View State Department Country Brief: Bangladesh

Fulbright Program Opportunities in the U.S. for Bangladeshis
Grants are available for Bangladeshi students to pursue Master's and Ph.D. degrees in the U.S. Post-doctoral research opportunities are also offered to a small number of Bangladeshi scholars. Bangladeshis at all levels of society are eager for intellectual and educational contact with the United States. With relatively few Americans traveling to Bangladesh and fewer Bangladeshis able to travel to the United States without outside financial support, Fulbright academic exchanges are one of the few means available for Bangladeshis and Americans to interact. Each year, close to 25 Bangladeshi scholars and students are awarded Fulbright grants under various programs to study, conduct research and lecture in the United States. Economic development, business administration and other social science disciplines remain popular areas of research among both students and scholars.

With more than 15 well-qualified candidates for every grant in the Bangladesh student and scholar competition, Fulbright grants in Bangladesh are highly competitive. The Fulbright Program in Bangladesh has been administered by the Public Affairs Office at the American Embassy in Dhaka, U.S. Department of State since the 1950's and is considered the most prestigious amongst all the fellowships offered by various countries to Bangladeshis.

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Fulbright Program Opportunities in Bangladesh for Americans
Grants to Bangladesh for U.S. citizens are offered in the student and scholar categories. Each year, approximately five full-year awards are available for students to carry out research projects, for independent study or as a component of graduate or Ph.D. dissertation research. Up to five U.S. scholar grants to lecturer and or conduct research are available as well.  Five short-term specialist grants are generally offered for U.S. faculty and professionals with support provided by Bangladeshi host institutions.

Officials in the Bangladeshi government and university administrators persistently seek Fulbright assistance for faculty development and professional enhancement, and the establishment of more than a dozen new private universities (in addition to the six public ones) has only increased the need. 

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