The Schuman-Fulbright Programme
"The Schuman-Fulbright programme provides you with unequal freedom and wonderful incentives to develop your academic potential to its fullest extent while giving you access to a global human community. Priceless.”
“You are selected by the European Union to be provided with all necessary means to pursue research in an outstanding academic environment at the invitation of the United States government – it is called the Schuman- Fulbright-programme.”
Mr. Damien Gerard, Doctoral Researcher at University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2009 Schuman-Fulbright grantee.
“You are selected by the European Union to be provided with all necessary means to pursue research in an outstanding academic environment at the invitation of the United States government – it is called the Schuman- Fulbright-programme.”
Mr. Damien Gerard, Doctoral Researcher at University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2009 Schuman-Fulbright grantee.
The EU-US Co-operation Programme in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training jointly supports a specific EU section of the Fulbright Grant Scheme.
This scheme awards Schuman-Fulbright grants to promote EU-US relations and bilateral exchanges. It is financed by the US State Department and the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission and provides support for either a one-semester period or a full academic year of research or lecturing on EU affairs or EU-US relations at an accredited institution in the EU or US.
It complements the bilateral EU-US exchange and joint/double degree projects by providing scholarships for study, research and lecturing overseas for highly qualified professionals from the EU and the US in areas of specific relevance to the bilateral relationship.
While the EU funds the Schuman-Fulbright programme with an amount of 320.000 € per year, the US contributes an annual amount of 260.000 $. These funds are used to provide grants to individual EU and US academics to lecture or conduct research on the European Union at EU and US universities. The grantees receive a monthly stipend of $3.000 (or its equivalent in Euros), an allowance of $3.000 for travel and relocation costs, and health and accident insurance. The maximum grant to any one candidate is set at $30.000.
The scheme is administered by the Commission of Educational Exchange between the United States of America, Belgium and Luxembourg. It provides approximately 22 grants for EU students and scholars and 17 grants for US students and scholars per year. The selection of candidates is conducted in close consultation and agreement with the services of the European Commission. The actual number of grants allocated varies from year to year, depending on the number of applications received and the length of each individual study period.
For more information please consult the Schuman-Fulbright Programme website at the Belgium-Luxembourg Fulbright Commission.
