Completing the Application

FSB approval form

A summary of your Fulbright Application Form will be sent to the Fulbright Scholarship Board (FSB) in the United States, for approval, should you be successful.

Fulbright application form

Statement of proposed activity

An abstract or summary of your proposed program, followed by a detailed statement. If also applying for a State Scholarship applicants should include a paragraph outlining the importance and benefit of their research to the state.

Personal statement

A one page narrative giving a picture of yourself as an individual outlining your personal history, influences on your intellectual development, the educational and cultural opportunities to which you have been exposed, and the ways in which these experiences have affected you. Also include your special interests and abilities, career plans, and life goals, etc.

Disclosure statement

• Read the Privacy Statement
• Sign and date the Application Form

Three referee reports

Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Applicants

• The Fulbright Referee Report Form is to be typed by the referee and sent directly to the Honorary Secretary in your state of residence.
• Applicants can download these forms and forward them by email to the referees.
• Referee reports must be received by the application closing date. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure referee reports are received by the closing date. Applicants whose referee reports are not received are disadvantaged.

Senior Scholar and Professional Applicants

• The Fulbright Referee Report Form is to be typed by the referee and sent directly to the Program Manager at the Fulbright Commission.
• Applicants can download these forms and forward them by email to the referees.
• Referee reports must be received by the application closing date. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure referee reports are received by the closing date. Applicants whose referee reports are not received are disadvantaged.

Supporting certified copies

Certified copies are copies of original documents which have been sighted and confirmed as a "true copy" by a Justice of the Peace (to locate a JP, look in the Yellow Pages under "Justice of the Peace"). Please note, the Justice of the Peace need only view and certify the documents in the original. The extra seven copies can be duplicates of the certified copy.

You will need:

1. A degree certificate, (most recent or highest award) - this can be in the form of an academic transcript or your certificate
2. A letter of invitation from your potential U.S. host institution (if known at time of application)
3. Evidence of Australian citizenship - e.g. Birth Certificate, biodata from your Australian Passport, or the acknowledgement of application for citizenship

Sending your completed application package

Postgraduate and Postdoctoral applicants

• The original PLUS seven (7) copies (eight in total) of ALL documentation (i.e. Application Package) is to be sent to the Honorary Secretary in your state of residence. The Honorary Secretary will distribute the copies to the State Selection Committee Members.
• One (1) electronic copy of your application by email to the Program Manager at the Fulbright Commission

Senior Scholar applicants

• The original PLUS seven (7) copies (eight in total) of ALL documentation (i.e. Application Package) is to be sent to the Program Manager.
• One (1) electronic copy of your application by email to the Program Manager.

Professional Scholar applicants

• The original PLUS ten (10) copies (eleven in total) of ALL documentation (i.e. Application Package) is to be sent to the Program Manager.
• One (1) electronic copy of your application by email to the Program Manager.