The Department of State is the U.S. government agency officially responsible to U.S. Congress for management and supervision of the Fulbright Program worldwide.
In addition to the Fulbright Student and Scholar programs administered by IIE and its division of CIES, several other programs fall under the Fulbright umbrella.
FTEP provides opportunities for qualified educators to participate in direct exchanges of positions with colleagues from other countries for six weeks, a semester, or a full academic year. In exchanging positions with foreign teachers or administrators, program participants have the opportunity to live and work in the cultures of their host countries, an experience which has benefits for the teachers, their schools, and their communities.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is an IIE-administered Fulbright exchange program that brings accomplished professionals from designated countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Eurasia to the United States at a midpoint in their careers for one year of study and related professional experiences. Fellowships are granted competitively to candidates primarily in the fields of public administration, economic development, environmental management, education, law and human rights, public health and communications/journalism.
AMIDEAST administers the Fulbright Program for students from the Middle East and North Africa. Students from Algeria, Bahrain, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen are placed in graduate programs at universities across the United States. Since the early 1970s, AMIDEAST has brought more than 800 students to the United States for Department of State sponsored academic programs.
LASPAU has collaborated with the Department of State since 1975 in the administration of the Faculty Development Program, bringing more than 150 educators each year from Latin America and the Caribbean to the United States.
A majority of the program's grantees study at the master's level; however, doctoral and non-degree study is also supported. Faculty are selected for their potential to contribute to their disciplines as well as to their academic institutions. After their studies in the United States, grantees resume teaching, research, and, in some cases, administrative positions at their home institutions, sharing the benefits of their educational experience.
