Northwestern has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution by the U.S. Department of State for the 20th consecutive year. Thirty Northwestern students and alumni received Fulbright awards for the 2023-2024 academic year, allowing them to teach, study and research everywhere from Taiwan to Colombia.
“Northwestern’s continued status as a Fulbright Top Producing Institution is a testament to the past two decades of outstanding academic work. It also reinforces the consistent ability of our students and alumni to make exceptional and lasting impacts around the world,” President Michael Schill said.
Established in 1946, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program allows graduating college seniors, graduate students and young professionals to pursue graduate study, conduct research or teach English abroad in one of more than 140 partner countries. Northwestern has made the list of top Fulbright producers since the list’s inception in 2005. In that period, more than 400 Northwestern students and alumni have received Fulbrights.
This year, Northwestern is tied for fourth among top Fulbright student-producing doctoral institutions.
“The Fulbright Student Program offers the perfect opportunity to showcase Wildcat excellence,” said Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe, director of the Office of Fellowships, which administers the Fulbright Student competition for the University.
Graduating seniors, alumni and graduate students with U.S. passports are eligible to apply for awards that last an academic year. The campus application deadline is early September.
“Northwestern’s interdisciplinary ecosystem of humanists, scientists, performers and professionals cultivates Fulbrighters ready to contribute their varied talents from Iceland to Indonesia and Senegal to Slovenia,” Pardoe said. “Our outstanding Fulbright Program Advisors, Stephen Hill and Amy Kehoe, assemble faculty and staff partners from across Northwestern to support our applicants in a multi-stage process that demands months of planning to deploy skills acquired over years of study around the world.”
Northwestern Now caught up with three Fulbrighters currently abroad to learn more about their experiences.