The award conditions are:
- Your award must be approved by the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board in Washington, DC;
- The period of your award is three to ten months;
- Your award must be taken up in the academic year following application for the award. Institutions may wish to include a two-week period prior to the beginning of classes to allow for settling in and class preparation;
- The Scholar will be required to undertake a full medical examination before applying for their visa;
- The Scholar must travel on a New Zealand passport, and US immigration documentation must be completed from within New Zealand;
- International travel will only be funded between New Zealand and the US;
- The Scholar may be required to fulfil some Fulbright New Zealand media requirements before their departure for the US, during their exchange and/or on return to New Zealand;
- The Scholar must provide Fulbright New Zealand with copies of any articles, research papers or theses resulting from the award;
- Fulbright grantees must travel to the US on an Exchange Visitor (J) non-immigrant visa. A requirement of this visa is that you must return to your home country for a cumulative total of two years at the end of your exchange visitor programme before becoming eligible to apply to live in the US. This home-country foreign residency requirement is in keeping with the philosophy of the Fulbright exchange programme, that you return to New Zealand to share your experiences. Note that you will not be prohibited from travelling to the US for short-term visits on the visa waiver program or a non-immigrant visa.
Fulbright mission
It was Senator J William Fulbright’s mission to build peace through the mutual understanding of cultures. Fulbright applicants and grantees are expected to understand and support this mission and be effective ambassadors for New Zealand.
In addition to the monetary, educational and cultural exchange benefits made possible by the award, Fulbright grantees carry the prestige of the Fulbright programme along with them throughout their careers. Alumni are expected to succeed and be ‘thought leaders’ in their respective fields/careers, and to support and remain engaged with the Fulbright programme for the rest of their lives.