Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission

The Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission is a public benefit organization operating under a bilateral agreement between the governments of Poland and the United States, supporting academic and cultural exchange between these two countries. The Commission administers the Fulbright Program in Poland and offers support to individuals and institutions interested in collaborating to advance science and culture with institutions in the U.S. The Fulbright Commission develops talents, strengthens human potential, shapes future social leaders, builds lasting connections, and supports communities through educational exchange.

Our Mission
We provide space for talent development by strengthening human potential. We build lasting connections, expand knowledge, and support communities through educational exchange.

The Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program of the U.S. government.

For over 75 years, the Fulbright Program has supported cooperation for the development of science, culture, and interpersonal, as well as inter-institutional relations between the United States and over 160 countries.

The task of the Program is not only to support the scientific community, but also to promote creative leadership.  Shaping future social leaders, politicians and government advisers is an activity of the Commission, part of the process of realizing Fulbright’s dream of living in peace and reducing the risk of international conflicts. Thanks to the graduates of the Program, awareness and intercultural sensitivity are instilled in those people who directly decide about social order in the world.

The Fulbright Program in Poland

Poland was the first country in Central and Eastern Europe to join the Fulbright Program in 1959. Until the democratic transition, the Program was managed by the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. Since the early 1990s, our program has been administered by binational foundation: the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission.

The goal of the Fulbright Program in Poland is not only to support the academic community but also to promote dialogue between the United States and Poland, foster creative leadership, and drive long-term social impact. This is achieved by building positive and lasting connections between academic leaders, program alumni, and representatives of host institutions, while also strengthening qualities such as social awareness, intercultural sensitivity, and empathy. We believe that the sum of individual stories and new, positive relationships between representatives of different countries and cultures lays the foundation for real social change.

Senator James W. Fulbright

American lawyer, university professor and politician. He was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 until 1974. His efforts to establish an international exchange program resulted in the creation of a fellowship program which bears his name, the Fulbright Program.

For his merits to promote mutual understanding between nations he has been repeatedly acknowledged by governments, universities and educational organizations from around the world. In 1993, President Bill Clinton presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Fulbright, the highest civilian medal of the United States. Also in 1993 he was awarded the Commander’s Cross with the Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, by the President Lech Wałęsa.