Jennifer Davis Cline, US PhD Student, 2001 Archives Nationales et Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) I received a Fulbright grant to spend 2001-2002 in France conducting dissertation research in the National Archives and National Library in Paris. I rented a room in the Cité Universitaire at the south edge of the capital, and met my… Lire la suite « Every day, I am so deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve my nation and my profession as a Fulbright scholar. It has advanced my career and enriched my life. Thank you. »

Daniel Zimmerlin, France Etudiant puis séjour de recherche, 1959 et 1997 NWMSC (Northwest Missouri State College), Missouri   Fulbright est un nom que j’ai appris à connaître en 1959. J’avais 19 ans. En 58, j’avais passé le bac Sciences Ex. (Sciences expérimentales) à Strasbourg, et en juin 1959, j’ai eu la première année de la… Lire la suite « C’est avec respect et avec une reconnaissance solide et inaltérable que je considère le rôle majeur que le ‘feu vert’ de Fulbright a joué pour moi depuis maintenant 58 ans. »

Lisa Reed, US Researcher, 2003-2004 Professor of French & Linguistics, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier   My Fulbright grant allowed me to conduct a research program that has had far-reaching impact on my career as a French linguist. It gave me unique access to native speakers of French, which is key to uncovering the nature of… Lire la suite « It gave me unique access to native speakers of French (…) a wonderful opportunity to see how the French live, work, and approach life »

Mahbod Moghadam, US Advanced Student, 2004-2005 History Sciences-Po I was in France studying Islamism, following the work of Professor Gilles Kepel and studying with Bruno Etienne. My hypothesis was that the so-called Islamists of France were in fact largely French-born youths of North African background who had been mistreated in the French system. Many of… Lire la suite « I was able to teach him American entrepreneurial values and management techniques »

Andrew Hipp, US Researcher – Fulbright-Aquitaine program, 2013-2014 INRA – Centre de Recherches de Bordeaux « Weaving Together Forest Genomics and the Tree of Life: Integrating Disciplines to Understand How Forest Trees will Respond to Climate Change »   I applied for a Fulbright Fellowship with the expectation that it would be professionally beneficial and that I… Lire la suite « What I had not anticipated was the degree to which the experience would color my view of the world and influence how I work with others »