Fulbright - International Educational Exchange Program

The Fulbright Program in Mexico is administered by the Mexico-United States Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange.

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 Program (FLTA)

The Fulbright FLTA program is a nine-month, non-degree program providing future teachers of English with the opportunity to refine their skills, increase their English language proficiency, and extend their knowledge of U.S. society and culture while strengthening foreign language instruction at U.S. colleges and universities, and some high schools.

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 Border Program

This program offers grants for Mexican scholars at higher education institutions located in the Mexican states along the northern border to teach courses and/or conduct a research project in a U.S. institution along the border. The Mexican scholar will maintain residence in Mexico and commute two or three days a week to complete the proposed activities in the U.S.

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.

In Mexico, Fulbright U.S. grantees are supported by the Mexico-United States Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange.

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.

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships (ETA) Program

The Fulbright ETA Program, an element of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, places U.S. students as English teaching assistants in schools or universities overseas, thus improving foreign students’ English language abilities and knowledge of the United States while increasing their own language skills and knowledge of the host country. ETAs may also pursue individual study/research plans in addition to their teaching responsibilities.

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

Scholars

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program sends American scholars and professionals abroad to lecture and/or conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.

Fulbright Specialist Program

The Fulbright Specialist Program, a short-term complement to the traditional Fulbright Scholar Program, sends U.S. faculty and professionals to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning, and related subjects at overseas academic institutions for a period of 2 to 6 weeks.

Fulbright Border Program

The goal of the Border Program is to enhance linkages and collaborative work between U.S. and Mexican academic institutions and scholars in the border regions. Grantees live at home and commute to Mexico a minimum of one to two times per month to engage in research, teaching, or both.

Fulbright-Carlos Rico Award for North American Studies

The Fulbright-Carlos Rico Award for North American Studies offers U.S. Scholars the opportunity to spend one semester in Mexico and one semester in Canada studying topics of interest to both countries.

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES).