Fulbright scholarship
noun /ˌfʊlbraɪt ˈskɒləʃɪp/
/ˌfʊlbraɪt ˈskɑːlərʃɪp/
- any of a number of US scholarships (= awards of money for study) given for exchanges between US and foreign universities and colleges. Those who receive them are called Fulbright scholars and include students and teachers. The programme was established by the Fulbright Act (1946) of Senator J William Fulbright (1905-95), and it first used money from the sale of old US military equipment.
富布赖特奖学金:为与美国和外国大学之间进行交流而提供的任何美国奖学金中的任何一项。接收他们的人称为富布赖特学者,其中包括学生和老师。该计划是根据参议员J威廉·富布赖特(1905-95)的《富布赖特法案》(1946年)建立的,它首先利用了出售旧式美国军事装备的资金。