Fulbright Program

FIU Earns “Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars” in 2024 Yet Again

February 13, 2024 - Building on the success from previous years, FIU’s 2023-2024 six Fulbright Scholars and one Fulbright Global Scholar earn the university once again the U.S. Department of State’s recognition as Top Producer. In a congratulatory letter to President Kenneth Jessell, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken praises these scholars as “changemakers” and FIU for “fostering global cooperation on issues of shared importance”.

FIU Fulbrighters Abroad

Concert stage with five jazz musicians — Michael Eckroth (seated at the piano) performing with local musicians and a Swiss guitarist during Tabuleiro jazz festival in Minas Gerais state; a formal recording by this group is planned for Summer 2024 (2023-2024)

Lecture room with students and professor — Abdelhamid Meziani (front row, 2nd from right) giving a math seminar at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene in Algiers, Algeria (2023-2024)

Group of people — Ligia Collado-Vides (2nd from right) with her host, collaborators and students following the team's farewell luncheon at the University of the Algarve, Portugal (2023-2024)

Special guest Nasar Ahmed at the seminar on ‘’Empowering working mothers: Promoting breastfeeding for a safer world for a healthier world ’’ at Daffodil University, Bangladesh (2023-2024)

Man and boy in a historic cathedral inf front of ornate altar — Javier Mendoza (with son) at Catedral de Jaen for the Festival de Música Antigua Andrés Vandelvira after a concert with a local youth orchestra in Madrid, Spain (2023-2024)

Allison Matulli (first from the right) speaking at a radio broadcast about her Fulbright project at Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia, together with her faculty host Maria González-Malabet (center), professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations and director of the Instituto de Desarrollo Político y Institucional (IDEPI) and the radio show host.

Angela Salmon (standing, center) observing children together with her collaborators from Universidad de la Sabana and Aeiotu in Colombia. As a Fulbright Global Scholar 2024-2026, professor Salmon will continue her action project at University of Warsaw, Poland; and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

In recognition of FIU's extensive partnership in promoting and facilitating Fulbright exchanges, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) recognizes FIU as one of a small select group of Hispanic Serving Institution Leaders.

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and offers over 400 awards for teaching, research or to carry out a professional project in 135 countries. Opportunities are available for faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and others. In addition to several new program models designed to meet the changing needs of U.S. academics and professionals, Fulbright offers flexible awards including multi-country opportunities.

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program online program overview, catalog of awards, the Fulbright scholar directory and upcoming and archived webinars offer a good starting point for faculty and international education administrators to gain insights into the many exciting opportunities for engagement across the world.

Since the program is highly competitive, we recommend that you reach out to one of FIU's Fulbright Program Campus Liaisons (see below) for additional guidance.

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Faculty and students at University of Algarve, Portugal with FIU professor Ligia Collado-Vides (second from right)

Fulbright Specialist Program

The Fulbright Specialist Program is a unique opportunity for U.S. academics and established professionals to engage in two- to six-weeks, project-based exchanges at host institutions in 160 countries across the globe. It is designed to bring specialized expertise to the host institution abroad.

The Fulbright Specialist Program online program overview and the eligibility and award description offer a good starting point for interested faculty and senior administrators.

Meet FIU's Fulbright Specialists!

On the left: Rob Guerrette, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, with the National Police Commissioner of Iceland’s Center for Police Training and Professional Development

Hosting a Visiting (non-U.S.) Fulbright Scholar

Under the Visiting Fulbright Scholar Program, non-U.S. scholars apply in their home country for a Fulbright grant to carry out advanced research or lecturing at U.S. institutions. Or, where FIU is interested in the academic expertise of a scholar abroad, FIU submits an application for a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence. A short-term hosting opportunity offers the Fulbright Outreach Lecturing Fund (OLF) program. The OLF program sponsors visiting scholars who are already at a U.S. institution to travel within the U.S. and give a guest lecture at another institution, generally over 2-3 days.

Interested in hosting a Fulbright Visiting Scholar? Contact your Fulbright Program Campus Liaisons (see below) to get started.

Meet FIU's Fulbright Visiting Scholars.

First from the right: Dr. Amit Ranjan, Scholar-in-Residence from India 2020-2021 celebrating FIU Language Day with Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants and FIU students.

FIU Fulbright Alumni

FIU's count of Fulbright alumni continues to grow annually. A comprehensive list of Fulbright U.S. Scholars can be found here.

Once a Fulbrighter, always a Fulbrighter! These articles highlight some of the most recent Fulbright grantees and their inspirational work abroad as well as on our campus.

FIU's most active program alumnus is Dr. Emmanuel Roussakis, Professor Emeritus of Finance, who has been abroad as a Fulbright Scholar in Romania and as a Fulbright Specialist in Russia, Indonesia, Morocco, Kuwait and Tunis between the years 2010 and 2020.

Meet FIU's Fulbright Program Champion: Iqbal Akthar, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and International Relations, who not only traveled to Pakistan to collaborate with faculty and mentor students there, he also hosted two Fulbright Scholars in Residence and four Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants at FIU.

They say "there is a Fulbright for everyone." Learn about FIU Fulbright Specialist awardees and the Fulbright International Education Administrator awardee who work on short-term projects with or visit partner institutions to advance the field of international eduation.

"Fulbright has allowed me to supercharge my global citizenship. The relationships you form and contributions you make are truly life changing. Especially in these times of a global crisis, programs like these remind us that we are all connected and solutions are always global. While my time in Brazil was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Fulbright has been amazing at giving us support along the way, and online collaboration has allowed me to keep working with my colleagues in Brazil."
Associate Professor Carolin Lusby, Fulbright Scholar to Brazil in 2020-2021