Fulbright Student Grant for Graduate Study, Research Abroad or English Teaching Assistantship

This award requires university nomination or interview and cannot be applied to directly. Students must work with the Office of Fellowships and Scholarships and meet university deadlines.

Overview

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English teaching assistant programs. During their grants, Fulbright recipients will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things and the way they think. Through engagement in the community, the individual will interact with their hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity and intellectual freedom, thereby promoting mutual understanding.

Deadline

  • Campus Deadline: September 2, 2025
  • External Deadline: October

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must:

  • Be U.S. citizens or nationals at the time of the application deadline.
  • Have a conferred bachelor's degree or equivalent before the start of the grant period.
  • Meet the language requirements of the award to which they are applying and demonstrate sufficient competency to complete their project and adjust to life in the host country.

How to Apply

Apply on the .

Selection Process

The UB campus committee will meet with all candidates after the campus deadline.

Campus Contact


Past Award Recipients and Honorees

Year Name Status Field(s) of Study Hometown Grant Type Country  
2025 Olivia Barth Recipient Law and Environmental Sustainability Richmond Hill, GA English Teaching Assistantship Taiwan  
2025 James Falzone Recipient Music Composition   Study/Research Aurstria  
2025 Laibah Mir Recipient Philosophy, Politics and Economics Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Jordan  
2025 Taylor Smtih Recipient English for Speakers of Other Languages West Valley, NY English Teaching Assistantship South Korea  
2025 Jaden Troiano Recipient Biochemistry Hamburg, NY English Teaching Assistantship Taiwan  
2025 Connie Yap Recipient Biomedical Science and Health and Human Services Clarence Center, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain  
2025 Nyia Meyers Alternate Linguistics Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship South Korea  
2025 Ariel Ratner Alternate Environmental Geosciences Fairport, NY English Teaching Assistantship Japan  
2025 Samuel Roberts Finalist Neuroscience Hornell, NY Study/Research India  
2024 Cameron Adam Kowalczewski Recipient Linguistics East Aurora, NY English Teaching Assistantship Taiwan  
2023 Russel Bassarath Recipient History/Social Studies Education Clarence, NY English Teaching Assistantship Cyprus  
2023 Emma Correia Recipient Linguistics and Spanish Newark, NY English Teaching Assistantship Andorra  
2023 Jane Halfhill Recipient Geological Sciences San Antonio, TX Study/Research Italy  
2023 Fiona Pratt-MacDonald Recipient Sociology East Amherst, NY English Teaching Assistantship Taiwan  
2023 Alivia Smeltzer-Darling Recipient Spanish and Social Science Interdisciplinary  Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain  
2023 Grace Van Vessem Recipient Public Health Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Slovak Republic  
2023 Caleb Walcott Recipient Geological Sciences Buffalo, NY Study/Research Austria  
2023 Leah Cabarga Alternate English/English Education Hamburg, NY  English Teaching Assistantship Montenegro  
2023 Kaitlyn Flynn Alternate Global Affairs Lancaster, NY English Teaching Assistantship South Korea  
2023 Halli Herschaft Finalist History and Sociology  Bronx, NY English Teaching Assistantship Czech Republic  
2023 Nissa Medwid Finalist Biological Sciences Yonkers, NY English Teaching Assistantship Poland  
2022 Callodine Camodeca-Schmitz Recipient Classics and History Lewiston, NY Study/Research Netherlands  
2022 Elizabeth Kubiniec Recipient Spanish Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Mexico  
2022 Sophie May Recipient French and Political Science Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Latvia  
2022 Kathleen Naughton Recipient English Brooklyn, NY Study/Research Canada  
2022 Brianna Porter Recipient Anthropology Hanahan, SC Study/Research Thailand  
2022 Pemba Sherpa Recipient Psychology and Social Science Interdisciplinary Elmhurst, NY English Teaching Assistantship Nepal  
2022 David Tallents Recipient Mathematics-Economics and Political Science Fulton, NY English Teaching Assistantship Czech Republic  
2022 Lillian Brown Finalist English Owego, NY English Teaching Assistantship Montenegro  
2022 Connor Carrow Finalist Psychology and Social Science Interdisciplinary Lancaster, NY Study/Research Taiwan  
2022 Krista Gliszczynski Finalist English and Psychology Floral Park, NY English Teaching Assistantship Germany  
2022 Teresa Mar Finalist Environmental Studies and Geography New York, NY English Teaching Assistantship Montenegro  
2022 Jeannine Nwade Finalist Political Science and Business Administration Valley Stream, NY English Teaching Assistantship Greece  
2021 Ana Lyons Recipient English for Speakers of Other Languages Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Brazil  
2021 Denis Tuttle Recipient Occupational Therapy Pittsford, NY Study/Research Thailand  
2021 Daniel Courteau Recipient Economics and Social Science Interdisciplinary Walworth, NY Study/Research Taiwan  
2021 Ashley Cercone Alternate Anthropology Amherst, NY  Study/Research Turkey  
2021 Avye Alexandre Finalist Fine Art Athens, Greece Study/Research Greece  
2021 Alivia Smeltzer-Darling Alternate Spanish and Social Science Interdisciplinary  Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain  
2021 Kennedy George Finalist Public Health Locke, NY English Teaching Assistantship Colombia  
2021 Boston Kistka Finalist Higher Education Administration Cheektowaga, NY English Teaching Assistantship Kazakhstan  
2020 Avye Alexandre Finalist Fine Art Athens, Greece Study/Research Greece  
2020 Nicholas Emmanuel Recipient Historical Music and Music Theory Pittsburgh, PA Study/Research Hungary  
2020 Lilian Macancela Recipient Social Science Interdisciplinary Woodhaven, NY English Teaching Assistantship Italy  
2020 Caitlyn Sears Alternate Geography Orchard Park, NY Study/Research Malaysia  
2020 Denis Tuttle Alternate Occupational Therapy Pittsford, NY Study/Research Thailand  
2020 Addison Arnold Finalist History and Psychology Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Malaysia  
2020 Caitlyn Coffey Finalist Political Science and Psychology Penfield, NY English Teaching Assistantship Cyprus  
2020 Nicholas Hess Finalist French Education Ringwood, NJ English Teaching Assistantship Belgium  
2020 Megan Hirner Finalist Comparative Literature Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Luxembourg  
2020 Paul Rellstab Finalist History Perrysburg, OH Study/Research Peru  
2020 David Tallents Finalist Mathematics-Economics and Political Science Fulton, NY English Teaching Assistantship Rwanda  
2019 Ashley Cercone Recipient Anthropology Amherst, NY  Study/Research Turkey  
2019 Madeline Elminowski Recipient Social Science Interdisciplinary Williamsville, NY English Teaching Assistantship Colombia  
2019 Paige Melin Recipient English and French Cheektowaga, NY English Teaching Assistantship Senegal  
2019 Haleigh Morgan Recipient English   Bloomingdale, NY English Teaching Assistantship Malaysia  
2019 Hanna Santanam Recipient English and Anthropology Manlius, NY English Teaching Assistantship India  
2019 Jenny Simon Recipient English and Linguistics Brooklyn, NY English Teaching Assistantship Mongolia  
2019 Matt Straub Recipient Architecture White Plains, NY English Teaching Assistantship Germany  
2019 Stanzi Vaubel Recipient Media Study Brooklyn, NY Study/Research Canada  
2019 Mariangela Perrella Alternate Dance and Psychology Niskayuna, NY Study/Research United Kingdom  
2019 Paige Gagliardi Finalist History Canandaigua, NY  Study/Research United Kingdom  
2019 Kayleigh Hamernik Finalist Social Science Interdisciplinary Syracuse, NY Study/Research India  
2019 Nabila Ismail Finalist Pharmacy Clifton Park, NY English Teaching Assistantship Romania  
2019 Madison McEwen Finalist History and Political Science Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Rwanda  
2019 Julia Schoonover Finalist Sociology Sidney, NY Study/Research Malaysia  
2018 Elizabeth Lessner Recipient Media Arts Production Bethesda, MD  Study/Research Brazil  
2018 Erika Ruhl Recipient Anthropology Appleton, WI Study/Research Finland  
2018 Erin Sweeney Recipient Urban Planning Geneseo, NY Study/Research Singapore  
2018 Kelly Aldinger Alternate Spanish Alden, NY English Teaching Assistantship Bulgaria  
2018 Avye Alexandre Alternate Fine Art Athens, Greece Study/Research Greece  
2018 Antara Majumdar Alternate Biomedical Science Astoria, NY Study/Research United Kingdom  
2018 Harman Paul Brar Finalist Economics and Political Science Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship South Korea  
2018 Michael Fiorica Finalist English, Philosophy, and Political Science Niagara Falls, NY Study/Research Canada  
2018 Brentyn Mendel Finalist Biomedical Engineering Grand Island, NY Study/Research United Kingdom  
2018 Anna Porter Finalist Anthropology and English Manlius, NY English Teaching Assistantship Greece  
2018 Stanzi Vaubel Finalist Media Study Brooklyn, NY Study/Research Canada  
2018 Leslie Veloz Finalist Psychology New York, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain  
2017 Jacob Caldwell Recipient Biomedical Engineering Frewsburg, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain  
2017 Lisa Gagnon Recipient English and Linguistics Amherst, NY  English Teaching Assistantship Latvia  
2017 Sushmita Gelda Recipient English   Tivoli, NY English Teaching Assistantship India  
2017 Ashlee Hart Recipient Anthropology Boise, ID Study/Research Bulgaria  
2017 Farhana Hasan Recipient English and Linguistics Cheektowaga, NY English Teaching Assistantship Malaysia  
2017 Sarah Stanford Recipient English and Psychology Williamsville, NY English Teaching Assistantship Malaysia  
2017 Michael Surrett Recipient Anthropology Enfield, CT Study/Research Indonesia  
2017 Antara Majumdar Alternate Biomedical Science Astoria, NY Study/Research United Kingdom  
2017 Sean Pears Finalist English Tacoma Park, MD Study/Research Namibia  
2016 Rachel Landau Recipient Social Science Interdisciplinary Jamaica, NY English Teaching Assistantship Czech Republic  
2016 Nida Syed Recipient Biomedical Science Williamsville, NY English Teaching Assistantship Malaysia  
2015 Samah Asfour Recipient Political Science and Global Gender Studies Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Jordan  
2015 Abigail LaPlaca Recipient Spanish Orchard Park, NY English Teaching Assistantship Panama  
2015 Karin Hsieh Finalist Philosophy and Biomedical Science Webster, NY Study/Research India  
2015 Greg Przybyla Finalist Spanish Languages and Literature Houston, TX Study/Research Argentina  
2015 Shant Tamazian Finalist Pharmacology and Toxicology Valley Cottage, NY      
2015 Jessica Teng Finalist Anthropology Buffalo, NY English Teaching Assistantship Norway  
2014 Courtney Burroughs Recipient Spanish and Social Science Interdisciplinary  Penfield, NY English Teaching Assistantship Russia  
2014 Aquilla Hines Recipient English and Social Science Interdisciplinary Brooklyn, NY English Teaching Assistantship Spain  
2014 Dominique Bertrand Recipient Anthropology Georgetown, TX Study/Research Indonesia  
2014 Laura LeVon Alternate Anthropology Iowa Study/Research United Kingdom  
2013 Amanda Buonopane Recipient Anthropology Lewiston, NY Study/Research Indonesia  
2013 Marilee Couldron Finalist Social Science Interdisciplinary Fair Lawn, NJ Study/Research South Africa  
2013 Lisa Kulka Finalist English and Spanish Amherst, NY  English Teaching Assistantship Spain  
2013 Jill Ricotta Finalist French and Political Science Getzville, NY English Teaching Assistantship Bahrain  
2013 Saira Siddiqui Finalist Environmental Design Williamsville, NY English Teaching Assistantship India  
2012 Karl Barber Recipient Chemical Engineering and French Schenectady, NY Study/Research Canada  
2012 Grace Mukupa Recipient Global Gender Studies Zambia Study/Research Tajikistan  
2012 Thawab Shibley Recipient English and Political Science Amherst, NY  English Teaching Assistantship Jordan  
2011 Rachel Hoorwitz Recipient English and French Niskayuna, NY English Teaching Assistantship Morocco  
2011 Joseph Lake Recipient Music Composition San Francisco, CA Study/Research Germany  
2011 Brian McSherry Recipient Fine Art New York Study/Research Canada  
2011 Justin Parks Recipient English   Study/Research Finland  
2011 Melissa Schindler Recipient English Medina, OH Study/Research Brazil  
2011 Tanya Bucierka Alternate Special Studies Penfield, NY English Teaching Assistantship Turkey  
2010 Megan MacDonald Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research  Morocco  
2009 Katherine Cumberland Recipient Linguistics   Gasport, NY English Teaching Assistantship Taiwan  
2009 Catherine Dunning Recipient Information and Library Science Poughquag, NY English Teaching Assistantship Cameroon  
2009 Meghana Gadgil Recipient Medicine   Study/Research Bangladesh  
2008 Matthew Boeckmann Recipient German and History Newark, NY English Teaching Assistantship Germany  
2008 Dale Hess Recipient Geological Sciences Byron, NY Study/Research Canada  
2007 Jason Almonte Recipient Law   Study/Research  Canaq  
2007 Karen Corey Recipient German, Psychology and Social Science Interdisciplinary Kingston, NY English Teaching Assistantship Germany  
2007 Benjamin Costello IV Recipient Classics     Study/Research Cyprus  
2007 Elias Rotsos Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Greece  
2007 Roderick Salisbury Recipient Anthropology Newburgh, NY Study/Research Hungary  
2007 N. Andrew Walsh Recipient Music Composition   Study/Research Germany  
2007 Melinda Wright Recipient French and Special Studies Honeoye, NY Study/Research Burkina Faso  
2006 Shifa Ali Recipient Special Studies East Amherst, NY Study/Research Morocco  
2006 George Dalbo Recipient German and History Randolph, NY English Teaching Assistantship Austria  
2006 Joshua Gentzke Recipient Special Studies Clarence, NY Study/Research Netherlands  
2006 Carla Sanderson Recipient Spanish and Social Science Interdisciplinary         
2006 Leah Muir Recipient Music Composition   Study/Research Austria  
2006 Vincenzo Mistretta Recipient Media Arts Production Sicily Study/Research Italy  
2005 Geoffrey Rhodes Recipient Media Arts Production   Study/Research Canada  
2005 Brent Anderson Recipient Special Studies Olean, NY      
2005 Meghan Fadel Recipient English Amherst, NY  English Teaching Assistantship Spain  
2004 Jordan Berry Recipient Philosophy and Political Science   English Teaching Assistantship South Korea  
2004 Andrew Franklin Recipient Spanish Little Neck, NY English Teaching Assistantship Andorra  
2004 Kate Hunter Recipient French Language and Literature West Seneca, NY English Teaching Assistantship France  
2004 Susan McGuire Recipient Anthropology Amherst, NY  Study/Research Canada  
2004 Anthony Noody Recipient Geography Amherst, NY  Study/Research Hungary  
2003 Casey O'Hara Recipient Geography Camden, NY Study/Research Canada  
2003 Debra Kolodczak Recipient Media Study North Collins, NY Study/Research Canada  
2003 Gary Winston Recipient Geography and French Spencerport, NY Study/Research Canada  
2002 Kristin Karl Recipient French and Linguistics Victor, NY English Teaching Assistantship France  
2002 Preethi Govindaraj Recipient Business Administration Williamsville, NY Study/Research Singapore  
2002 Alexis Lemon Recipient French and Social Science Interdisciplinary Baldwinsville, NY Study/Research Greece  
2002 Nathan McMurray Recipient Political Science Amherst, NY  Study/Research South Korea  
2002 Tina Song Recipient Political Science and Spanish Williamsville, NY Study/Research Colombia  
2002 Andrea Vossler Recipient French and History Wellsville, NY  English Teaching Assistantship France  
2001 Brenna Muldoon Recipient Germany   English Teaching Assistantship Germany  
2001 Carrie Hooper Recipient Music Performance   Study/Research Sweden  
2001 Erik Hadley Recipient History   Study/Research Belgium  
2001 Micah Allen Recipient Mechanical Engineering Burnt Hills, NY Study/Research Denmark  
2001 Rebecca Morrow Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Lithuania  
2000 Nicholas Logue Recipient Theater   Study/Research China  
2000 Cathleen Cullen Recipient German and Psychology   English Teaching Assistantship Germany  
2000 Erik Kjeldgaard Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Trinidad & Tobago  
1999 Kim Evans Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research New Zealand  
1999 Peter Boenning Recipient Sociology   Study/Research Germany  
1998 Warren Lewis Recipient Biochemistry   Study/Research Germany  
1998 Karen Niemel Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Nicaragua  
1998 Kristine Horner-Manning Recipient German Language and Literature   English Teaching Assistantship Belgium  
1998 Natasha Snyder Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Canada  
1997 Douglas Welle Recipient Classics   Study/Research Tunisia  
1997 Gerald Carr Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Canada  
1997 John Leonard Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Cyprus  
1997 Judy Voelker Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Thailand  
1995 Hilary Kahn Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Guatemala  
1995 John Zielinski Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Greece  
1995 Joseph Straight Recipient German   English Teaching Assistantship Germany  
1994 Aimee Verdisco Recipient Political Science   Study/Research Uruguay  
1994 Eric Sasse Recipient Classics   Study/Research Iceland  
1994 Mary Joffe Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Belize  
1993 Donna Bonner Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Belize  
1991 Bolko Janus, Jr. Recipient History   Study/Research Poland  
1991 Carl Tierney Recipient International Law   Study/Research Sweden  
1991 Joanna Drzewieniecki Recipient Political Science   Study/Research Peru  
1991 Thomas Behr Recipient History   Study/Research Italy  
1991 Ziba Rashidian Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research Germany  
1990 David Himmelgreen Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Lesotho  
1990 John Delaney Recipient History   Study/Research West Germany  
1988 Kirk Brundage Recipient Musical Instrument Training Upstate NY Study/Research Denmark  
1988 Mark Ensalaco Recipient Latin American and Caribbean Politics   Study/Research Colombia  
1988 Olga Valbuena Recipient Romance Languages and Literature   Study/Research Spain  
1988 Ruth Starkman Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research Austria  
1986 Christian Distasio Recipient History Pennsylvania Study/Research West Germany  
1986 Cynthia Doell Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research West Germany  
1984 Timothy J. Mitchell Recipient Comparative Literature   Study/Research Spain  
1983 Russell Floersch Recipient Painting and Printmaking   Study/Research West Germany  
1982 Samuel Whitsitt Recipient Humanities   Study/Research Italy  
1980 Paul A. Rodell Recipient East Asian Languages and Literature   Study/Research Philippines  
1979 Diann Rusch Recipient Art & Architectural History   Study/Research West Germany  
1979 Joseph Grasmick Recipient Anthropology   Study/Research Paraguay  
1979 Kevin Bowen Recipient Law   Study/Research United Kingdom  
1979 Paula Petrik Recipient Economics   Study/Research United Kingdom  
1977 Daniel M. Lachenman Recipient Philosophy   Study/Research West Germany  
1977 Judith A. Gentleman Recipient Political Science   Study/Research Colombia  
1977 Kathleen N. March Recipient Romance Languages and Literature   Study/Research Spain  
1976 Richard Cohen Recipient History   Study/Research West Germany  
1972 Eric Sabinson Recipient Theater   Study/Research Brazil  
1971 Jane E. Holcombe Recipient Music History   Study/Research Austria  
1968 Aleksandra Gruzinska Recipient French Language and Literature Poznan, Poland Study/Research France  
1968 Michael M. Thompson Recipient Romance Languages and Literature   Study/Research France  
1968 Verne P. Snyder Recipient Western European Studies Elmira, NY Study/Research Germany  
1967 Camille A. Severyn Recipient Spanish Languages and Literature Amherst, NY Study/Research Peru  
1967 David Ritz Recipient Italian Language and Literature   Study/Research Italy  
1967 Linda M. Schachter Recipient Romance Languages and Literature   Study/Research France  
1967 Wendy Parent Recipient French Language and Literature   Study/Research France  
1966 Clare D. Mcmahon Recipient Germanic Languages and Literature   Study/Research West Germany  
1965 Patricia Dreher Recipient Painting and Printmaking   Study/Research Sweden  
1964 Carol E. Angello Recipient Humanities   Study/Research Mexico  
1949 Robert Desowitz Recipient Medical Studies Niagara Falls, NY Study/Research United Kingdom  
1949 Walter G. Keske Recipient Literature Buffalo, NY Study/Research France