by Steven Tagle
Answering the Fulbright Short-Answer Questions
The 2026-2027 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award cycle is currently open, and the national deadline is October 7, 2025 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. For this year’s competition, the program has done away with the personal statement requirement and added in its place three short-answer questions intended to evaluate how well you fulfill the Fulbright …