The 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award Cycle is open as of April 2, 2024. 

UCR graduate students must apply through the university. The UCR campus application preliminary deadline is August, 15th, 2024 by 5 p.m. PST. Graduate applicants will undergo campus Fulbright committee interviews during the months of August and September. Final campus application deadline is Sunday, September 29th, 2024 by 5 p.m. PST. 

The national Fulbright deadline is Tuesday October, 8th, 2024 by 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PST).

UCR undergraduates are welcome to use the following Fulbright resources; however, for individual help please contact the undergraduate Fulbright Program Advisor, Dr. Sonja Lind (sonja.lind@ucr.edu).

• UCR Workshops & Consultations

  UCR Education Abroad Workshops

  For more information on education abroad programs at UCR, see international.ucr.edu/abroad. For other scholarships, see international.ucr.edu/abroad/scholarship.

  Undergraduate FPA Advising:

  If you are an undergraduate student at UCR or recently graduated from UCR with a bachelor's degree, contact Dr. Sonja Lind, undergraduate Fulbright Program Advisor and Assistant Director of Education Abroad at UCR by signing up at Calendly or email sonja.lind@ucr.edu.

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  UCR Graduate Writing Center Workshops:

  Registration for the Fulbright 2026-2027 cycle workshops opens in Spring 2025. Applicants can register at ucr.mywconline.com for the Zoom link once days/times have been published. These workshops will be given by UCR's Graduate Fulbright Program Advisor, Dr. Lauren Hammond. 

  1. Applying for the Fulbright – TBA

  If you need to conduct research aboard, the Fulbright Program can help you fund it. Attend this session to learn about the application timeline, campus resources, and what is new about the program for the 2026-2027 cycle. Previous workshop materials can be accessed here: Recording | Slides | Handout.

  2. Writing the Statement of Grant Purpose – TBA

  Applying to the Fulbright US Student Program? Come learn about the statement of purpose and how it differs from others you may have written. We'll engage in some guided brainstorming and review sample statements. Previous workshop materials can be accessed here: Slides | Handout.

  3. Writing the Personal Statement – TBA

  Find out what to highlight about yourself to be competitive for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. We'll engage in some guided brainstorming and review sample statements. Previous workshop materials can be accessed here: Slides | Handout 1 | Handout 2.

  UCR Graduate Writing Center Consultations:

  For one-on-one consultations, sign up at: ucr.mywconline.com

  Graduate FPA Office Hours:

  Sign up at: ucr.mywconline.com (FPA Office Hours Schedule will be published in Spring 2025) OR Email lauren.hammond@ucr.edu 

  UCR Graduate Student Fulbright Feedback Sessions Summer 2025: 

  4. Personal Statement Feedback Session – TBA

  Feedback and peer review session with Fulbright Graduate FPA Dr. Lauren Hammond and other applicants. Previous workshop materials can be accessed here: Handout.

  5. Statement of Purpose Feedback Session – TBA

  Feedback and peer review session with Fulbright Graduate FPA Dr. Lauren Hammond and other applicants. Previous workshop materials can be accessed here: Handout.

• Fulbright Video Tutorials and Webinars

  The Fulbright program offers short online video tutorials on the application process and the Study/Research and Arts Study/Research awards. The also offer a number of recorded and upcoming live webinars on various aspects of the application and the logistics of the program.

• Handouts
  • Brainstorming Questions–Statement of Purpose
  • Personal Statement Prewriting–Arts
  • Personal Statement Prewriting-Research
  • Fulbright Personal Statement Self-Revision Worksheet
  • the-fulbright-review-process.pdf (788.47 KB)
  • securing-a-letter-of-affiliation.pdf (3.61 MB)
• UCR Recipients of Fulbright 2024-2025 Awards
  

  Tara Westmor, a doctoral student in anthropology, won the award in the “Open Study/Research” category. Westmor is headed to the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Literature at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, where she will work on a project titled “The Spoken and the Spark: The Social Life of Poetry in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.”

   

   

  

  Kristen Herbert, a graduate student in creative writing working toward her Master of Fine Arts degree, won the award in the “Open Study/Research in Creative/Performance Arts” category and is headed to the Department of Hungarian Literature at the University of Szeged in Szeged, Hungary. There, she will work on a project titled “Mingle (Fiction) and a Comparative Reading of Hungarian and American Crime Literature.”

   

  Westmor and Herbert were also featured in an article published by Inside UCR.