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About the Fulbright Foreign Student Program
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals and artists from abroad to study and conduct research in the United States. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program operates in more than 160 countries worldwide. Approximately 4,000 foreign students receive Fulbright scholarships each year.
If you are considering graduate study in the U.S., we encourage you to consider submitting an application to the Fulbright program in your home country!
About the Fulbright Scholar Program
International academics can apply to a Fulbright Scholar Program to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects. To find the right opportunity for you, consult the Fulbright office in your home country.
Applying to Rice Graduate Programs as Fulbrighter (Student)
- About
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The Fulbright Foreign Student Program provides funding for graduate study in the United States. If you are considering graduate study in the U.S., we encourage you to consider submitting an application to the Fulbright program in your home country! Learn more.
- Financial Support from Rice University
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At Rice, all accepted graduate students who hold a Foreign Fulbright Student Award are eligible for full tuition waivers, excepting programs in the Jones School of Business. Doctoral students are additionally eligible for stipend support.
- Application Fee Waivers
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Rice provides application fee waivers to all Fulbrighters, Fulbright Finalists and Fulbright applicants applying to Rice graduate programs (except for the Jones School). The fee waiver will automatically be applied when you state your Fulbright status. For questions, please email Jennifer Hunter at jkh6@rice.edu as well as gradadmissions@rice.edu.
We are incredibly grateful for our wonderful community of Rice Fulbright Scholars, and hope you will consider joining our Rice family!
- The Graduate Application
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Degree-seeking Fulbright awardees and candidates can apply to Rice University via gradapply.rice.edu. Applications for fall admission will open in the summer of the preceding year (e.g. applications for fall 2024 will open in late summer 2023). If you would like to apply but the application is not yet open, please complete the interest form here, and let us know you are a Fulbright scholar or Fulbright applicant!
Admissions are handled directly by the department of interest. A listing of all graduate programs at Rice can be found here.
Please follow each department’s application instructions as found on the department website to complete the application.
Representatives of Fulbright Commissions, IIE, AMIDEAST, and other agencies assisting with Fulbright student applications may send a scan of official transcripts, GRE, and TOEFL scores via the application portal. For questions, please email our office at gradadmissions@rice.edu.
- Guide for International Applicants
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The Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies has put together a comprehensive guide for international applicants here. Be sure to reach out to a current Fulbright student or one of our graduate student ambassadors to further connect!
- Current Faculty and Staff
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If you are a Rice University faculty or staff member who has held a graduate-level Fulbright in the past and would like to meet us sometime, let us know! Please reach out to Dean Matsuda (matsuda@rice.edu) for information on upcoming events.
Process for Joining Rice as a Fulbright Scholar
- Finding a PI
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Fulbright scholars apply directly with the Rice University faculty member and/or department of interest. The Office of International Students & Scholars (OISS) will partner with the inviting department's key contact to facilitate the arrival and welcoming process.
- Your International Office Contact
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The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Institutional Response Form is sent to Maria Corcuera at OISS (mec3@rice.edu), who will work in partnership with the inviting department to confirm the details of the visit and complete the form.
- Rice Department Responsibilities
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The inviting department will initiate the administrative process at Rice through the Visitor Management System (VMS), which is intended for processing all visitors who are not receiving Rice funding.
- Immigration Forms
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Fulbright issues the immigration form DS-2019 and the Fulbright scholar secures a J-1 visa at a U.S. Embassy/Consulate. For more information, please see The Office of International Students and Scholars' (OISS) Pre-Arrival Information webpage.
- Your Arrival To Rice
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Upon arrival, a Fulbright scholar must check in with the inviting department, and attend an OISS immigration check-in and orientation. If you will be receiving funding from Fulbright, please confirm with your sponsor contact to which Rice office the check will be mailed.