William Fulbright was a prominent and gifted American statesman. Fulbright scholarships Programs is a scholarship program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946.
With the support of the US government and through binational partnerships with different foreign governments, the Fulbright Scholarship Program sponsors U.S. and foreign participants for exchanges in all areas of endeavor, for example, sciences, business, academe, public service, government, and the arts and continues to increase mutual understanding between the people of the US and the people of other countries.