Tuition: Full coverage
Deadline: Jul 15, 2026
Duration max: 6  months

The Fulbright Program runs an open competition for scholars in the humanities, social sciences, science, science, and arts and culture. Finalists of the competition receive a travel scholarship to the USA

  • Russian Federation
  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical & Marine Engineering
  • Agriculture, Forestry, Animal & Related Sciences
  • Animation
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Sciences & Professions
  • Art
  • Art & Art History
  • Astronomy
  • AuPair
  • Behavioral Science
  • Bio & Biomedical Engineering
  • Biology
  • Biomedicine
  • Business
  • Business & Technology
  • Business Administration
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil & Private Law
  • Civil Engineering, Architecture & Construction
  • Climate Studies & Meteorology
  • Communications
  • Computer Science & IT
  • Criminal Law and Criminology
  • Dentistry
  • Design
  • Development & Social Policy and Planning
  • Earth Sciences
  • Ecology, Biodiversity & Conservation
  • Econometrics
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics & Embedded Technology
  • Energy Engineering
  • Engineering & Business
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Engineering Physics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Biotechnology
  • Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology
  • Environmental Economics
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Impacts & Human Health
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Environmental Systems Analysis
  • Ethnic Studies
  • European Law
  • Family and Consumer Science
  • Fashion, Textiles and Luxury goods
  • Film and Theatre Studies
  • Finance
  • Gender Studies
  • Geo-information
  • Geography
  • History
  • Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • Human Medicine
  • Human Resource Management
  • Humanities
  • Hydrology & Water Management
  • Information Science
  • International Law
  • Internship + English
  • Journalism and Mass Communications
  • Language, Literature and Cultural Studies
  • Law
  • Life Sciences, Medicine & Health
  • Management
  • Management & Organisation
  • Marketing studies
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Science
  • Music
  • Natural Sciences
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Physiotherapy
  • Political Science & International Relations
  • Project Management
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health
  • Public Law
  • Religious Studies and Theology
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Soil Science & Soil Ecology
  • Sport
  • Supply Chain Management & Logistics
  • Sustainable Management, Policy & Governance
  • Veterinary Medicine

The scholarship includes: • monthly payment • limited health insurance • payment of transportation costs

The applicant must meet all of the requirements below. Russian citizenship and permanent residence on the territory of the Russian Federation, starting from January 1 of the current year. Persons who already have a residence permit in the United States, as well as persons with dual Russian-American citizenship, cannot participate in the competition for a Fulbright scholarship. At the time of filing the application, the applicant must have a scientific degree not lower than a candidate of sciences. EXCEPTIONS apply to professionals outside the academic environment, creative and applied professionals, as well as employees of archives, libraries and museums. For them, having an academic degree is not a hard condition, however, confirmation of their high professional level and certain recognition in the professional community is necessary. These applicants must have higher specialized education, at least 5 years of work experience in the field and publication. They are assumed to be involved in domestic and international projects. The category of applicants without a degree includes specialists in the disciplines "Architecture", "Urban planning", "Library \ archival \ museum business", "Music", "Theatrical art", "Theory of communications", "Choreography", as well as artists and designers applying for the discipline "Art". Creative Writing candidates must also have published work (prose, poetry, plays, screenplays). The applicant must be proficient in English to the extent necessary to complete the proposed project in the United States. Knowledge of the language is tested during the second round of the competition, during an interview held in Moscow. NO AGE RESTRICTION.