2020 Pre-Departure Orientation Schedule
All candidates accepting awards for the following programs are required to attend a pre-departure orientation. If your country is not listed, there is no pre-departure orientation in the United States and the Fulbright Commission in your host country will provide more details.
Attendance at Pre-Departure Orientations is mandatory. Exemptions will be considered by the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State for extenuating circumstances only. Information on filing an exemption will be made available to grantees invited to the Pre-Departure Orientations in early April.
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Countries
Date
Location
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cote d’Ivoire
Congo (Brazzaville)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Eswatini
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
ZimbabweJuly 13 - 16, 2020 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
East Asia and the Pacific
Countries/Programs
Date
Location
ASEAN Research Program
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
China
Cross-Strait Studies Research Program
Hong Kong
Laos
Macau
Mongolia
Singapore
VietnamJune 21 - 24, 2020 University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Europe and Eurasia
Countries
Date
Location
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Cyprus
Estonia
Georgia
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
North Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
UkraineJuly 18 - 21, 2020
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Middle East and North Africa
Countries
Date
Location
Algeria
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman
Palestinian Territories (West Bank)
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
United Arab EmiratesJune 15 - 18, 2020 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
South and Central Asia
Countries
Date
Location
Bhutan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Maldives
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
UzbekistanJune 29 - July 2, 2020 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Western Hemisphere
Countries
Date
Location
Bahamas
Barbados and Eastern Caribbean
Belize
Bolivia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Suriname
Trinidad & TobagoJune 22 - 25, 2020 St. John's University, Queens, NY
Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship
All candidates accepting awards for the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship program are required to attend a pre-departure orientation in Washington, DC in July. In addition, Fellows to Burma, Cote d’Ivoire and Ukraine will be required to attend a pre-departure orientation for their respective world region (see above for location and dates).
Countries
Date
Location
Burma
Cote D’Ivoire
Peru
UkraineJuly 16-17, 2020 Washington, DC