Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award
Application period: April to October
Checkpoint #1: Sunday, June 1, 2025
Checkpoint #2: Sunday, June 22, 2025
Checkpoint #3: Sunday, July 13, 2025
Checkpoint #4: Sunday, August 3, 2025
*Important: Applicants must meet a checkpoint deadline to participate in the campus review process; no exceptions will be made. Those who do not meet any of the checkpoint deadlines and, therefore, do not participate in the campus review process cannot be guaranteed any support from the Fellowships & Grants team. To learn more about these checkpoints, scroll to the bottom of this page.
Campus deadline: August 17, 2025
Campus interviews: TBA (early to mid-September)
Final campus deadline: TBA
National deadline: TBA
Eligibility requirements:
• U.S. citizen at time of application
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent before start of grant
• Good health; grantees will be required to submit a satisfactory medical certificate of health from a physician
• Proficiency (as required by individual country) in the written and spoken language of host country
*For detailed Eligibility requirements, visit the Fulbright website: https://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/eligibility
Award summary: Fulbright awards support individually designed study/research projects, arts projects (all disciplines), or English teaching assistantships (ETAs), almost always in a single country. Over the course of their grant period, grantees meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. The Fulbright program facilitates cultural exchange, allowing each grantee to gain an appreciation of others' viewpoints, beliefs, practices, and ideas. Through engagement in the community, the individual will interact in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom, thereby promoting mutual understanding. Grant lengths and dates vary by country.
Application process: Online (Slate application system)
(https://apply.iie.org/fulbrightusstudent)
Application requirements:
*View the application components for each of the award types on the Fulbright website: https://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/application-components
Campus representative: Director for Fellowships and Grants
Campus review process and interview: Yes. Seniors are expected to participate in the campus review process, and alumni are highly encouraged to do so. Applicants must meet a checkpoint deadline to participate in the campus review and interview process (see below for more details).
During the campus review process, a faculty committee will review applications and have a 25-minute conversation with each applicant. The committee's goal is to provide the applicant(s) with constructive feedback to help them strengthen their application materials.
Applicants who participate in the campus review and interview process will have a college endorsement added to their Fulbright application.
National committee interview: No. In some cases, applicants recommended to their country of choice will be interviewed by a Fulbright committee in that country.
Students and alumni interested in applying to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program are encouraged to begin brainstorming and drafting their applications well in advance of the campus deadline. The level of support you receive from the Fellowships & Grants team at Whitman College will depend on which checkpoint deadline you meet.
To meet this checkpoint, applicants need to do the following by June 1:
- Submit a completed intent to apply form (*form will become available by February 2025)
- Submit a complete and up-to-date intake form
- Once both forms are submitted, meet with Dr. Hernandez (applicants can schedule a meeting on Handshake under 'Fellowships and Grants')
Applicants who meet this checkpoint can expect to receive the following support from the Fellowships & Grants team before the campus deadline:
- a 45-minute strategizing meeting to discuss their application
- up to five rounds of written and/or verbal feedback on application materials (maximum of one per week)
To meet this checkpoint, applicants need to do the following by June 22:
- Submit a completed intent to apply form (*form will become available by February 2025)
- Submit a complete and up-to-date intake form
- Once both forms are submitted, meet with Dr. Hernandez (applicants can schedule a meeting on Handshake under 'Fellowships and Grants')
Applicants who meet this checkpoint can expect to receive the following support from the Fellowships & Grants team before the campus deadline:
- a 45-minute strategizing meeting to discuss their application
- up to four rounds of written and/or verbal feedback on application materials (maximum of one per week)
To meet this checkpoint, applicants need to do the following by July 13:
- Submit a completed intent to apply form (*form will become available by February 2025)
- Submit a complete and up-to-date intake form
- Once both forms are submitted, meet with Dr. Hernandez (applicants can schedule a meeting on Handshake under 'Fellowships and Grants')
Applicants who meet this checkpoint can expect to receive the following support from the Fellowships & Grants team before the campus deadline:
- a 45-minute strategizing meeting to discuss their application
- up to three rounds of written and/or verbal feedback on application materials (maximum of one per week)
To meet this checkpoint, applicants need to do the following by August 3:
- Submit a completed intent to apply form (*form will become available by February 2025)
- Submit a complete and up-to-date intake form
- Once both forms are submitted, meet with Dr. Hernandez (applicants can schedule a meeting on Handshake under 'Fellowships and Grants')
Applicants who meet this checkpoint can expect to receive the following support from the Fellowships & Grants team before the campus deadline:
- a 45-minute strategizing meeting to discuss their application
- up to two rounds of written and/or verbal feedback on application materials (maximum of one per week)
Applicants who do not meet any of the checkpoint deadlines will not be eligible to participate in the campus review process, and cannot be guaranteed any support from the Fellowships & Grants team.
Depending on the availability of the Fellowships & Grants team, these applicants can expect:
- up to one round of verbal-only feedback on application materials
Again, advising cannot be guaranteed after the final checkpoint if you are opting out of the campus review process.