Application Deadline
U.S. citizens: 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Competition Deadline is Monday, September 16, 2024 at 5 PM EST. Find out more.
All candidates accepting awards for the following programs are required to attend a pre-departure orientation. If your country is not listed, there is no pre-departure orientation in the United States and the Fulbright Commission in your host country will provide more details.
The 2024 Pre-Departure Orientations will be virtual, and sessions will be held over the dates listed below. Attendance at Pre-Departure Orientations is mandatory. If you are not able to attend a session at the given time, you will be required to watch the recording.
Countries | Dates | Hosted Virtually by: |
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Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Cote d’Ivoire Ethiopia Eswatini Ghana Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe | July 15 – July 18, 2024 | Northeastern Illinois University |
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ASEAN Research Program Cambodia Mongolia Singapore Vietnam | June 10 – June 13, 2024 | Colorado State University |
Countries | Dates | Hosted Virtually by: |
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Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Estonia Georgia Kosovo Latvia Lithuania North Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Serbia Slovenia | June 24 – June 27, 2024 | Oregon State University |
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Algeria Bahrain Kuwait Oman Palestinian Territories (West Bank) Qatar Saudi Arabia Tunisia United Arab Emirates | July 8 – July 11, 2024 | Wayne State University |
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Bhutan Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Maldives Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan | June 24 – June 27, 2024 | Arizona State University, Tempe |
Countries | Date | Hosted Virtually by: |
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Bahamas Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Belize Bolivia Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Panama Paraguay Suriname Trinidad & Tobago | July 8 – July 11, 2023 | St. John’s University |
2023 Pre-Departure Orientation Recording
View PowerPoint of 2023 Pre-Departure Orientation
All candidates accepting awards for the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship program are required to attend a virtual pre-departure orientation. In addition, Fellows to Botswana, Cambodia, Fiji, Ghana, Rwanda, Timor-Leste and Vietnam will be required to attend a pre-departure orientation for their respective world region (see above for dates).
Countries | Dates | Hosted Virtually by: |
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Botswana Cambodia Colombia Fiji Mongolia Peru Rwanda Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam | Wednesday, July 24, 2024 | IIE and ECA |