The Specialist Program supports Nepali institutions through grants to bring US Specialists in selected disciplines to Nepal for two to six weeks.
The Specialist Program encourages host institutions to tailor projects to their own needs. However, all projects should have an education or training focus. Due to the short-term nature of the exchange, projects should have concrete objectives that can be achieved over the course of the Specialist’s visit. The ideal project, however, will foster long-term collaboration. Past Specialists have supported host institutions by conducting activities such as trainings and professional development, short-term lecturing, seminars, special conferences or workshops, teacher training, collaborating on curriculum planning, institutional and/or faculty development. Institutions that may be eligible to request a Fulbright Specialist include, but are not limited to:
• Institutions of Higher Education
• Government Institutions (ministries or agencies, courts, parliamentary or congressional bodies)
• Cultural Institutions (conservatories, museums, etc.)
• Non-Governmental Organizations including issue-centered institutions and think tanks, and
• Medical Institutions (public health organizations, teaching hospitals, etc.)
Projects should focus on one of the following disciplines:
| Agriculture | Engineering Education |
| American Studies | Environmental Science |
| Anthropology | Law |
| Archeology | Library Science |
| Biology Education | Math |
| Business Administration | Education Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies |
| Chemistry Education | Physics Education |
| Communications and Journalism | Political Science |
| Computer Science and Information Technology | Public Administration |
| Economics | Social Work |
| Education | Sociology |
| Urban Planning |
The following pages house a wide variety of examples of previous projects and details on how institutions can benefit from hosting a Specialist.
The Making an Impact page hosts alumni profiles and other articles produced by World Learning: https://fulbrightspecialist.worldlearning.org/making-an-impact
This page highlight Specialists as well as alumni achievements: https://fulbrightspecialist.worldlearning.org/specialists-in-the-news
This program competition opens
No. Only American citizens can come to Nepal as Fulbright Specialists.
No. The host needs to identify a candidate in the US on its own through direct communication, or through its own network.
No. The Nepali host institution needs to cover the costs associated with the Fulbright Specialist’s local travel, food, and lodgings during the grant period.
As the program is host-need driven, the Nepali host institution needs to initiate the process; not the other way round.
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