About Fulbright US Student Program
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide. The program currently awards approximately 1,900 grants annually in all fields of study, and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.
UNM Deadline - August 20th at 3 pm MST
CAMPUS DEADLINE is on August 20, 2026 at 3 PM MST
What is the campus deadline? Submitting on August 20th guarantees you an opportunity to revise your application with UNM faculty/staff who were past Fulbright recipients. This will help give you any necessary revisions for your Fulbright application before the official Fulbright deadline on October 6th at 5PM ET. Submitting or "locking in" your application on August 20th is not a requirement but highly recommended to help your Fulbright application.
Contact Jesse Wieland at awieland@unm.edu or Alicia Rodriguez at arodriguezacosta@unm.edu to learn more about the Fulbright US Student Program application and for any questions.
Workshops
August 13, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. MT:
Center for Academic Excellence & Leadership Development (CAELD) will host a virtual workshop to discuss the University of New Mexico's Fulbright Campus Deadline on Thursday, Aug. 20th.
We will review the application components and what you need to do to prepare your materials for review, discuss the campus interview process and the Campus Committee Evaluation (CCE) forms, and what you will need to do in order to finalize your applications by the national deadline in early October. We will also have time to answer any pertinent questions or concerns you might have.
Registration Link: https://unm.zoom.us/meeting/register/t8uVuDf8SYGVdpTV2PCQTQ
Eligibility
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application. Permanent residents are not eligible.
- Applicants must have a conferred bachelor's degree or the equivalent before the start of the grant.
- In the creative and performing arts, four years of professional training and/or experience meets the basic eligibility requirement.
- Applicants must be in good health. Grantees will be required to submit a satisfactory Medical Certificate from a physician.
- Applicants must have sufficient proficiency in the written and spoken language of the host country sufficient to communicate with the people and to carry out the proposed study/research. This is especially important for projects in the social sciences and the humanities.
- Applicants may hold a J.D. at the time of application.
- Doctors of Medicine may receive grants for advanced academic study, but not for internships or residencies. Scholars with an M.D. degree who have completed their formal postgraduate training and propose attachment to a hospital or clinic for the purpose of independent or collaborative research should apply to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program through the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Grants shall not authorize activity for which a license to practice medicine or nursing is required. The Fulbright Program cannot authorize proposals for medical research that involves clinical training, patient care or patient contact.
