FAQs for Faculty
Why apply to Fulbright? Receiving a Fulbright Award will raise your professional profile and broaden your cross-cultural perspective in the classroom. Studies show that co-publishing rises rapidly after a Fulbright award.
Who is eligible? U.S. citizens who are university scholars/faculty are eligible at any stage of their career, from post-docs to senior-level professors, as well as administrators and researchers.
What is the program timeframe? 2-12 months.
How many awards are available? 800+ awards in 135 countries annually.
When can I apply? Materials can be submitted from February to September for the following year.
Where do I find out more? fulbrightscholars.org, fulbrightscholars.org/faq/scholar-faq, Global Engagement calendar
Can the Office of Fellowships help me with my Fulbright application? Yes! Our team can answer questions regarding fellowship application eligibility and deadlines, facilitate connections locally and abroad, and offer input on application documents. Contact Katie Franklin, Fulbright faculty liaison and OIP project coordinator, at fellowships@wayne.edu.
If you receive an award, our office will share the news campuswide, with your school/college marketing team, on OIP's social media and with your local news outlet(s). We will also offer opportunities for you to discuss your experiences with students and colleagues via our weekly Global Café, during Fulbright presentations and during International Education Week in November.
Faculty handouts
Online resources
- Wayne State University Leave Polices
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Webinars
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Webinar Archive
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program – Getting Started
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Application Steps and Requirements for U.S. Scholars
- Thinking of Applying for a Fulbright? Five Things You Need to Know
- How to be Fulbright Friendly
- Fulbright Scholar Directory
- Fulbright IEA Awards
- Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program
Additional opportunities
- Department of Education – Office of Postsecondary Education
- The Fulbright-Hays Program (Department of Education)
- Marshall Sherfield Fellowships
- Ford Global Fellowship
- Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (IIE)
- New Directions Fellowships | Mellon Foundation
- Stanford Humanities Center | Stanford Humanities Center
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships
- Summer Programs | The National Endowment for the Humanities
- American Overseas Research Centers
- DAAD USA Home - Study/Research in Germany
- Rockefeller Foundation--The Bellagio Center Residency Program
- BAEF-Fellowships for Study or Research in Belgium
- Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
- USINDO-United Stated Indonesia Society
- American Australian Association Arts Fund
- American-Scandinavian Foundation
- American Center of Mongolian Studies
- American Institute of Indian Studies
- ACLS American Council of Learned Societies
- Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
- Ford Global Fellowship
- Peace Corps Response
- IREX - Investing in people. Inspiring change.
- Research with the Folger | Folger Shakespeare Library
- Available Fellowships | The Huntington
- Internships and Fellowships, Available Online, Researcher/Fellow | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
- Scholarly Fellowships | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Fellowships & Institutes | The New York Public Library (nypl.org)
- Fellowships | Newberry
- Fellowships & Research Opportunities - Clark Library (ucla.edu)
- Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF-PIRE)
- Become a Radcliffe Fellow | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
- Social Science Research Council
- Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)