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In 2025, nearly 4,700 students, scholars, and professionals started Fulbright exchanges. The Fulbright Program celebrated America250 by highlighting America’s leadership and its contributions to innovation, commerce, science, culture, peace, and freedom throughout the world, and by telling the stories of Fulbrighters who have made lasting impacts.

Nobel Laureate’s discovery of the structure of DNA shaped our understanding of life.

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Ali S.  Alshami and materials scientists in Qatar develop cutting-edge water desalination technologies.

125 years after his birth, the iconic composer’s work continues to exemplify America’s ethos of optimism and possibility.

The former U.S. Navy pilot says that “the Fulbright experience deepened my commitment to service, strengthened my leadership as a Navy officer, and continues to shape how I lead today as a CEO.”

Fulbright Specialist Christopher Rhoades from Liberty University finds “Whether it’s in Kandahar or Kansas, whether it’s in Bogota, Boston, or Baghdad, human behavior is human behavior, and people are the same everywhere.”

The Fulbright Program has recognized 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities as Fulbright HBCU Institutional Leaders for their notable engagement with the Program during the 2024-2025 academic year.

The Morgan State University dean and professor encourages more engineers to participate in the Fulbright Program so they can “learn their craft through a cultural lens.”

HBCU Professor and American Diplomat Expressed the “Beauty and Universality of Great Literature.”

Five Fulbrighters will embark on projects and highlight stories about how communities face global challenges and build a better future.