The 2018-19  Fulbright U.S. Student competition opens today (Monday), April 3.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study/research projects or for English Teaching Assistant Programs. 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.

University of Kentucky students interested in applying for Fulbright funding are encouraged to begin work with Pat Whitlow, director of the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards. Whitlow can be contacted at pat.whitlow@uky.edu or 859-257-4984.