Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program (www.fulbright.ru www.fulbright.org www.fulbrightonline.org) was established in 1946 by the U.S. government. The Program was named after United States Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas who sponsored the original U.S. legislation proposing the exchanges. The purpose of the Program is to enable the government of the United States to promote mutual understanding among the people of the United States and the rest of the world. In Russian the program was launched in 1973 when six Soviet and six American scholars received grants for their research and to deliver lectures. It was the beginning of the steady mutual academic cooperation. Fulbright Program has continuously been operating in Russia since then. At present the Fulbright Program in Russia offers ten different programs. The Russian Fulbright community counts more than one thousand scholars, students, postgraduates and faculty members. TSPU Fulbrighters are proud to be a part of this community.

Fulbright Programs are for Russian graduate students, students working at their theses, scholars, faculty members/teachers, librarians, museum and archive personnel and people working international offices. Fulbright Program offers grants for study, research, delivering lectures, practicum in any U.S. university, library or archive. Grants are provided after the open competition in all fields of study. Grants are available to RF citizens permanently living in Russia. All candidates should possess a university degree or/and scientific degree. A good command of English is required.

At present the following Fulbright Programs are available for Russian citizens:

• Fulbright Graduate Students Program:
  • Visiting Graduate Student Program
  • Fulbright Faculty Development Program
  • International Fulbright Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Foreign Students
  • Foreign Language Teaching Assistant
• Fulbright Scholar Programs:
  • Scholar-in-Residence Program
  • Fulbright Visiting Scholar Grant
  • Fulbright-Kennan Program
• Fulbright Grant for Russian International Education Administrators
• The Humphrey Fellowship Program
• Fulbright Summer School in the Humanities

Detailed description of all programs with requirements and deadlines are to be found on the website of the Fulbright Program. Information is also available in the TSPU International Office: Tomsk, pr. Komsomolsky, 75, office 204-ULK, tel. (3822)

TSPU Fulbrighters are happy to assist all prospective candidates with their applications.

TSPU welcomes American scholars and students who would like to participate in the Fulbright Program. Should you decide to our University, don not hesitate to contact our International Office at infocent@tspu.ru