Editing Fulbright Program (section)

== Administration ==
The program is coordinated by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State under policy guidelines established by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB), with the help of 50 bi-national Fulbright commissions, U.S. embassies, and cooperating organizations in the U.S.<ref name="Fulbright Program Fact Sheet"/>

The [[United States Department of State]] is responsible for managing, coordinating and overseeing the Fulbright program. [[Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs]] is the bureau in the Department of State that has primary responsibility for the administration of the program.

The [[United States Department of Education]] is responsible for managing, coordinating and overseeing the Fulbright–Hays program.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-06 |title=International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) {{!}} U.S. Department of Education |url=https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-offices/ope/ifle#Programs |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.ed.gov |language=en}}</ref>

The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board is a twelve-member board of educational and public leaders appointed by the President of the United States that determines general policy and direction for the Fulbright Program and approves all candidates nominated for Fulbright Scholarships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eca.state.gov/fulbright/about-fulbright/fulbright-foreign-scholarship-board-ffsb |title=Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) |publisher= Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs  |access-date=January 29, 2024}}</ref>

Bi-national Fulbright commissions and foundations, most of which are funded jointly by the U.S. and partner governments, develop priorities for the program, including the numbers and categories of grants. More specifically, they plan and implement educational exchanges, recruit and nominate candidates for fellowships; designate qualified local educational institutions to host Fulbrighters; fundraise; engage alumni; support incoming U.S. Fulbrighters; and, in many countries, operate an information service for the public on educational opportunities in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fulbright Commissions |publisher=U.S. Department of State |website= Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs  |url=http://eca.state.gov/fulbright/about-fulbright/funding-and-administration/fulbright-commissions |access-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101172159/http://eca.state.gov/fulbright/about-fulbright/funding-and-administration/fulbright-commissions |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a country active in the program without a Fulbright commission, the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy administers the Fulbright Program, including recruiting and nominating candidates for grants to the U.S., overseeing U.S. Fulbrighters on their grant in the country, and engaging alumni.

Established in 1919 in the aftermath of World War I, the [[Institute of International Education]] was created to catalyze educational exchange. In 1946, the U.S. Department of State invited IIE to administer the graduate student component and CIES{{clarify|reason=define this initialism|date=February 2022}} to administer the faculty component of the Fulbright Program—IIE's largest program to date.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iie.org/en/Who-We-Are/History |title=History &#124; Who We Are |publisher=Institute of International Education |access-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616231800/http://www.iie.org/en/Who-We-Are/History |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Council for International Exchange of Scholars]] is a division of IIE that administers the Fulbright Scholar Program.

[[AMIDEAST]] administers Fulbright Foreign Student grants for grantees from the Middle East and North Africa, excluding Israel.

LASPAU: Affiliated with Harvard University<ref name="LASPAU - Harvard">{{cite web|title=LASPAU|url=http://www.laspau.harvard.edu/|website=Harvard University|access-date=April 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425181708/http://www.laspau.harvard.edu/|archive-date=April 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> LASPAU brings together a valuable network of individuals, institutions, leaders and organizations devoted to building knowledge-based societies across the Americas. Among other functions, LASPAU administers the Junior Faculty Development Program, a part of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, for grantees from Central and South America and the Caribbean.

[[World Learning]] administers the Fulbright Specialist Program.<ref>fulbrightspecialist.worldlearning.org/
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American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS) administers the Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP), a special academic exchange for grantees from the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Southeast Europe.

The [[AED (non-profit)|Academy for Educational Development]] administers the Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program and the Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching Program.