Fulbright - International Educational Exchange Program

The Fulbright Regional Network for Applied Research (NEXUS) Program is a network of junior scholars, professionals and mid-career applied researchers from the United States and other Western Hemisphere nations participating in a year-long program that includes multi-disciplinary, team-based research, a series of three seminar meetings and a Fulbright exchange experience.

Fulbright NEXUS scholars spend up to one calendar year engaged in projects in one of three broad, interrelated areas: Science, Technology and Innovation; Entrepreneurship; and Sustainable Energy.  Beyond theoretical research, NEXUS aims to influence public policy in these areas.  As a part of the selection process, NEXUS candidates had to demonstrate how their research project would involve governments, NGOs, businesses, and local communities. Ultimately, Fulbright NEXUS Scholars will develop and pilot effective cross-sector implementation activities related to their research at the local, national and regional levels.

The Fulbright NEXUS Program draws on current U.S. foreign policy initiatives that promote the sharing of best practices to fight poverty and inequality in creative, market-driven and socially responsible ways. As the Western Hemisphere continues to be plagued by the largest income gap in the world, initiatives such as Pathways to Prosperity, the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, and the Inter-American Social Protection Network respond to the regional imperative of expanding broad-based economic opportunity to all citizens.

For more information about the Fulbright Program in the Western Hemisphere, click here.