About the Fulbright Program
Administration and Oversight

In October, 1999, the United States Information Agency formally ceased to exist. It's functions and activities were absorbed into the U.S. Department of State. While the same principles and personnel are involved in the administration of the Fulbright program, formal administration is now carried out by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs within the Department of State.

This bureau continues to be responsible for a wide range of educational exchanges, information, and cultural programs abroad. The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, composed of 12 presidential appointees drawn from academic, cultural and public life, was created by Congress to establish policy guidelines for the educational exchange program.