Italy
2023 Fiona Pratt-MacDonald Recipient Sociology East Amherst, NY English Teaching Assistantship Taiwan
2023 Alivia Smeltzer-Darling Recipient Spanish and Social Science Interdisciplinary  Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain
2023 Grace Van Vessem Recipient Public Health Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Slovak Republic
2023 Caleb Walcott Recipient Geological Sciences   Study/Research Austria
2023 Leah Cabarga Alternate English/English Education Hamburg, NY  English Teaching Assistantship Montenegro
2023 Kaitlyn Flynn Alternate Global Affairs Lancaster, NY English Teaching Assistantship South Korea
2023 Halli Herschaft Finalist History and Sociology  Bronx, NY English Teaching Assistantship Czech Republic
2023 Nissa Medwid Finalist Biological Sciences Yonkers, NY English Teaching Assistantship Poland
2022 Callodine Camodeca-Schmitz Recipient Classics and History Lewiston, NY Study/Research Netherlands
2022 Elizabeth Kubiniec Recipient Spanish Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Mexico
2022 Sophie May Recipient French and Political Science Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Latvia
2022 Kathleen Naughton Recipient English   Study/Research Canada
2022 Brianna Porter Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Thailand
2022 Pemba Sherpa Recipient Psychology and Social Science Interdisciplinary Elmhurst, NY English Teaching Assistantship Nepal
2022 David Tallents Recipient Mathematics-Economics and Political Science Fulton, NY English Teaching Assistantship Czech Republic
2022 Lillian Brown Finalist English Owego, NY English Teaching Assistantship Montenegro
2022 Connor Carrow Finalist Psychology and Social Science Interdisciplinary Lancaster, NY Study/Research Taiwan
2022 Krista Gliszczynski Finalist English and Psychology Floral Park, NY English Teaching Assistantship Germany
2022 Teresa Mar Finalist Environmental Studies and Geography New York, NY English Teaching Assistantship Montenegro
2022 Jeannine Nwade Finalist Political Science and Business Administration Valley Stream, NY English Teaching Assistantship Greece
2021 Ana Lyons Recipient English for Speakers of Other Languages Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Brazil
2021 Denis Tuttle Recipient Occupational Therapy Pittsford, NY Study/Research Thailand
2021 Daniel Courteau Recipient Economics and Social Science Interdisciplinary Walworth, NY Study/Research Taiwan
2021 Ashley Cercone Alternate Anthropology Amherst, NY  Study/Research Turkey
2021 Avye Alexandre Finalist Fine Art   Study/Research Greece
2021 Alivia Smeltzer-Darling Alternate Spanish and Social Science Interdisciplinary  Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain
2021 Kennedy George Finalist Public Health Locke, NY English Teaching Assistantship Colombia
2021 Boston Kistka Finalist Higher Education Administration Cheektowaga, NY English Teaching Assistantship Kazakhstan
2020 Avye Alexandre Finalist Fine Art   Study/Research Greece
2020 Nicholas Emmanuel Recipient Historical Music and Music Theory   Study/Research Hungary
2020 Lilian Macancela Recipient Social Science Interdisciplinary Woodhaven, NY English Teaching Assistantship Italy
2020 Caitlyn Sears Alternate Geography Orchard Park, NY Study/Research Malaysia
2020 Denis Tuttle Alternate Occupational Therapy Pittsford, NY Study/Research Thailand
2020 Addison Arnold Finalist History and Psychology Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Malaysia
2020 Caitlyn Coffey Finalist Political Science and Psychology Penfield, NY English Teaching Assistantship Cyprus
2020 Nicholas Hess Finalist French Education   English Teaching Assistantship Belgium
2020 Megan Hirner Finalist Comparative Literature   English Teaching Assistantship Luxembourg
2020 Paul Rellstab Finalist History Perrysburg, OH Study/Research Peru
2020 David Tallents Finalist Mathematics-Economics and Political Science Fulton, NY English Teaching Assistantship Rwanda
2019 Ashley Cercone Recipient Anthropology Amherst, NY  Study/Research Turkey
2019 Madeline Elminowski Recipient Social Science Interdisciplinary Williamsville, NY English Teaching Assistantship Colombia
2019 Paige Melin Recipient English and French Cheektowaga, NY English Teaching Assistantship Senegal
2019 Haleigh Morgan Recipient English   Bloomingdale, NY English Teaching Assistantship Malaysia
2019 Hanna Santanam Recipient English and Anthropology Manlius, NY English Teaching Assistantship India
2019 Jenny Simon Recipient English and Linguistics Brooklyn, NY English Teaching Assistantship Mongolia
2019 Matt Straub Recipient Architecture White Plains, NY English Teaching Assistantship Germany
2019 Stanzi Vaubel Recipient Media Study Brooklyn, NY Study/Research Canada
2019 Mariangela Perrella Alternate Dance and Psychology Niskayuna, NY Study/Research United Kingdom
2019 Paige Gagliardi Finalist History Canandaigua, NY  Study/Research United Kingdom
2019 Kayleigh Hamernik Finalist Social Science Interdisciplinary Syracuse, NY Study/Research India
2019 Nabila Ismail Finalist Pharmacy Clifton Park, NY English Teaching Assistantship Romania
2019 Madison McEwen Finalist History and Political Science Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Rwanda
2019 Julia Schoonover Finalist Sociology Sidney, NY Study/Research Malaysia
2018 Elizabeth Lessner Recipient Media Arts Production Bethesda, MD  Study/Research Brazil
2018 Erika Ruhl Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Finland
2018 Erin Sweeney Recipient Urban Planning Geneseo, NY Study/Research Singapore
2018 Kelly Aldinger Alternate Spanish Alden, NY English Teaching Assistantship Bulgaria
2018 Avye Alexandre Alternate Fine Art   Study/Research Greece
2018 Antara Majumdar Alternate Biomedical Science Astoria, NY Study/Research United Kingdom
2018 Harman Paul Brar Finalist Economics and Political Science Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship South Korea
2018 Michael Fiorica Finalist English, Philosophy, and Political Science Niagara Falls, NY Study/Research Canada
2018 Brentyn Mendel Finalist Biomedical Engineering Grand Island, NY Study/Research United Kingdom
2018 Anna Porter Finalist Anthropology and English Manlius, NY English Teaching Assistantship Greece
2018 Stanzi Vaubel Finalist Media Study Brooklyn, NY Study/Research Canada
2018 Leslie Veloz Finalist Psychology New York, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain
2017 Jacob Caldwell Recipient Biomedical Engineering Frewsburg, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain
2017 Lisa Gagnon Recipient English and Linguistics Amherst, NY  English Teaching Assistantship Latvia
2017 Sushmita Gelda Recipient English   Tivoli, NY English Teaching Assistantship India
2017 Ashlee Hart Recipient Anthropology Boise, ID Study/Research Bulgaria
2017 Farhana Hasan Recipient English and Linguistics Cheektowaga, NY English Teaching Assistantship Malaysia
2017 Sarah Stanford Recipient English and Psychology Williamsville, NY English Teaching Assistantship Malaysia
2017 Michael Surrett Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Indonesia
2017 Antara Majumdar Alternate Biomedical Science Astoria, NY Study/Research United Kingdom
2017 Sean Pears Finalist English   Study/Research Namibia
2016 Rachel Landau Recipient Social Science Interdisciplinary Jamaica, NY English Teaching Assistantship Czech Republic
2016 Nida Syed Recipient Biomedical Science Williamsville, NY English Teaching Assistantship Malaysia
2015 Samah Asfour Recipient Political Science and Global Gender Studies Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Jordan
2015 Abigail LaPlaca Recipient Spanish Orchard Park, NY English Teaching Assistantship Panama
2015 Karin Hsieh Finalist Philosophy and Biomedical Science Webster, NY Study/Research India
2015 Greg Przybyla Finalist Spanish Languages and Literature   Study/Research Argentina
2015 Shant Tamazian Finalist Pharmacology and Toxicology Valley Cottage, NY    
2015 Jessica Teng Finalist Anthropology   English Teaching Assistantship Norway
2014 Courtney Burroughs Recipient Spanish and Social Science Interdisciplinary  Penfield, NY English Teaching Assistantship Russia
2014 Aquilla Hines Recipient English and Social Science Interdisciplinary Brooklyn, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain
2014 Dominique Bertrand Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Indonesia
  Laura LeVon Alternate Anthropology   Study/Research United Kingdom
2013 Amanda Buonopane Recipient Anthropology Lewiston, NY Study/Research Indonesia
2013 Marilee Couldron Finalist Social Science Interdisciplinary   Study/Research South Africa
2013 Lisa Kulka Finalist English and Spanish Amherst, NY  English Teaching Assistantship Spain
2013 Jill Ricotta Finalist French and Political Science Getzville, NY English Teaching Assistantship Bahrain
2013 Saira Siddiqui Finalist Environmental Design Williamsville, NY English Teaching Assistantship India
2012 Karl Barber Recipient Chemical Engineering and French Schenectady, NY Study/Research Canada
2012 Grace Mukupa Recipient Global Gender Studies   Study/Research Tajikistan
2012 Thawab Shibley Recipient English and Political Science Amherst, NY  English Teaching Assistantship Jordan
2011 Rachel Hoorwitz Recipient English and French Niskayuna, NY English Teaching Assistantship Morocco
2011 Joseph Lake Recipient Music Composition   Study/Research Germany
2011 Brian McSherry Recipient Fine Art   Study/Research Canada
2011 Justin Parks Recipient English   Study/Research Finland
2011 Melissa Schindler Recipient English   Study/Research Brazil
2011 Tanya Bucierka Alternate Special Studies Penfield, NY English Teaching Assistantship Turkey
2010 Megan MacDonald Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research  Morocco
2009 Katherine Cumberland Recipient Linguistics   Gasport, NY English Teaching Assistantship Taiwan
2009 Catherine Dunning Recipient Information and Library Science Poughquag, NY English Teaching Assistantship Cameroon
2009 Meghana Gadgil Recipient Medicine   Study/Research Bangladesh
2008 Matthew Boeckmann Recipient German and History Newark, NY English Teaching Assistantship Germany
2008 Dale Hess Recipient Geological Sciences   Study/Research Canada
2007 Jason Almonte Recipient Law   Study/Research  Canaq
2007 Karen Corey Recipient German, Psychology and Social Science Interdisciplinary Kingston, NY English Teaching Assistantship Germany
2007 Benjamin Costello IV Recipient Classics     Study/Research Cyprus
2007 Elias Rotsos Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Greece
2007 Roderick Salisbury Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Hungary
2007 N. Andrew Walsh Recipient Music Composition   Study/Research Germany
2007 Melinda Wright Recipient French and Special Studies Honeoye, NY Study/Research Burkina Faso
2006 Shifa Ali Recipient Special Studies East Amherst, NY Study/Research Morocco
2006 George Dalbo Recipient German and History Randolph, NY English Teaching Assistantship Austria
2006 Joshua Gentzke Recipient Special Studies Clarence, NY Study/Research Netherlands
2006 Carla Sanderson Recipient Spanish and Social Science Interdisciplinary       
2006 Leah Muir Recipient Music Composition   Study/Research Austria
2006 Vincenzo Mistretta Recipient Media Arts Production   Study/Research Italy
2005 Geoffrey Rhodes Recipient Media Arts Production   Study/Research Canada
2005 Brent Anderson Recipient Special Studies Olean, NY    
2005 Meghan Fadel Recipient English Amherst, NY  English Teaching Assistantship Spain
2004 Jordan Berry Recipient Philosophy and Political Science   English Teaching Assistantship South Korea
2004 Andrew Franklin Recipient Spanish Little Neck, NY English Teaching Assistantship Andorra
2004 Kate Hunter Recipient French Language and Literature West Seneca, NY English Teaching Assistantship France
2004 Susan McGuire Recipient Anthropology Amherst, NY  Study/Research Canada
2004 Anthony Noody Recipient Geography Amherst, NY  Study/Research Hungary
2003 Casey O'Hara Recipient Geography Camden, NY Study/Research Canada
2003 Debra Kolodczak Recipient Media Study North Collins, NY Study/Research Canada
2003 Gary Winston Recipient Geography and French Spencerport, NY Study/Research Canada
2002 Kristin Karl Recipient French and Linguistics Victor, NY English Teaching Assistantship France
2002 Preethi Govindaraj Recipient Business Administration Williamsville, NY Study/Research Singapore
2002 Alexis Lemon Recipient French and Social Science Interdisciplinary Baldwinsville, NY Study/Research Greece
2002 Nathan McMurray Recipient Political Science Amherst, NY  Study/Research South Korea
2002 Tina Song Recipient Political Science and Spanish Williamsville, NY Study/Research Colombia
2002 Andrea Vossler Recipient French and History Wellsville, NY  English Teaching Assistantship France
2001 Brenna Muldoon Recipient Germany   English Teaching Assistantship Germany
2001 Carrie Hooper Recipient Music Performance   Study/Research Sweden
2001 Erik Hadley Recipient History   Study/Research Belgium
2001 Micah Allen Recipient Mechanical Engineering Burnt Hills, NY Study/Research Denmark
2001 Rebecca Morrow Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Lithuania
2000 Nicholas Logue Recipient Theater   Study/Research China
2000 Cathleen Cullen Recipient German and Psychology   English Teaching Assistantship Germany
2000 Erik Kjeldgaard Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Trinidad & Tobago
1999 Kim Evans Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research New Zealand
1999 Peter Boenning Recipient Sociology   Study/Research Germany
1998 Warren Lewis Recipient Biochemistry   Study/Research Germany
1998 Karen Niemel Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Nicaragua
1998 Kristine Horner-Manning Recipient German Language and Literature   English Teaching Assistantship Belgium
1998 Natasha Snyder Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Canada
1997 Douglas Welle Recipient Classics   Study/Research Tunisia
1997 Gerald Carr Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Canada
1997 John Leonard Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Cyprus
1997 Judy Voelker Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Thailand
1995 Hilary Kahn Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Guatemala
1995 John Zielinski Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Greece
1995 Joseph Straight Recipient German   English Teaching Assistantship Germany
1994 Aimee Verdisco Recipient Political Science   Study/Research Uruguay
1994 Eric Sasse Recipient Classics   Study/Research Iceland
1994 Mary Joffe Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Belize
1993 Donna Bonner Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Belize
1991 Bolko Janus, Jr. Recipient History   Study/Research Poland
1991 Carl Tierney Recipient International Law   Study/Research Sweden
1991 Joanna Drzewieniecki Recipient Political Science   Study/Research Peru
1991 Thomas Behr Recipient History   Study/Research Italy
1991 Ziba Rashidian Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research Germany
1990 David Himmelgreen Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Lesotho
1990 John Delaney Recipient History   Study/Research West Germany
1988 Kirk Brundage Recipient Musical Instrument Training   Study/Research Denmark
1988 Mark Ensalaco Recipient Latin American and Caribbean Politics   Study/Research Colombia
1988 Olga Valbuena Recipient Romance Languages and Literature   Study/Research Spain
1988 Ruth Starkman Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research Austria
1986 Christian Distasio Recipient History   Study/Research West Germany
1986 Cynthia Doell Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research West Germany
1984 Timothy J. Mitchell Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research Spain
1983 Russell Floersch Recipient Painting and Printmaking   Study/Research West Germany
1982 Samuel Whitsitt Recipient Humanities   Study/Research Italy
1980 Paul A. Rodell Recipient East Asian Languages and Literature   Study/Research Philippines
1979 Diann Rusch Recipient Art & Architectural History   Study/Research West Germany
1979 Joseph Grasmick Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Paraguay
1979 Kevin Bowen Recipient Law   Study/Research United Kingdom
1979 Paula Petrik Recipient Economics   Study/Research United Kingdom
1977 Daniel M. Lachenman Recipient Philosophy   Study/Research West Germany
1977 Judith A. Gentleman Recipient Political Science   Study/Research Colombia
1977 Kathleen N. March Recipient Romance Languages and Literature   Study/Research Spain
1976 Richard Cohen Recipient History   Study/Research West Germany
1972 Eric Sabinson Recipient Theater   Study/Research Brazil
1971 Jane E. Holcombe Recipient Music History   Study/Research Austria
1968 Aleksand Gruzinska Recipient French Language and Literature   Study/Research France
1968 Michael M. Thompson Recipient Romance Languages and Literature   Study/Research France
1968 Verne P. Snyder Recipient Western European Studies   Study/Research Germany
1967 Camille A. Severyn Recipient Spanish Languages and Literature   Study/Research Peru
1967 David Ritz Recipient Italian Language and Literature   Study/Research Italy
1967 Linda M. Schachter Recipient Romance Languages and Literature   Study/Research France
1967 Wendy Parent Recipient French Language and Literature   Study/Research France
1966 Clare D. Mcmahon Recipient Germanic Languages and Literature   Study/Research West Germany
1965 Patricia Dreher Recipient Painting and Printmaking   Study/Research Sweden
1964 Carol E. Angello Recipient Humanities   Study/Research Mexico
1949 Robert Desowitz Recipient Medical Studies   Study/Research United Kingdom
1949 Walter G. Keske Recipient Literature   Study/Research France