You are interested in the Student U.S. Fulbright Program, but you are not sure what you can do during a year overseas? Three options while you are on your Fulbright grant are as follows.
You can earn a Master's degree, usually a fully funded one.
Many countries in the English-speaking world offer fully funded year-long Master's degrees in a broad variety of subjects. The United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand all offer these kinds of programs. However, these countries are among the most competitive in the Fulbright portfolio.
Other countries that offer Master's degrees as part of the Fulbright program include Finland, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, France, Canada, Germany, France, and Spain, among others. Many of these countries offer MA/MS programs in English, or they offer language training as part of the scholarship.
You can do a research project.
Students doing Master's or doctoral programs can fund a research project in their host country through the Fulbright Program. Many newly graduating seniors conduct a year of research on a specific project - usually a follow-up project based on an honors thesis, a study-abroad or URA research project. These research projects are frequently combined with attendance at seminars or classes at a local university.
You can teach English as a foreign language.
The Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship program is the fastest growing part of the US Student Fulbright Program. Fulbright ETA students come from all majors, all language backgrounds, and all levels of training in English as a second language. Past UMBC ETAs have been music, biochemistry, English, American Studies, media and communication studies, and history majors, in additional to MLLI and TESOL MA students.
