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The Australian-American Fulbright Commission organises and coordinates cultural and educational programs, and hosts various events throughout the year. We endeavour to engage with each of our many Stakeholders, Sponsors, Scholars and communities both local and global through these activities to build our outreach strategy, and keep the Fulbright community connected.

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News

Expert in Indigenous Education on her way to Harvard University

Jessa Rogers, a leading Indigenous scholar and expert in Aboriginal education, has received a highly competitive international scholarship that will allow her to study at…

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Mar
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News

Queensland Mental Health Researcher Prepares for Term at Ivy League Campus

Pioneering Central Queensland University mental health researcher Dr Louise Byrne has earned a prestigious Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholarship to continue her research at Yale University next year….

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News

Fulbright Scholar to Advance Virus Research

Griffith Law School PhD candidate Michelle Rourke has been awarded a 2017 Fulbright Scholarship to further her research on the commodification of viruses. Captain Rourke,…

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News

UQ Researchers U.S.-bound on Fulbright Scholarships

Three University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have joined the ranks of a distinguished group of almost 5000 scholars worldwide after being awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarships….

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News

Fulbright Scholarship to take IMAS Student to Princeton

Pearse Buchanan, PhD student of the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), has been awarded a Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship and will…

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Events

Tedx Fulbright Melbourne

SAVE THE DATE Tedx Fulbright Melbourne 27 April 2017 at the Victoria Comprehensive Cancer Centre Abstract: On February 22nd 1967 in Reykjavik, Iceland, Senator Fulbright…

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Feb
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Fulbright Indigenous Scholarship for UON Researcher

Dr Stephanie Gilbert, Coordinator of Teaching Quality and Development at The Wollotuka Institute, the University of Newcastle is set to put an international perspective on…

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Feb
17

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2017 Fulbright Gala Presentation Dinner- Keynote Speaker Announced

The Australian-American Fulbright Commission is thrilled to announce that the keynote speaker of the 2017 Fulbright Gala Presentation Dinner is Ms. April Palmerlee, Director of Events…

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Feb
17

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Fulbright Alumni Recognised in Australia Day Honours

Five distinguished Fulbright alumni were named in the 2017 Australia Day Honours list, adding to the burgeoning number of Fulbrighters who have been formally recognised for…

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Canberra
Executive Director
Thomas Dougherty

Fulbright Announces Thomas Dougherty as New Executive Director

The Australian-American Fulbright Commission Board of Directors today announced the appointment of U.S. Ambassador (ret.) Thomas Dougherty as the new Executive Director of the Commission….