Fulbright Scholarships are awarded yearly by the Fulbright Foundation. The foundation was set up by Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. The scholarships are so-called challenge grants, in that you actually have to do something useful while you study your subject. The scholarships began as grants to scholars of all ages and levels of education achievement in the United States to go to Europe (primarily) and other regions of the world. Now the foundation and granting of scholarship funds are worldwide operations.
The Foundation promotes Western values, but broadly defined. Persons from any country may outline and define a program relating to education and Western value and submit it to the Fulbright Foundation for funding.
The basic premise is that scholarship by a citizen of one country in a second country results in understanding in, of and by both countries.
