Fulbright Association of Singapore

Fulbright

A S S O C I A T I O N

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c/o Department of English Language & Literature
National University of Singapore
Blk AS5, Arts Link, SINGAPORE 117570

» Executive Committee 2011/2012

» Membership Form 2011/2012 (please note that membership begins from 1 Aug 2011 to 30 July 2012)

» 2012 Fulbright Singapore Research Grants

Fulbright Association 34th Annual Conference (register by 30th September for early member rate)

» 2012 Fulbright Singapore Student Program (1-year grant for a Masters program)

» International Fulbright Science and Technology Award (PhD program in Science, Technology, Math)

» F.A. (S) warmly congratulates Fulbrighter Henry Yeung on being the top cited human geographer

» Beyond Barriers: My Fulbright Experience

» F.A. (S) and DUAL have a collaborative arrangement to disseminate news about each other's events -- DUAL for December 2011

» Some useful links:

The Fulbright Program

The Institute of International Education (which administers the Fulbright Program)

Fulbright Program in Singapore

State Alumni (Database of Fulbright Alumni, for alumni by alumni)

Fulbright Association

Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology

Welcome to the homepage of Fulbright Association (Singapore)

The Fulbright Scholar Program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by former Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. The program is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Program awards approximately 8000 grants annually, and approximately 300,000 Fulbrighters have participated in the program since 1946.

“Our future is not in the stars but in our own minds and hearts. Creative leadership and liberal education, which in fact go together, are the first requirements for a hopeful future for mankind. Fostering these - leadership, learning and empathy between cultures - was and remains the purpose of the international scholarship program that I was privileged to sponsor in the U.S. Senate.” William Fulbright

The Fulbright Association of Singapore, F.A. (S), has been involved in promoting the objectives of the Fulbright program in various ways, notably the following:

selecting deserving and bright scholars for the Fulbright exchange program to the U.S.
hosting Fulbrighters from the U.S. by means of the FAS-Friends Program
organising an Annual Dinner for Fulbright returnees and friends of F.A. (S)
holding the F.A. (S) 'In-Town' talks series on topical subjects
providing an annual student exchange award for a successful candidate from each of the three leading local universities

Past guests-of-honour and speakers for the Annual Dinner have included Ambassador Patricia Herbold, Mr Teo Chee Hean (Deputy PM, Minister for Defence, and fellow Fulbrighter), and Professor Kishore Mahbubani. In conjunction with the 10th anniversary of F.A. (S), we also produced a book "Beyond Barriers - my Fulbright experience" which highlighted 62 succinct but very meaningful reflections by Fulbrighters on their experiences during the Fulbright program. At last year's dinner, our guest-of-honour and speaker was Mr Lim Siong Guan, President of GIC, who spoke on the timely topic of Singapore: Perspectives on Asia. At this year's dinner, our guest-of-honour was our patron His Excellency Mr David Adelman, U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, who spoke on the topic "Singapore and the United States: The State of the Relationship". At this dinner, three students from each of the three main universities were presented with the F.A. (S) Student Exchange Award. Our heartiest congratulations to:

Roy Tan Wee Kiat (Nanyang Technological University), on exchange to Purdue University

Chen Zixian (National University of Singapore), on exchange to Boston University

Ken Chang Yuan Shao (Singapore Management University), on exchange to The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

The new Executive Committee for 2011/2012 was elected on 17 August 2011. Please feel free to get in touch with any of the EXCO members so that they may better serve you.