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 2010/2011

» Membership Form 2010/2011

» East-West Center New Generation Seminar for 2010 (Fulbrighters under 40 years of age are encouraged to apply; note May 19, 2010 deadline)

» Fulbright Dinner pics (If you were at the dinner and wish to see the pics, please e-mail Dr Jean Yong for the password)

» Fulbright Dinner 2010

» Fulbright Dinner 2010 response slip

» Fulbright@SMU Seminar Series, 12 March 2010

» 2011 Fulbright Singapore Student Program Award

» 2011 International Fulbright Science and Technology Award

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

» APLP Fellowship 2010/2011 (for interested Fulbrighters; deadline Jan 31, 2010)

» East-West Center 50th Anniversary Conference 2010 (Special rates for Fulbrighters)

» 2010/11 Fulbright Singapore Research Grant

» Photos from the 12th Fulbright Dinner

» Fulbright Science and Technology Award 2010

» Fulbright Singapore Student Program Award for 2010

» Beyond Barriers: My Fulbright Experience

» F.A. (S) and DUAL have a collaborative arrangement to disseminate news about each other's events -- DUAL events for Sept 2010

» 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. More than 294,000 people -- 111,000 from the United States and 183,000 from other countries -- have participated in the program since its inception more than sixty years ago. The Fulbright program awards approximately 7,500 new grants annually.

“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
broadening awareness of U.S-Asian film and culture in its "Fulbright Fridays" series

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 this 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.

As we continue to provide an annual student exchange award for a successful candidate from each of three local universities (NUS, NTU, and SMU), we warmly congratulate the following on their exchange awards:

Michael Tan June Kiat - Nanyang Technological University
Zhang Zhaoxuan - National University of Singapore
Diana Mok Yen Na - Singapore Management University

On 11 August, we elected a new Executive Committee for 2010/2011. Please e-mail any one of the new EXCO members if you wish to know more about F.A. (S).