Fulbright and Hubert Humphrey Scholarships NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Scholarships for citizens of the Eastern Caribbean
Applicants for the following four scholarships must be citizens of and live in one of the countries to which the United States Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean is accredited: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Fulbright Faculty Development Scholarship – deadline is May 31, 2014
The Fulbright Faculty Development program offers opportunities for community college and university faculty from abroad to engage in graduate study at U.S. universities. Applicants must be nominated by their Eastern Caribbean college or university. Apply online.
Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship – deadline is July 1, 2014
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 at U.S. universities or other appropriate institutions. Apply online.
Hubert Humphrey Scholarship – deadline is July 1, 2014
The Hubert Humphrey program brings outstanding mid-career professionals from the developing world and societies in transition to the United States for one year. Fellows participate in a non-degree program of academic study and gain professional study professional experience. Apply online.
Fulbright NEXUS Scholarship - deadline is March 1, 2014
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 program that includes multi-disciplinary, team-based research, a series of three seminar meetings, and a two to three-month research exchange visit to the United States. Apply online.
Standardized Testing
Most Fulbright applicants will be required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). For further information on the GRE go the GRE website.
Those applicants who are applying for a Fulbright scholarship in order to be admitted to an MBA program will need to write the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). For further information please visit the GRE website.
Accreditation
Your desired graduate institution of choice must be accredited. Please review the U.S. Department of Education ’s Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs.
Foreign Residency Requirement
When you participate in a Fulbright program, you will be subject to the two-year, home-country foreign residency requirement. You must return to your home country for a cumulative total of two years at the end of your Fulbright program. You are not prohibited from travelling to the United States but may not benefit from certain employment-based or family based visas until the foreign residency requirement is satisfied.
For further information please email us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. of call staff assistant Juanita Lynch at 1-246-227-4102.
Scholarships for Citizens of the United States
The following two programs are available to the citizens of the United States who are interested in pursuing academic work in the Eastern Caribbean
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program – offered annually
The Fulbright U.S Scholar program offers opportunities for American scholars, artists and professionals to conduct research, lecture, and/or consult with other scholars and institutions abroad. The program sends approximately 80 American scholars and professionals per year to approximately 130 countries, where they lecture and/or conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. Visit the website of the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars for complete application and eligibility details. Interested faculty members may also wish to contact their institution’s campus representative.
Eastern Caribbean colleges and universities who wish to host a scholar should contact us at BridgetownExchanges@state.gov
Fulbright American Specialists – rolling deadline
The Fulbright Specialists program sends U.S. faculty and professionals abroad to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning, and related subjects at academic institutions abroad for periods of 2 to 6 weeks. Look here for further information and application forms. Eastern Caribbean institutions interested in requesting an American specialists should send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in order to request a username and password which permits access to the Fulbright Specialist’s database.
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