U.S. Department of State Fulbright Foreign Student Program For Nigerian Students 2024/2025

Published: 05 Jan 2024 1,700 views

The Public Affairs Section of U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to announce the annual call for applications for the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for the 2024/2025 academic year. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program is a research program funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York.

The FFSP program is designed primarily to strengthen capacities of African universities through higher degree training and to develop the potential of their academic staff.  It is targeted at young and exceptionally promising faculty members who wish to conduct their doctoral research in the United States.   Applicants must be at least two years into their doctoral program in any discipline at a Nigerian university or research institute at the time of application.

U.S. Department of State Fulbright Foreign Student Program

Application Deadline	June 1, 2024
Country to study	United States
Type	Postgraduate
Sponsor	U.S. Embassy and Consulate
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of U.S. Department of State Fulbright Foreign Student Program

The grant covers the grantee’s round-trip airfare to the U.S., a settling-in allowance, monthly stipend, housing allowance, books-and-supplies allowance, and computer allowance. The grant also covers basic university health insurance as a primary insurance coverage and the Fulbright ASPE health benefit as secondary coverage.

Requirements for U.S. Department of State Fulbright Foreign Student Program

To be eligible for a grant:

1. Applicants must be citizens or nationals of Nigeria, or permanent residents holding a valid passport issued by the government of Nigeria.
2. Applicants must be DOCTORAL OR PHD students who have completed a significant amount of their doctoral program in Nigerian universities and have the endorsement of their home institution.
   Note: MASTERS and First-Degree applicants are NOT qualified to apply for this program.
3. Applicants must have an outstanding academic record and high level of English proficiency.
4. Applicants must take their first TOEFL exam by May 2023.
5. Applicants must meet the minimum score on required standardized tests (TOEFL: a score of 90)
6. Applicants must have high motivation and a serious commitment to completing the program as scheduled and to returning home.
7. Only applicants with strong proposals, outlining their research objectives, methodology, time-frame, and justification for conducting the research in the U.S. will be short-listed for interviews.
8. Preference will be given to applicants who have not studied in the U.S.
9. Those in business, law and accounting should understand that most U.S. institutions rarely accept research students in these fields due to high demand for full-time programs and tuition concerns. Therefore, we face great challenges in finding placements for such grantees unless their proposals are tilted toward economics, development-related areas, democracy, human rights and conflict resolution.

Selection Process

The Fulbright program is a popular program, the Public Affairs Office will only notify shortlisted candidates.

Application Documents

A complete application includes:

• An online application which includes:
  • A clearly written research objective.
  • Professional resume.
• Three letters of reference specifying the personal, academic and professional competence of the candidate (submitted electronically and attached to the online application).
• Student copy of academic transcripts from each post-secondary institution attended should be scanned and attached to the online application if available.
• TOEFL score report.

Application Deadline

June 1, 2024

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to U.S. Embassy and Consulate on apply.iie.org to apply