The Fulbright Association is a U.S.-based membership organization of Fulbright Programalumni and supporters committed to fostering international awareness and understanding through: For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... The Fulbright Program is a program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships and Fulbright Scholarships), founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright, and sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and by governments in other countries. ... An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ...
Advocating increased worldwide support for Fulbright exchanges;
Enriching the Fulbright experience; and
Facilitating lifelong interaction among alumni and current participants.
The Fulbright Association, founded in 1977 by a group of Fulbright alumni in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and supported by Senator Fulbright until his death in 1995, has grown to an organization of more than 9,000 members. The Fulbright Association supports a network of alumni-run chapters across the United States that host alumni activities, educational and cultural programs, and enrichment activities for visiting Fulbrighters. Bryn Mawr is in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, along U.S. Highway Route 30 (Lancaster Avenue). ...
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The Fulbright Program is a program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and by governments in other countries.
A Fulbright Commission provides scholarships to citizens of countries participating in the Fulbright Program who wish to study in the US, and to US citizens who wish to study in those countries.
William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding established in 1993 is awarded by the FulbrightAssociation to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures, or nations to greater understanding of others.
The BFSA is the Alumni Association for British Fulbright Scholars.
BFSA alumni have had the opportunity, through their scholarships, to study in some of the most pre-eminent educational bodies in the USA and are committed to the benefits of mutual exchange and communication between nations, groups and individuals.
Associate Membership is open to those who support the ideals and aims of the Fulbright Programme but were not themselves grantees.
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