The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” With this goal as a starting point, the Fulbright Program has provided almost 300,000 participants—chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential — with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
Fulbright Prize
The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding established in 1993 is awarded by the Fulbright Association to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures, or nations to greater understanding of others. Fulbright Prize laureates include:
* Nelson Mandela (1993)
* Jimmy Carter (1994)
* Franz Vranitzky (1995)
* Corazon Aquino (1996)
* Václav Havel (1997)
* Patricio Aylwin Azócar (1998)
* Mary Robinson (1999)
* Martti Ahtisaari (2000)
* Kofi Annan (2001)
* Sadako Ogata (2002)
* Fernando Henrique Cardoso (2003)
* Colin Powell (2004)
* Bill Clinton (2005)
* Desmond Tutu (2008)
Contact Athena Fulay, Program Officer - Outreach and Communication, afulay@cies.iie.org , 202.686.6242
Sources:
http://www.cies.org/about_fulb.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulbright_Program
http://www.cies.org/campus_reps/campus_table.htm
