2025 Fulbright Scholarships

Status: Open

Applications open: 31/01/2024
Applications close: 5/07/2024

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About this scholarship
Description/Applicant information

Disclaimer Information - This scholarship is offered and administered by external organisation, Fulbright. The information and timeline may be updated in accordance with their updates / advice.

The Australian-American Fulbright Commission offers scholarships to Australian citizens across all career stages. Awardees take part in an academic and cultural exchange, pursuing research or study at a U.S. institution, experiencing life abroad and bringing back their knowledge and experience to share with their communities in Australia.

A Fulbright award is more than a scholarship – it is, in the words of Senator Fulbright, a means of fostering “leadership, learning, and empathy between cultures… It is a modest program with an immodest aim – the achievement in international affairs of a regime more civilised, rational and humane than the empty system of power of the past.”

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Student type

• Current Students

Faculty

• Centre for Aboriginal Studies
• Faculty of Business and Law
• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Faculty of Humanities

Course type

• Postgraduate coursework
• Higher Degree by Research
• Staff/Post-doctoral

Citizenship

• Australian Citizen

Scholarship base

• Merit Based

Value

The Australian-American Fulbright Commission offers scholarship opportunities to Australian citizens across various academic and career stages. Click this link to access information for each category (including opportunities available)

Benefits vary per award; please see individual awards for details. Awards generally include:

• Monthly stipend based on the cost of living in the city of the host institution
• Tuition allowance (see specific scholarship for more details)
• Round-trip, economy class airfare directly to and from the scholar’s home city and the city of the host institution (capped at AUD$4,000)
• Establishment allowance (one-time payment)
• Dependent allowance (one-time payment, if applicable)
• Assistance with identifying U.S. host institutions via Placement Services (Coursework applicants only)
• Health & Accident Insurance (ASPE) – valued at up to USD$100,000 (for the scholar only)
• Access to established professional networks – alumni and other international collaborative groups
• Orientation and enrichment opportunities – in Australia and the U.S.
• Extensive support – from the Commission as well as U.S. organisations
• Media and publicity support

For more information and to apply, please visit the Fulbright | Fulbright | Australian-American Fulbright Commission website.

Scholarship Details
Eligibility criteria

To qualify for a Fulbright scholarship through the Australian-American Fulbright Commission, you must meet and/or be aware of the following requirements.

Visas

• Fulbright awardees must travel on a valid Australian passport.
• Fulbright scholarships are contingent upon the candidate’s ability to secure and travel to the U.S. on an Exchange Visitor non-immigrant visa (J-1 visa) (administered and sponsored by the Fulbright Program) inclusive of medical clearance and security processes (you cannot engage in a Fulbright scholarship on any other visa).
• The J-1 visa carries a 2-year home-residency requirement (clause 212e) for recipients in any category (student or scholar), meaning recipients must return to Australia for a cumulative total of two years at the end of their program before becoming eligible to apply to live/work in the United States. Clause 212e is in keeping with the exchange nature of the Fulbright program and encourages recipients to return to Australia to share their knowledge and experiences. J-1 recipients will not be prohibited from travelling to the U.S. for short-term visits on the visa waiver program, or on a non-immigrant visa. Clause 212e does not prohibit scholars from gaining residency or work visas in other countries (e.g. the United Kingdom).
• The J-1 visa has a 24-month bar on “repeat participation” for recipients in the Research Scholar category. Scholars cannot return to the U.S. on a J-1 visa in the Professor or Research Scholar categories for 24 months. This bar also applies to J-2 dependents.
• If you have previously held a J-1 visa and subsequent DS-2019, please upload the DS-2019 with your application. Please be aware that if clause 212e or the 24-month bar is in effect from a previous J-1, you will be unable to accept the Fulbright award, should it be offered to you, within the 24-month/212e period. Scholarships cannot be deferred until the 24-month/212e period has passed.

Engagement

• Applicants must not have already commenced study or research in the U.S.
• Successful Australian applicants must commence their program in the U.S. academic year (August through May) following application and selection. Australian degree-seeking students must start their program in the U.S. Fall Semester (July/August session).
• Research applicants must secure placement with a primary U.S. host institution at the time of application (please note, this is not a requirement for Postgraduate degree-seeking students). Scholarships are conditional on acceptance to an approved institution for the allocated period of research or course of study.
• Applicants must not hold another major grant during the Fulbright program if it duplicates funding received from Fulbright. Outside funding and grants must be declared at the time of application and/or award acceptance and are subject to approval.
• Fulbright scholarships cannot be deferred.
• Medical professionals can apply for a Fulbright Scholarship to undertake medical research, but such research should not be directly involved with clinical practice.
• Recipients should plan to be in Australia to attend the Fulbright Orientation Program and Gala Presentation Dinner, which occurs in late February.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree or equivalent at the time of application. Postgraduate applicants in the final semester of their undergraduate degree will also be eligible (pending good academic standing). Postdoctoral candidates will also be considered if they can provide a letter from their adviser that outlines that their PhD will be conferred prior to the proposed program start.
• For undergraduate students yet to graduate – please upload a university transcript of your academic performance to date showing your credit points obtained.
• Postgraduate applicants applying for degrees will be required to take the GRE test, dependent on host institution requirements. Successful applicants will be provided with a voucher to cover the costs of testing.
• Applicants whose primary language is not English may be required to provide language proficiency test results at the time of application.

For more information and to apply, please visit the Fulbright | Fulbright | Australian-American Fulbright Commission website.

Application process

via online application - Apply Now - Fulbright | Fulbright | Australian-American Fulbright Commission

Enquiries

Contact Us - Fulbright | Fulbright | Australian-American Fulbright Commission

Further Information

Contact Fulbright

Contact on-campus advisors at Curtin University

The Australian-American Fulbright Commission has assigned Team members and Campus Advisers to each Australian university. Our Advisers are all Fulbright alumni who are available to discuss their exchange experiences with potential applicants, as well as to give basic information about our scholarship programs.

For more information on the on-campus advisors, please click here.

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