USEF Nepal also administers educational exchange programs between Nepal and the United States and teaches Nepali individuals about American higher education opportunities through programs such as the Fulbright program, the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship program, and others.
Grants and Scholarships
The Fulbright Program
The Fulbright program is designed to promote mutual understanding between the people of Nepal and the people of the United States through a wide exchange of knowledge and professional talents shared through educational activities.
The Fulbright Scholarship Program sponsors US and foreign participants for exchanges in all fields of endeavor, including science, business, academe, public service, government, and the arts, with the support of the US government and binational partnerships with foreign governments. The Fulbright Scholarship Program continues to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
Humphrey Fellowship
The Humphrey Program offers experienced professionals from specified countries in development or political transition a year of professional enrichment in the United States. Humphrey Fellows conduct non-degree study at roughly 13 host universities around the United States and at least six weeks of professional affiliation at a US-based governmental, non-governmental, private sector, or international organization during their fellowship.
Global Undergrad Exchange Fellowship (UGRAD)
The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State that provides one-semester scholarships to undergraduate students from underrepresented sectors for non-degree, full-time study in the United States. Students will attend approved two- and four-year American universities, get rigorous English language training if necessary, and participate in community service, professional development courses, and cultural enrichment activities.
Fulbright Foreign Student Program (Master’s)
The Fulbright Commission supports Nepali students pursuing a Master's degree in the United States through the Fulbright Foreign Student Program (FFSP). Each year, over 4000 international students from 155 countries get Fulbright grants. The program covers all costs (including travel) for a two-year Master's degree program at a designated US university in any discipline other than medicine or nursing. The Fulbright Board in Nepal will nominate around five individuals, depending on funding availability.
Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
The Visiting Scholar Program (also known as the Postdoctoral or Senior Scholar program) benefits thousands of scholars by allowing them to form collaborative research and/or artistic relationships with US scholars or artists, improve scholarly publications and other contributions by incorporating research and/or artistic practice conducted in the US, establish professional contacts in their field, and form long-lasting friendships with colleagues in the US.
Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program
The grant is awarded to international secondary-level teachers of English, English as a Foreign Language, math, science, and social studies, including special education teachers in those subjects to the United States for a six-week programTeachers who are selected to participate in the Fulbright TEA Program will participate in advanced undergraduate or graduate-level classes at a US host university.
Fulbright Specialist Program
The Specialist Program supports Nepali institutions through grants to bring US Specialists in selected disciplines to Nepal for two to six weeks. Host institutions are encouraged to customize initiatives to their specific requirements through the Specialist Program. All initiatives, however, should include an educational or training component. Because of the short duration of the exchange, projects should have specific goals that can be met during the Specialist's stay.
