Fulbright - International Educational Exchange Program

The Fulbright Program in Israel is administered by the United States-Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF).

Students

Fulbright Foreign Student Program

The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad to research and study in the United States for one year or longer.

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program

The Fulbright FLTA Program, a component of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, provides young teachers of English as a Foreign Language the opportunity to refine their teaching skills and broaden their knowledge of American cultures and customs while strengthening the instruction of foreign languages at colleges and universities in the United States.

Fulbright Doctoral Student Fellowships

Grants are offered to doctoral students, in all fields of study, in either of the following categories:

A) students who are about to begin a doctoral program at a university in the U.S.;
B) students enrolled in a doctoral program at an Israel university, integrating a year of activity at a U.S. university within the framework of their Israeli program of study.

Fulbright-ISEF Doctoral Student Fellowship

One grant is offered to a doctoral student in any field of study who is about to begin a doctoral program at a university in the U.S. In addition to academic excellence, the criteria for selection of the Fulbright-ISEF Doctoral Fellow include: involvement in community service activities and proven leadership capabilities in such activities; underprivileged socio-economic background.

Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships

Grants are offered to doctoral candidates, in all fields of study, enrolled at Israeli universities, who wish to carry out a short visit, of three months at a U.S. research institution, in order to advance doctoral dissertation research.

Fulbright-Yad VaShem Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship

One grant is offered to a doctoral candidate, enrolled at an Israeli university, who wishes to carry out a short visit of six months at a U.S. research institution, in order to advance doctoral dissertation research in the field of Holocaust Studies.

Fulbright-Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship in Women's Studies

One grant is offered to a doctoral candidate, enrolled at an Israeli university, who wishes to carry out a short visit of three months at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute in order to advance doctoral dissertation research in the field of women's studies with preference given to Jewish women’s studies.

Fulbright-Syracuse University-Civil Service Commission M.P.A. Fellowship

One grant is offered to an Israeli civil servant, undertaking the Executive Education Master of Public Administration degree program of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University.

Fulbright-John Jay College-Israel Police Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Fellowship

One grant is offered to an officer of the Israel Police undertaking the Master of Arts in Criminal Justice degree program of John Jay College of the City University of New York.

Scholars

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program provides grants to lecture and/or conduct postdoctoral research at U.S. institutions for an academic semester to a full academic year.

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (SIR) Program

The Fulbright SIR Program brings scholars and professionals from abroad to U.S. college and university campuses for a semester or an academic year, primarily to teach undergraduate courses. SIR grantees also assist in developing curricula and serve as a resource for faculty, students, and the community.

Fulbright-IBM Haifa Research Laboratory Post-Doctoral Fellowship

One grant is offered to a post-doctoral scholar in one of eight designated subfields of computer science, who is about to begin a program of research in the United States.

In Israel, Fulbright U.S. grantees are supported by the United States-Israel Educational Foundation.

Students

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals, and artists to study abroad for one academic year.

In addition, Critical Language Enhancement Awards are available to grantees for study of Arabic before their grant period.  Hebrew language study is not eligible under this award.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE).