Citizen Exchange Programs The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Office of Citizen Exchanges supports a variety of professional, youth, cultural, and sports exchanges programs to further the U.S. foreign policy, to provide foreign participants with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and understanding so they can better address the challenges facing their countries, and to offer Americans the opportunity to share their expertise and experience with their foreign counterparts.International Visitor Program The International Visitor Program sends grantees to the United States to meet with professional counterparts and experience first-hand the U.S. and its institutions. Several members of the past cabinet and at least three dozen members of the Bangladesh Parliament have been International Visitors. Others have included leaders in business, academics, and journalists.
English Language Fellow Program The English Language Fellow Program fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries by sending talented, highly qualified U.S. educators in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) on ten-month fellowships to overseas academic institutions in all regions of the world.
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program sends American scholars and professionals to countries where they lecture and/or conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
Fulbright Specialists Program The Fulbright Specialists 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 Visiting Scholar ProgramThe Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program provides grants to foreign scholars to conduct post-doctoral research at U.S. institutions from an academic semester to a full academic year.
Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program enables U.S. colleges and universities to host foreign academics to lecture on a wide range of subject fields for a semester or academic year. Preference is given to institutions developing an international agenda and/or serving a minority audience, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges, small liberal arts colleges, and community colleges.
Fulbright New Century Scholars Program The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program provides a platform for a group of outstanding scholars to focus on a single issue of concern to people, institutions and governments worldwide. These scholars – one-third from the United States, the rest from other countries – spend a year conducting research, both individually and collaboratively, to advance understanding on a topic of international importance in the 21st century.
International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) ILEP brings outstanding secondary teachers to the United States to further develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States. ILEP participants attend a semester-long academic program at U.S. universities, which includes coursework and intensive training in teaching methodologies, curriculum development, and the use of technology for education. The program includes an 8-week internship at a U.S. secondary school.
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings mid-career professionals from developing countries, who have exemplified leadership in public service, to the United States for one year of study and practical, work-related experience.
Study of the U.S. Institutes: Secondary School Educators The Institute for Secondary School Educators provides experienced and highly-motivated secondary school educators with a deeper understanding of U.S. society and culture, past and present. The Institute is organized around a central theme or themes in U.S. civilization and has a strong contemporary component.
Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) TEA provides secondary-school teachers with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge about the United States. TEA teachers travel to the United States to participate in a six-week professional development program at a U.S. university.
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