Nihal Buzkan of Turkey is savoring her time in the vineyards and labs at UC Davis like she would a good wine. A professor of grapevine pathology at Kahramanmaras Sutcu Iman University, she is among the 15 scholars from 10 countries who are researching and teaching at UC Davis through the Fulbright Program.

Global Affairs Director of Global Professional Programs reflects on her experiences in Bhutan—in the past as a Fulbright Scholar and in the present as a Global Affairs Seed Grant awardee—and looks ahead to the future as she will be bringing the inaugural cohort of UC Davis students to study abroad there.

UC Davis students will research, teach English on three Continents.

Europe and Eurasia is the largest regional program in the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, offering over 250 awards across the region.

University of California, Davis, a major public research university and member of the Fulbright Scholar Liaison Network, is an active participant in the Fulbright Program. UC Davis was a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright Visiting Scholars in 2012-13 and has held various other top ten spots within Institute of International Education rankings, particularly around U.S. institutions hosting international scholars.

Laura Goodman, a general surgery resident at UC Davis, has received a 2016-17 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to study the surgical needs of children in Mongolia.

Professor Yin Yeh recounts his experience as a Fulbright Scholar to Taiwan, the events leading up to his travel, and the collaborative opportunities that have emerged as a result—distinguishing his Fulbright experience from traditional academic travel grants.

Boasting an impressive cadre of research interests, Frits Thorsen, a visiting Fulbright Scholar from Norway, recounts his collaborative research experience at UC Davis made possible by the Fulbright program.

2011-12 UC Davis U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Morocco Mark Gaskell had the opportunity to participate in long-term rural development through research and training Moroccan agronomic researchers in small fruit crops while living and working in an Arab culture.