The Ohio State University scholars and professional staff are eligible to apply for Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Fulbright International Education Administrator (IEA) seminars, and Fulbright U.S. Specialist Program.
Interested Ohio State faculty and professional staff are encouraged to contact the Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright-Hays Programs Director Joanna Kukielka-Blaser to discuss these programs.
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards provide opportunities for faculty as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others to teach, research, or conduct a combination of teaching and research. Awards are two- to 12-months in length, and flex options may be available to split up time abroad. Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards are administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars and are sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.
2025-2026 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Competition is open
- Application Deadline: September 15, 2024
Fulbright U.S. Specialist Program
The Fulbright U.S. Specialist Program, a component of the Fulbright Program, sends U.S. faculty and professionals to serve as short-term experts at academic and other institutions abroad. Fulbright Specialists spend two to six weeks assisting host institutions with curriculum improvement, faculty development, institutional planning and related issues in a wide range of fields including agriculture, economics, education, and public health, among others.
The Fulbright U.S. Specialist Program is administered by World Learning and is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.
Individuals apply to join the Fulbright Specialist Roster. If selected, individuals join the roster for three (3) years. Meanwhile, host institutions submit project proposals to their Fulbright Commission or U.S. Embassy. If a host country project proposal is approved, a Fulbright Specialist from the roster is matched to the project. Specialists may also view all open projects and signify their interest in any open project. There is no guarantee to be matched, and individuals on the roster must be matched and complete an exchange to be considered a Fulbright Specialist.
Specialist Program competition deadlines
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year, every eight weeks
- Application deadlines published on Specialist Application Process
Fulbright International Education Administrator (IEA) seminars
Fulbright International Education Administrator (IEA) seminars provide international education professionals and senior higher education officials opportunities to create empowering connections with the societal, cultural and higher education systems of other countries. IEA seminars are sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. Current IEA Seminar participating countries: India, Taiwan, Russia, Japan, Korea, France and Germany.
Scholar and IEA seminar competition deadlines
- Application Deadline: September 15, 2024
- February 1: Catalog of awards is released for Fulbright U.S. Scholar and IEA seminar awards
- IEA seminar deadlines vary by country. See the IEA seminar website for application and deadline information
Fulbright Recipients
The following Ohio State scholars and professional staff have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Fulbright Specialist Program and Fulbright International Education seminar awards in recent years.
2024 - 2025
- Scott Demyan (associate professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Thailand.
- Jennifer Eaglin (associate professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Brazil.
- Jonathan Jacobs (assistant professor, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences) Fulbright U.S. Scholar Research Award to Uruguay to research "Investigating Emerging and Ongoing Threats to U.S. and Uruguay Cereal Production."
- Jeffrey Jacquet (associate professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences) Fulbright U.S. Scholar Research Award to Australia.
- Sophia Jeong (assistant professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Ecology) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award grant to Türkiye to study "Enhancing K-12 Science Teachers’ Culturally Relevant Pedagogy with AI-Powered Educational Technology."
- Sandip Mazumder (professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering) to India to study "Greenhouse Gases, Radiation, and Global Warming: Modules for Education and Research."
- Margaret Newell (distinguished professor of history, College of Arts and Sciences) Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Ireland to research and teach as the Fulbright-UCD Mary Ball Washington Scholar.
- Amy Schmitz (Professor, Moritz College of Law) a Fulbright U.S. Specialist Award to Spain.
- Abdollah Shafieezadeh (Lichtenstein Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, College of Engineering) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Korea.
- Lauren Southerland (associate professor, Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Australia to research "Accelerating Geriatric Emergency Medicine Models of Care Dissemination Using Implementation Science."
- Matthew Sullivan (professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Arts and Sciences) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to France to research “How do viruses impact global ocean metabolism?”
- Carrie Anne Thomas (postdoc, Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Ecology) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Israel to research "Engagement with Diverse Picturebooks in Israel."
2023 - 2024
- Michael Betz (associate professor, Department of Human Sciences, College of Education and Human Ecology) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to study COVID-19’s impact on fertility in Norway and the United States.
- Matthew Brock (associate professor, Department of Educational Studies, College of Education and Human Ecology) a Fulbright U.S. Specialist Award to develop inclusive curriculum designs in Mongolia.
- Terry Esper (associate professor of logistics, Fisher College of Business) Fulbright U.S. Scholar Research Award to Finland.
- Philip Grandinetti (professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences) Fulbright U.S. Scholar Research Award to Italy.
- Scott Hardy (extension educator, Ohio Sea Grant College Program in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Grant) a Fulbright U.S. Specialist grant to the Universidad de Atacama in Chile to share his expertise in sustainable water management.
- Gönül Z. Kaletunç (professor, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences director, Faculty Professional Development Program in the College of Engineering) to share her expertise on "Advanced technologies in encapsulation of bioactive compounds: Research and academic approach" in Slovenia.
- Sharvari Karandikar (professor and interim associate dean of academic affairs, College of Social Work) Fulbright U.S. Specialist Award to University of Coimbra in Portugal.
- Gil Latz (vice provost for global strategies and international affairs) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to participate in the International Education Administrators Seminar to France. The two-week seminar is designed to familiarize U.S. higher education administrators with France's higher education and research system.
- Dianne Morrison-Beedy (Centennial Professor of Nursing, Infectious Disease Institute Professor, Chief Talent and Global Strategy Officer, Director, Office of Global Innovations, College of Nursing) a Fulbright U.S. Specialist Award to the Czech Republic.
- Matthew Saltzman (professor, School of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to South Korea for “Reconstructing ancient carbon cycling in the Early Paleozoic (500 to 450 million years ago) of South Korea to inform global climate models.”
- Joni Tornwall (associate clinical professor, Department of Human Sciences, co-director of the Academy for Teaching Innovation, Excellence, and Scholarship, director, Assessment and Evaluation, College of Nursing) a Fulbright Specialist Award to Finland.
2022 - 2023
- Robert Baker (associate professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to advance the study of ultrafast, high intensity laser science and foster collaboration between international research communities in Hungary.
- Enrico Bonello (professor, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences) for "Development of advanced phenotyping tools for the management of lethal, invasive alien tree pathogens (IATPs) in Sweden" in Sweden.
- Sarah Rudolph Cole (Michael E. Moritz Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Moritz College of Law) a Fulbright U.S. Specialist Award to he Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University in France to share her expertise in alternative dispute resolution.
- Margaret Kwoka (Lawrence Herman Professor in Law in the Moritz College of Law) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to México for "Independent Oversight of Transparency Laws in México."
- Jesus Lara (professor of City and Regional Planning in the Knowlton School) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for “A Place to Call Home: A study of the relationship between social change and the built environment, and the role of immigrant populations in the process of sustainable urban design, informality and placemaking” in Germany.
- Gil Latz (vice provost for global strategies and international affairs) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to participate in the International Education Administrators Seminar to France. The two-week seminar is designed to familiarize U.S. higher education administrators with France's higher education and research system.
- Amy Schmitz (John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law, Moritz College of Law) a Fulbright U.S. Specialist Award to strengthen the research, education and international collaboration in the field of digital conflict resolution in The Netherlands.
- Lorraine Wallace (associate professor, biomedical education and anatomy, College of Medicine) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for "Strengthening Primary Care Research and Medical Education Curriculum Development in North Macedonia."