US-UK Fulbright Commission Postgraduate Scholarships Open for Application
The US-UK Fulbright Commission administers a range of awards and exchange programmes to enable UK undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and professionals to study and conduct research in the United States. The Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarships provide funding towards tuition fees and general maintenance costs for UK citizens due to commence postgraduate study at a university in the United States in 2021.
The awards are available to UK citizens resident anywhere except the United States, including Irish citizens normally resident in Northern Ireland and citizens with dual UK nationality with any country other than the United States.
Applicants will be responsible for making a separate application to their chosen US institution. Applicants do not need to have applied to a US university before submitting a Fulbright application, but must receive an offer of admission from the institution nominated in the proposal to receive a Fulbright grant if successful.
In support of its aim to foster cultural understanding between the UK and the USA, the Fulbright programme will generally give preference to applicants who do not have extensive experience (six months or longer) in the USA. All Fulbright Award recipients must enter the United States on an Exchange Visitor (J-1) visa under a US Department of State programme.
The awards open for application for the 2021/22 academic year include:
Alistair Cooke Award in Journalism – for UK postgraduate students undertaking a Master’s degree at a US university. The award will support study in journalism or cognate subjects leading to a career in journalism – e.g. communications, area/regional studies, etc.
The award is a maximum of $45,000 to contribute towards the first year of tuition fees and general maintenance costs in the USA.
Fulbright All Disciplines Award – for UK students undertaking postgraduate study, in any discipline, at an accredited university in the United States.
Qualifications/academic work eligible for support includes:
Master’s degrees.
Doctoral degrees.
Visiting student research or independent research projects.
Non-degree study at the Master’s level (including postgraduate certificate programmes).
The maximum award is $45,000 to contribute towards the first year of tuition fees and general maintenance costs while in the United States.
Fulbright Elsevier Data Analytics Award – for UK students undertaking a postgraduate qualification at a US university in any discipline that requires data analytics to advance understanding of new research trends, emerging fields of research, or collaborations between universities and industry.
The maximum award is $60,000 to contribute to the first year of tuition fees and general maintenance costs while in the United States
Fulbright Executive Master of Public Administration Award at NYU Wagner – for UK mid-career academics undertaking the first semester of the Master of Public Administration, Executive Programme in Global Public Policy and Management (EMPA for Global Policy Leaders) based at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service in New York City.
The award includes a tuition waver for the first semester and $12,000 as a contribution to general maintenance costs while in the United States.
Fulbright Global Wales Postgraduate Awards – for UK graduates with a strong connection with Wales undertaking postgraduate study and research at university in the United States.
There are two awards available:
Welsh All Disciplines Award – for UK graduates who have lived in Wales for at least five years and are undertaking a Master’s degree in any discipline at any accredited US university. Awardees must intend to return to Wales after the period of their Fulbright Award.
The maximum award is $45,000 to contribute to the first year of tuition fees and general maintenance costs while in the US.
Welsh Visiting Student Researcher Award – for UK students currently enrolled on a PhD programme at university in Wales to conduct a semester long research project at a university in the United States.
The maximum award is $25,000 to contribute to general maintenance costs during the research period.
Fulbright Lloyd’s Postgraduate Scholarships – for UK postgraduates undertaking a Master’s degree at a university in the United States in any discipline related to risk, including but not limited to topics such as emerging and evolving risks, social media and insurance, impact of globalisation on supply chain risk, climate change, risk management, cyber security, international or homeland/domestic security or any other subject related to risk.
The scholarship is $45,000 to contribute to the first year of tuition fees and general maintenance costs while in the United States.
Fulbright Nursten Award in Medical Studies – for UK students seeking to pursue a postgraduate degree in any aspect of medical studies at university in the United States.
The scholarship award is $45,000 to contribute to the first year’s tuition costs and general maintenance costs while in the United States.
Fulbright Postgraduate Student Award at Brown University – funding over five years to support UK postgraduate students undertaking a PhD at Brown University in the United States.
The total award is in the order of $430,000 over five years to cover full tuition, annual stipend, one-off transitional stipend and health insurance.
Fulbright Postgraduate Student Award at Indiana University Maurer School of Law – for UK postgraduates undertaking a Master’s in Law (LLM) programme at the Maurer School of Law.
The scholarship covers full tuition and other mandatory student fees for one year.
Fulbright Postgraduate Student Award at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs – for UK postgraduate students undertaking a one- or two-year Master’s in public policy and planning (excluding dual degrees) at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
The scholarship covers full tuition fees for one or two years.
Fulbright Sir Cyril Taylor Memorial Award in Social Entrepreneurship – for UK scholars undertaking Master’s degrees, non-degree academic work and independent postgraduate research in any discipline at an accredited university in the United States for up to twelve months.
The maximum award is $45,000 to contribute to the first year of tuition fees and general maintenance costs while in the United States.
British Friends of Harvard Business School Award – for UK postgraduates undertaking an MBA at Harvard Business School.
The maximum scholarship is $45,000 to contribute towards the first year of tuition costs.
Applications for all of the awards are submitted online via the UK-US Fulbright Commission awards website.
The application round for the 2021/22 awards is open from 5 August 2020.
Applications must be submitted by the closing date of 9 November 2020 (5pm GMT).
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast in mid-February 2021 (exact dates TBC). Successful applicants will be notified in April 2021.
Applicants for the Harvard Business School Postgraduate Scholarship who are only applying to Harvard Business School (and no other US university) should submit their application by the deadline in April 2021 (date TBA).
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