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ISLAMABAD: The United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) invites Pakistani applicants to apply for the prestigious 2024 Fulbright Student Program.
Funded by the government of United States, the Fulbright Program in Pakistan is the world’s largest in context of financial contribution.
This is the highly competitive and merit-based scholarship covers that graduate study, comprising tuition, maintenance, insurance, and air travel. The application is available at its website www.usefp.org, with a deadline of April 12, 2023.
As par of the program, USEFP welcomes applicants in all disciplines, including energy, water, agriculture, health, education, environmental science, and climate change. However, clinical medicine is not included in the Fulbright Program while non-clinical public health applications are encouraged.
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) will be required for all applicants. As per the new scoring system, a minimum score of 145 is required in the Verbal and Quantitative sections of the examination.
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“The Fulbright fellowship is the United States‘ premier academic exchange program, linking people and nations and fostering mutual understanding since 1946”, remarked by Will Ostick, the US Embassy’s Country Public Affairs Officer.
“The US Mission to Pakistan is proud to assist one of the largest programs in the world and we are looking forward to meet this year’s candidates for this prestigious academic exchange.”, He said.
Meanwhile, for the academic year 2023, USEFP had received 1,157 applications and selected a record number of 217 Pakistani students for the Fulbright Program.
“We are proud to tell that of these grantees, 60 percent are women, “he added.
During last two decades, 2,568 Pakistanis have been granted these scholarships to study, conduct research exchange ideas, and to contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
In her message for the potential applicants, USEFP Executive Director Rita Akhtar encourages talented students and working professionals to get more information about the program. “Graduate programs in the US are the best in the world.
Anyone who is academically determined and wants to work for the social and economic improvement and development of Pakistan should consider applying. Fulbright fellowship is a merit-based program, but merit encompasses hopes and plans for the future and not just the past achievements. Therefore, interested people who have big dreams but, so far, few opportunities should not consider themselves out.”
USEFP in Pakistan is a bi-national commission established in 1950 by the governments of Pakistan and the United States. Since its inception, over 9,000 Pakistanis and over 935 Americans have participated in USEFP-managed exchange programs.
The mission of the program is to promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Pakistan through these exchange programs.
