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2025 Fulbright-National Geographic Award Recipients Uncover Powerful Stories of the Natural World
Five Fulbrighters will embark on projects and highlight stories about how communities face global challenges and build a better future.

Tamara Worlton
Research in trauma care advances America’s military readiness and global health systems.

Austin Downey
An American engineer teamed up with Swedish researchers to develop complex robotic computing systems that find people lost at sea. He shares, “Fulbright reinforced how important it is for American researchers to exchange ideas with global partners.”

With Research and Imagination, Amar Bose Founded an Iconic American Brand
The pioneer of acoustic engineering and inventor of new technologies for headphones, speakers, and sound systems, used his Fulbright to master mathematics and propel his career.

Unearthing Hungarian-American Contributions to Mining and Industry in Appalachia
American Fulbright Specialist collaborates with colleagues in Hungary to tell histories of the rise of American industrial dominance.

Celebrating America 250: Award-winning Fulbright Authors and the Revolution’s Global Impact
American historians of the Revolutionary War explain the origins, motivations, and leaders who created the United States of America and teach American history abroad.

Terence Tao
MacArthur Genius and Fields Medal-winning mathematician says Fulbright provided an invigorating environment with inspirational faculty.

Inspired by Insects, 3D-Printed Robots Move without Motors
Jackson Wilt’s Fulbright experiments have sparked the public’s imagination and can be applied to manufacturing and food production.

Benjamin Nathans
Dr. Nathans, PhD, is a Pulitzer Prize winning historian of Jewish and Russian History who witnessed the dissolution of the Soviet Union during his Fulbright year.

Eighteen Fulbrighters Selected as 2025 Guggenheim Fellows
Artists, researchers, and scientists who honed their craft through Fulbright—and have made exceptional contributions to their fields—have been honored by the Guggenheim Foundation.