How To Apply

The Fulbright Commission operates several different award categories for UK and EU citizens and application instructions vary for each. Please ensure you are following the appropriate instructions for the category and year to which you are interested in applying.

Application deadlines for study/research in the US in 2008 have now passed. In addition, application deadlines for the following categories for study/research in the US in 2009-10 have passed:

• Fulbright International Science and Technology PhD Awards
• Fulbright Alistair Cooke Journalism Award
• Fulbright-UK Film Council Film Award
• Fulbright Postgraduate Awards

Other award categories for the 2009-10 cycle will open in late summer 2008. Please check back in the coming months for further details.

Interviews General Information

• Within 10 weeks of receipt of your application, we will send you a letter to let you know if you have been short listed and your application passed to the selection committee.

• Approximately two weeks before the interviews we will send you a letter informing you whether you are invited to interview.

• All interviews are held at Fulbright House in London. There are no exceptions and we do not conduct telephone interviews with candidates living abroad. Domestic economy-class travel from outside London is reimbursed by the Fulbright Commission. Candidates coming from abroad must discuss their travel arrangements with the Awards Director before booking. Please note that reimbursement for travel from abroad may only be reimbursed by the Fulbright Commission at the discretion of the Awards Director and in no instance shall reimbursement exceed £150.

• The selection committees are comprised of people drawn from the following list: representatives from a relevant professional field, senior academics, senior US Embassy representatives, Fulbright alumni and senior Fulbright House staff.

• In most cases, candidates will be notified within 10 days of the outcome of their interview. They will fall into one of three categories:

Conditional offer - all awards are offered on condition that you

i) receive clearance from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB) in the US, which will be sought on your behalf by the Fulbright Commission.

ii) gain a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree;

iii) are offered a place at one of the US universities listed on your application form.

Reserve - reserve candidates are held on a list and will be told by the end of May whether or not they will be offered an award.

Non-select – the Fulbright Commission is unable to offer an award.

PLEASE NOTE: The Fulbright Commission is unable to comment on individual applications or the reason for their refusal.

Any Questions?

Contact the Fulbright Awards staff with your enquiry. Please reference the specific award category in your enquiry.