Western Hemisphere (North, Central and South America)

The Fulbright Program offers a variety of exchange opportunities for students, scholars and teachers between individual countries in the Western Hemisphere and the United States.

Country Programs

If you are a U.S. citizen interested in a Fulbright grant to a certain country or territory, choose that country or territory.

If you are a non-U.S. citizen interested in a Fulbright grant to the U.S., choose your home country or territory.

Citizens of Antigua/Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Americans interested in going to these countries may apply through the Barbados program.

Regional Programs

For more information about the Regional Network for Applied Research (NEXUS) in the Western Hemisphere, please visit the Fulbright NEXUS page.

U.S. citizens are also eligible for regional Western Hemisphere awards to multiple countries in the region:
More information on Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program regional awards
More information on Fulbright U.S. Student Program regional awards

For overseas territories of France (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique), please see the France page.

For overseas territories of the Netherlands (Aruba and the former Netherlands Antilles - Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius), please see the Netherlands page.

If a country in the Western Hemisphere is not in the list to the left, the Fulbright Program is not active there.