Fulbright Commission Belgium

The Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States of America, Belgium, and Luxembourg is located in Brussels, Belgium, with the office situated at the Royal Library Albert I. It is a not-for profit organization that is responsible for administering Fulbright grants for citizens of Belgium and Luxembourg. It also serves as the EducationUSA Advising Center in Belgium.

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the United States State Department. It was created with legislation introduced by U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. The goal of the program is to increase a mutual understanding and cultural awareness between students and researchers in the United States and those abroad. To administer the program, bi-national Fulbright commissions were established in each partner country (e.g. Fulbright Austria, Franco-American Fulbright Commission, etc.).

The Fulbright Commission in Belgium, established in 1948, administers several scholarship programs for citizens of Belgium and Luxembourg. Grants are available for graduate studies, pre- and post-doctoral research, or university lecturing in the United States. There is also a program for language teaching assistants at the university level and a summer program in American Studies for secondary school English teachers. American citizens seeking a Fulbright award for research, study, or teaching in the United States can also contact the Belgian commission for information.

The Commission offers approximately 50 scholarships for study, teaching, and research to citizens of Belgium and Luxembourg or European Union Nationals residing in Belgium or Luxembourg. Approximately 20 grants are also available for U.S. citizens for study, teaching, or research in Belgium. Special scholarships for study in business, law, science, technology, engineering, and journalism are also available. Candidates for the Commission's grants to the United States must hold a post-secondary degree and have achieved outstanding results. Candidates' for the Commission's grants to Belgium or Luxembourg must be American citizens and cannot be living in Belgium or Luxembourg at the time of their application.

Notable alumni of the Fulbright Commission in Belgium and Luxembourg include economist Austan Goolsbee, Belgian politician Alexander De Croo, Luxembourgish politician Luc Frieden, pianist Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort, Belgian diplomat Johan Verbeke, President of the European Court of Justice Koen Lenaerts, and American religious scholar Ralph McInerny.

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