UC Davis alumna Priya Talreja has been named the first Aggie to receive the prestigious Fulbright–National Geographic Award, one of only five recipients nationwide. She will travel to Portugal’s Azores to advance electric vehicle infrastructure using geospatial planning tools, while also producing a storytelling component to share her findings.
Fulbright Chile and the University of California, Davis, are pleased to announce the continuation of their joint sponsorship program for Fulbright Chairs, which has been running annually since 2022. Applications will be accepted August 1, 2025 until October 30, 2025.
Join Global Affairs to learn about Fulbright opportunities and hear this year’s updates and priorities to inform and strengthen your submission. IIE program staff will discuss the process and answer questions.
This year, nine UC Davis students were selected to participate in the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. They join the ranks of program alumni who went on to become presidents, diplomats, Nobel prize winners and distinguished leaders and scholars.
Mary Alurwar, international scholar advisor in Global Affairs’ Services for International Students and Scholars, received a Fulbright International Education Administrator Award for 2024-25.
Eight UC Davis students and alums were awarded prestigious Fulbright grants by the Fulbright U.S. Program. These students are traveling abroad in the 2023-2024 academic year to serve as English Teaching Assistants or international researchers.
From March 1 to June 30, 2022, Marly Augusto Cardoso served as UC Davis’ inaugural Fulbright Chair from Brazil. A senior scientist from the University of São Paulo, Cardoso specializes in child and maternal nutrition in the Amazon—expertise that brought her to the UC Davis Department of Nutrition and helped immerse her in the larger university community.
The University of California, Davis, has been named one of the top producers of U.S. Fulbright students for 2022-23, according to the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
UC Davis Fulbright visiting scholar, Matteo Camporese, and Majdi Abou Najm, associate professor at the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, were featured in a UC Davis News article about their published study.
