Fulbright Scholarship

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright Program is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools world-wide. The program was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to "enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries."

2026 Honorees

The decision process for this award is ongoing. Award statuses (nominee, finalist, alternate, recipient) are not yet final and will continue to be updated here.

Ashwaq Asfour

Global Gender Studies; Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Studies (Alumna)

Award Status: Nominee

Kinja Bagalwa

Early Childhood Education; Speech and Hearing Science

Award Status: Finalist

Mansa Brown-Tonge

Economics; Global Affairs; Philosophy; Politics

Award Status: Nominee

Brianna Chavez

Business Administration (Alumna)

Award Status: Finalist

Max Chernetsky

History; Social Studies Education

Award Status: Finalist

Madeline Ciemny

History; Social Studies Education

Award Status: Nominee

Karina Cole

Political Science; Psychology (Alumna)

Award Status: Nominee

Samuel Coniglio

English for Speakers of Other Languages

Award Status: Finalist

Kadija Diouf

Mathematics

Award Status: Nominee

Daniel Emblidge

Social Science Interdisciplinary (Alumnus)

Award Status: Finalist

Abigail Frank

Information and Library Science

Award Status: Finalist

Anna Givens

Anthropology

Award Status: Finalist

Saleha Mir

Neuroscience (Alumna)

Award Status: Finalist

Julie Nisbet

Anthropology; Spanish (Alumnus)

Award Status: Nominee

Luley Osman

Urban Planning

Award Status: Nominee

Nicholas Pratt

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Award Status: Finalist

Keefe Suen

Neuroscience; Psychology

Award Status: Nominee

Sabrina Wroblewski

Communication (Alumna)

Award Status: Nominee