Fulbright Scholar
International exchange awardee
A Fulbright Scholar is a recipient of a Fulbright grant, a prestigious international educational exchange program funded by the U.S. government.
The program sends American scholars, students, and professionals abroad and brings foreign counterparts to the United States for research, teaching, or study.
Being named a Fulbright Scholar carries significant academic prestige: She spent her Fulbright year researching public health in Brazil.
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- grantBestow or award money
- academicRelating to education or theory
- higher educationPost-secondary academic training
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
study abroad · abroad · host country · cultural immersion · research · prestigious · international · ambassador · global citizen · professor · dissertation · university · State Department · cultural · lecturer · ivory tower · graduate · application
- achievementsaccomplishment, achievement, accomplishments, achievements, triumph
- Notable AlumniNobel laureate, valedictorian, summa cum laude, magna cum laude
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
Fulbright Scholarisolationist
Advocate for national seclusion
xenophobe · nativist · foreign agent · spy · defector
Fulbright, full, fullness, fuller, fullest, bright, brightly, brightness, brighten