Fulbright Student Program - Research and Sponsored Programs

Award descriptions go live on Mar 31. Students and alumni can explore possible Fulbright locations and award options. After you have done some research on the Fulbright site, contact the Scholarship and Fellowship Center for an advising meeting. Fulbrights are very competitive, and you have a leg up if you plan out your application process. At your advising meeting, we will help make sure that your plan includes all the components you need, including obtaining letters of recommendation, affiliation letters if needed, etc.

You should be working on your applications. You should be kindly requesting three individuals to submit recommendations. If required (particularly for research awards) should make contact with potential affiliation sites in the proposed country to see if the organization/s would be willing to serve as the host site and provide resources necessary to complete the project during the Fulbright grant year.

You should be drafting, getting feedback from your SFC support person, and revising your essays and short answer responses. You should update your recommenders on your applications so that their letters can add positive momentum to your application. If it is required or helpful to the application, you should seek a Foreign Language Evaluation from a professor.

Your application should be nearing final draft form in anticipation of NMU’s August 31 internal due date. Provide your draft to your recommenders and make sure they will write their recommendations. Also, make sure you have any required Foreign Language Evaluations and Affiliation Letters.

NMU provides the opportunity to applicants to have a campus interview and evaluation, which provide more feedback for the submission and allow NMU to recommend you to the Fulbright Program.

To avail yourself of this opportunity, you must email the Scholarship and Fellowship Committee a full draft of your application materials by: August 31, 11:59 p.m.

If you apply through NMU, you will meet with a committee from SFC for an interview. You will receive final feedback, and the committee will complete Fulbright’s Campus Committee Evaluation Form that NMU sends directly to Fulbright. These forms are included with your other materials and are reviewed by Fulbright as a part of the selection process.

Fulbright’s national deadline is October 7, 2025 at 5 PM ET. You must SUBMIT your final applications by this deadline, though given how online systems work, you should plan on submitting the previous day. All other materials (e.g., recommendations and evaluations) are due at this time as well. Fulbright makes no exceptions.