Fulbright Program faces 47% budget cut

The Fulbright Program, a well-known American scholarship program for the competitive as well as the merit-based grants for the international educational exchange, is facing pragmatic threat because of the new budget allocation in United States.

The management of the program has submitted a budget according to which Fulbright Program will face a cut of 47 percent for the fiscal year 2018.

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The budget cut will force the removal of a lot grants which will badly affect large number of countries including Pakistan.

Though, the program has suffered from budget cuts in the previous years from both parties, it has maintained a steady funding for many years.

As a reply, a petition has been started to bring back the funding of the program back to the level of $250m.

This plea has been started to secure the 71-year history of the program which has facilitated large number of international aspirants, teachers, scholars, professionals, scientists as well as the artists.

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The earlier graduates have started this activism platform, which comprises of a sample letter along with a phone script to assist the supporters send their message to their Congressional representatives automatically.

To support the Fulbright Program scholarship programme, the supporters are advised to:

o   Register for the National Conference

o   Join the social media campaign of Fulbright by using the hashtag #StandForFulbright

o   Connect along with Fulbright Association Chapter

o   Contact their federal relations office of college and university

o   If you are a Fulbrighter, then you can also sign an online petition simply by clicking on the link given here.