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Fulbright Program
FIU Fulbrighters have worked in host communities across the globe or collaborated with our scholars on campus since 1975. In alignment with our insitution's mission, they have promoted greater international understanding through collaborative research, teaching, and community engagement.
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Michael Eckroth (seated at the piano) performing with local musicians and a Swiss guitarist during Tabuleiro jazz festival in Minas Gerais state; a formal recording by this group was planned for Summer 2024.
Abdelhamid Meziani (front row, 2nd from right) giving a math seminar at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene in Algiers, Algeria (2023-2024)
Ligia Collado-Vides (2nd from right) with her host, collaborators and students following the team's farewell luncheon at the University of the Algarve, Portugal (2023-2024)
Special guest Nasar Ahmed at the seminar on ‘’Empowering working mothers: Promoting breastfeeding for a safer world for a healthier world ’’ at Daffodil University, Bangladesh (2023-2024)
Javier Mendoza (with son) at Catedral de Jaen for the Festival de Música Antigua Andrés Vandelvira after a concert with a local youth orchestra in Madrid, Spain (2023-2024)
Allison Matulli (first from the right) speaking at a radio broadcast about her Fulbright project at Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia, together with her faculty host Maria González-Malabet (center), professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations and director of the Instituto de Desarrollo Político y Institucional (IDEPI) and the radio show host.
Angela Salmon (standing, center) observing children together with her collaborators from Universidad de la Sabana and Aeiotu in Colombia. As a Fulbright Global Scholar 2024-2026, professor Salmon will continue her action project at University of Warsaw, Poland; and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Ileana Ortegon-Aznar, Ph.D., 2024-2025 Fulbright
Visiting Scholar
from Mexico, is hosted by Alain Duran, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Biology, to jointly conduct a comparative analysis of coral reef dynamics between Yucatán and Florida.  Their collaboration includes the creation of an LSAT monitoring protocol that can be applied Caribbean-wide. Along with Ligia-Collado Vides, Teaching Professor, they also mentor students, revamp classes, and study local macroalgal-related issues such as the
Caulerpa
bloom in Miami’s coral reefs.
The FIU Libraries host Tomasz Zawadzki, Ph.D., from Poland in the 2024-2025 year as Fulbright
Scholar-in-Residence
. His academic background includes gaming and extended realities such as augmented (AR), virtual (VR) and mixed (MR) realities. Facilitated by Bryan Cooper, Associate Dean for Engagement and Innovation, Zawadzki is helping introduce students to the creation of AR applications and 360-degree video; creating virtual 3D mangrove flowers and sharks in collaboration with science education faculty; collaborating with the North Miami Chamber of Commerce on sessions for business owners on 3D modeling for marketing; and he is supporting Miami-Dade County high school teachers and students, and the Everglades Foundation, with interactive AR for education productions. Zawadzki also will be collaborating with the Libraries’ 3D sound artist-in-residence on upcoming 360-degree production workshops for faculty and students. And, in Spring 2025, he will support local Public Television’s plans to engage the public through 360-degree immersive video, and FIU Journalism students using AR within immersive media storytelling.
Staci Bernhard, assistant director for the College of Business Office of Global Initiatives, served at the Universidad Nacional Micaela Bastidas de Apurímac in Abancay, Peru. She supported the development of the university’s first strategic internationalization plan, aimed at expanding academic mobility, research collaboration, and intercultural learning.
Bernhard also presented a case study to the Fulbright Commission in Peru and delivered two EducationUSA sessions on CV preparation and professional development.
Dileep Rao, clinical professor of entrepreneurship in the College of Business, served at Universidad Nacional de la Plata in Buenos Aires. Working with that institution's provost, he helped lay the groundwork for a "unicorn-entrepreneur ecosystem" in Argentina.
Rao led lectures and workshops on growth ventures, high-potential entrepreneurship, venture financing, and business planning. His approach—focused on building companies before seeking venture capital—generated wide interest, including at a national meeting of Argentine university spin-offs.
Maruthi Sridhar Balaji Bhaskar, professor and graduate program director in the Department of Earth and Environment and an affiliated scholar with the Institute of Environment, spent September at Khazar University in Baku, Azerbaijan. His project strengthened institutional and academic capacity in integrated water resources management through lectures, workshops and partnerships.
Bhaskar delivered seminars on transboundary water governance, irrigation strategies, land-use monitoring and nature-based soil conservation. He also collaborated with Khazar University’s Environmental Research Centre on assessing land-cover change impacts in the Kura-Aras River Basin and Absheron Peninsula.
During Baku Water Week 2025, he presented on geospatial technologies for water-quality monitoring and spoke on sustainable environmental and agricultural management at the Eurasia Universities Summit. Future plans include joint research, student mobility and visiting scholar exchanges.
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FIU is a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars
February 13, 2024 - Building on the success from previous years, FIU is among the Top 5 U.S. doctoral institutions that produced the
most Fulbright U.S. Scholars in 2023-2024
, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Six scholars
from FIU were awarded Fulbright grants for work in the fields of biology, epidemiology, math/statistics, modern languages, jazz music and musicology. Additionally, a
seventh scholar
, representing criminology and criminal justice, earned a “triple Fulbright,” a rare award that involves a multi-country project to be conducted over a two-year period.
(Two other scholars were also named, but were ultimately unable to represent FIU overseas.)
This was the fifth time that FIU ranked among the Top Producers in the doctoral institutions category.
The
Fulbright
program is the U.S. government’s competitive flagship international educational exchange program. It awards grants to U.S. faculty and administrators to conduct research, teach or conduct professional projects. It also offers exchanges for
U.S. students
to study or teach English abroad.
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
The
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
is administered by the
Institute of International Education
(IIE) and offers over 400 awards for teaching, research or to carry out a professional project in 135 countries. Opportunities are available for faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and others. In addition to several new program models designed to meet the changing needs of U.S. academics and professionals, Fulbright offers flexible awards including multi-country opportunities.
The
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program online program overview
catalog of awards
, the
Fulbright scholar directory
and
upcoming and archived webinars
offer a good starting point for faculty and international education administrators to gain insights into the many exciting opportunities for engagement across the world.
Since the program is highly competitive, we recommend that you reach out to one of FIU's
Fulbright Program Campus Liaisons
(see below) for additional guidance.
Faculty and students at University of Algarve, Portugal with FIU professor Ligia Collado-Vides (second from right)
Fulbright Specialist Program
The
Fulbright Specialist Program
is a unique opportunity for U.S. academics and established professionals to engage in two- to six-weeks, project-based exchanges at host institutions in 160 countries across the globe. It is designed to bring specialized expertise to the host institution abroad.
The Fulbright Specialist Program online
program overview
and the
eligibility and award description
offer a good starting point for interested faculty and senior administrators.
Meet FIU's
Fulbright Specialists
On the left: Rob Guerrette, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, with the National Police Commissioner of Iceland’s Center for Police Training and Professional Development
Hosting a Visiting (non-U.S.) Fulbright Scholar
Under the
Visiting Fulbright Scholar Program
, non-U.S. scholars apply in their home country for a Fulbright grant to carry out advanced research or lecturing at U.S. institutions. Or, where FIU is interested in the academic expertise of a scholar abroad, FIU submits an application for a
Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence
. A short-term hosting opportunity offers the
Fulbright Outreach Lecturing Fund (OLF) program
. The OLF program sponsors visiting scholars who are already at a U.S. institution to travel within the U.S. and give a guest lecture at another institution, generally over 2-3 days.
Interested in hosting a Fulbright Visiting Scholar? Contact your
Fulbright Program Campus Liaisons
(see below) to get started.
Meet FIU's
Fulbright Visiting Scholars
First from the right: Dr. Amit Ranjan, Scholar-in-Residence from India 2020-2021 celebrating FIU Language Day with Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants and FIU students.
FIU Fulbright Alumni
FIU's count of Fulbright alumni continues to grow annually. A comprehensive list of Fulbright U.S. Scholars can be found
here
Once a Fulbrighter, always a Fulbrighter! These articles highlight some of the most recent Fulbright grantees and their inspirational work abroad as well as on our campus.
FIU's most active program alumnus
is Dr. Emmanuel Roussakis, Professor Emeritus of Finance, who has been abroad as a Fulbright Scholar in Romania and as a Fulbright Specialist in Russia, Indonesia, Morocco, Kuwait and Tunis between the years 2010 and 2020.
Meet FIU's Fulbright Program Champion: Iqbal Akthar
, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and International Relations, who not only traveled to Pakistan to collaborate with faculty and mentor students there, he also hosted two Fulbright Scholars in Residence and four Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants at FIU.
They say "there is a Fulbright for everyone." Learn about
FIU Fulbright Specialist awardees and the Fulbright International Education Administrator awardee
who work on short-term projects with or visit partner institutions to advance the field of international eduation.
"Fulbright has allowed me to supercharge my global citizenship. The relationships you form and contributions you make are truly life changing. Especially in these times of a global crisis, programs like these remind us that we are all connected and solutions are always global. While my time in Brazil was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Fulbright has been amazing at giving us support along the way, and online collaboration has allowed me to keep working with my colleagues in Brazil."
Associate Professor Carolin Lusby, Fulbright Scholar to Brazil in 2020-2021
Fulbright Program Campus Liaisons
Our Fulbright Program Campus Liaisons are pleased to support faculty and staff with applying for a grant or hosting a visiting (non-U.S.) Fulbright scholar at FIU.
Assefa Melesse
Fulbright Program Campus Liaison
Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Ethiopia (2011-12)
Professor, Department of Earth & Environment
melessea@fiu.edu
Birgitta "Gitta" Rausch-Montoto
Fulbright Program Campus Liaison
Director of Global Strategy & Faculty Success, FIU Global
gmontoto@fiu.edu