The Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission is pleased to announce the 2026-2027 Fulbright Student Award competition for master’s study or research in the United States. Applicants can be Romanian BA or MA graduates or PhD students from accredited public and private universities. BA students are also invited to apply if they are in their final year of undergraduate study.
Other Grants for Romanian Citizens
The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA)
A six-week professional development program in the United States for secondary-level teachers to take academic seminars at a host university, observe and share their expertise with U.S. teachers and students, and develop action plans to promote media literacy and critical thinking skills in their home schools, classrooms, and communities. Usually, the competition is announced in November. Once the competition is launched, it will be advertised in the Upcoming Grant Deadlines section of this website.
The Fulbright Schuman Program
The Fulbright Schuman Program awards scholarships to European citizens for research or lecture in the United States on a topic that is relevant to US-EU relations, EU affairs/policy, or EU institutions and shows relevancy to at least two EU member states.
The Fulbright Schuman Program is administered by the Fulbright Commission in Belgium. For details about the application process, please visit: http://www.fulbrightschuman.eu/grants-eu-citizens/.
The Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence (S-I-R)
The Fulbright S-I-R program offers opportunities to non-U.S. visiting scholars from different countries, including Romania, to teach at U.S. colleges and universities for one or both semesters of one academic year. The scholars are expected to contribute to internationalization of the programs and campus, assist with the development of curricula and faculty and support initiatives meant to diversify student and faculty experiences.
The SIR program targets U.S. institutions that might not have a strong international component and belong to one of the following categories: historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges, community colleges, small liberal-arts institutions.
The U.S. institutions of higher education intending to invite a Romanian visiting scholar within the SIR program should submit proposals to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES). The U.S. institutions may either invite specific scholars by name or have CIES recruit scholars from a particular field with the support of Fulbright agencies.
For detailed information, guidelines, and application, visit: https://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-scholar-residence-program
Cybersecurity in universities – Study visits to the U.S.
The Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission together with Fulbright Commissions based in Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovak Republic developed the “Cybersecurity in universities – Study visits to the U.S.” program in partnership with World Learning and Marymount University. The aim of the program is to acquaint participants with the scope of cybersecurity studies conducted in the U.S., the catalog of specializations, most common course content/curriculum and thus to facilitate the development of cybersecurity programs in universities of Central and East European countries.
Fore detailed information, visit: Cybersecurity in universities – Study visits to the U.S. » Fulbright Romania
Reporting Complexity: A U.S. Study Tour for Journalists from Central and Eastern Europe
“Reporting Complexity: A U.S. Study Tour for Journalists from Central and Eastern Europe” is a joint undertaking of Fulbright Commissions based in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovak Republic and U.S. Embassies in Albania, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, and Serbia. The program was sponsored and coordinated jointly by the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission, the Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange, and the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission, with funding provided by the U.S. Department of State, and implemented by World Learning.
36 practicing journalists from 12 countries participated in the study tour in two cohorts: October 15 – 29 and November 5-19, 2022. For detailed information, see: Reporting Complexity: A U.S. Study Tour for Journalists from Central and Eastern Europe » Fulbright Romania