"Fostering leadership, learning and empathy between cultures was and remains the purpose of the international scholarship program."
– Senator J. William Fulbright  

WMU students, currently enrolled and/or alumni:

Campus deadline for 2012-2013: SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Fulbright deadline for 2012-2013: OCTOBER 18, 2011

To begin application process, please contact Dr. Michelle Metro-Roland, WMU Fulbright campus representative at (269) 387-5890 or by email.

• Is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
• Is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide.
• Was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to "enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries."
• Awarded approximately six thousand grants in 2004, at a cost of more than $250 million, to U.S. students, teachers, professionals, and scholars to study, teach, lecture, and conduct research in more than 150 countries, and to their foreign counterparts to engage in similar activities in the United States.
• Receives its primary source of funding through an annual appropriation from Congress to the Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions in foreign countries, and in the United States, also contribute financially through cost-sharing and indirect support, e.g., through salary supplements, tuition waivers, and university housing.

WMU students who have won Fulbright Grants