Fulbright Association of Singapore

The Fulbright Scholar Program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by former Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. Since its inception, more than 255,000 people -- 96,400 from the United States and 158,600 from other countries -- have participated in the program, which is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright program awards approximately 4,500 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 Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, Director of the Institute of Policy Studies, who spoke on the timely topic of An Open World - The Best Way out of the Crisis.

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
Kanika Malik - Singapore Management University