United Kingdom
Applicants to the United Kingdom can apply for one of two award types. Below is a brief explanation of each type. For full details on each award, select the award from the drop-down menu below.
- Open Award: Candidates may pursue independent post-BA-level research, or undertake a graduate degree program at any accredited academic institution in an arts-related discipline. Applicants should only select an Open Award if:
- They are proposing an independent research project.
- They are undertaking a graduate degree program in an art-related discipline and their proposed institutional affiliation is not one of the Partnership Institutions below; or if their arts-related degree proposal is not eligible for consideration under the parameters of one of the Partnership Awards listed below (for example the Partnership Award may only be for PhD candidates and/or within a specific discipline, etc.).
- Please note that funding for our Open Award is extremely limited. Candidates are strongly advised to apply for our partnership awards which mostly cover all disciplines at top UK universities.
- Applicants currently enrolled in a distance-based learning program and are interested in conducting research are eligible for the Open Awards.
- UK Partnership Awards: Candidates may undertake a graduate degree at the institutions listed in the UK Partnership Award category, as long as their proposal falls within the parameters of the award. Please review the table and award description for more information on each award.
- Candidates will complete two applications, the Fulbright application and the university’s application (according to the university’s admissions procedures) and are not required to submit an affiliation letter with the Fulbright application unless otherwise specified in the award description.The finalists selected for the UK partnership awards will receive a conditional offer. Grantees are offered a Fulbright award on the condition that they gain admission to the specified degree program. Applicants are ineligible for the 2026-2027 awards if they are residing or studying in the UK during the 2025-2026 academic year unless the applicant is in the UK for an undergraduate study abroad program.
- Awards are for the first year of graduate degree study in the UK unless otherwise specified in the award description.
- All Postgraduate Awards to the UK:
- Applicants are ineligible for the 2027-2028 awards if they are residing or studying in the UK during the 2026-2027 academic year unless the applicant is in the UK for an undergraduate study abroad program.
- Part time and distance learning masters/ research degree courses are ineligible for the Fulbright US Postgraduate awards to the United Kingdom.
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Award Type |
Awards |
Affiliation Requirement |
Parameters of the Award |
App. Statistics 2026/27 |
|
Open Award |
1 |
Tenable at any UK institution in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland |
Candidates may pursue independent research or undertake a graduate degree with affiliation at any accredited academic institution in an arts related discipline. Applicants should only apply for this award if their proposal does not fit into the parameters of one of the Partnership Awards listed below |
157 |
|
Partnership Awards |
Awards |
Tenable at the institutions named below and subject to the parameters of each specific award |
Applicants should only apply for a Partnership Award if their proposal fits into the strict parameters noted below. Full details on each award can be found using the drop-down menu below |
App. Statistics 2026/27 |
|
1 |
Cardiff University |
Taught master's or research degree offered by the university excluding courses with fees of £33,200 or higher |
30 |
|
|
1 |
Durham University Award |
Taught master's or research degree offered by the institution |
36 |
|
|
1 |
Imperial College London |
Any one-year on campus engineering, science, business (except MBA) or non-clinical medical studies master’s degree offered by the institution |
71 |
|
|
1 |
Institute of Education, University of London |
One-year full-time master's degree programme offered by the faculty |
23 |
|
|
1 |
LAMDA |
1-year MA Classical Acting |
37 |
|
|
1 |
King's College London Award |
PhD except programmes of study in medical sciences which include elements of patient interaction |
17 |
|
|
1 |
Lancaster University |
First year of any Master’s degree programme offered by the Faculty of Science and Technology |
7 |
|
|
1 |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
First year of a taught master's or the first year of any masters research programme in any discipline at LSE |
100 |
|
|
1 |
Loughborough University |
Any PhD programme offered by the institution for up to 3 years |
0 |
|
|
1 |
Manchester Metropolitan University |
One year of a master’s degree in creative writing |
19 |
|
|
1 |
Newcastle University |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
15 |
|
|
1 |
Northumbria University Award in Art & Design |
First year of a taught master's or research degree in arts and design programmes offered by the university |
17 |
|
|
1 |
Fulbright/Queen’s University Belfast Award in 'Conflict, Security and Contested Pasts' |
Taught Master’s in the school of Humanities, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics |
49 |
|
|
1 |
Fulbright/Queen's University Belfast Award in All Disciplines |
Taught master’s degree in all disciplines at the university |
24 |
|
|
1 |
Royal Holloway, University of London |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
21 |
|
|
1 |
Royal Veterinary College Award |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
10 |
|
|
1 |
Trinity Laban Award in Dance |
First year of any taught master’s programme in Music, Dance, or Musical Theatre, and the Artist or Professional Diploma in Music |
18 |
|
|
1 |
University College London |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
122 |
|
|
1 |
University College London School of Management |
All postgraduate taught (Master’s) programmes at UCL School of Management |
18 |
|
|
1 |
University of Birmingham |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
35 |
|
|
1 |
University of Bristol |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
32 |
|
|
1 |
University of East Anglia |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
15 |
|
|
1 |
University of Edinburgh |
First year of a taught master's degree offered by the university |
124 |
|
|
1 |
University of Exeter |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
24 |
|
|
1 |
University of Glasgow |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university except for clinical based disciplines |
66 |
|
|
1 |
University of Kent |
First year of any master's or doctoral degree programme offered by the University |
13 |
|
|
1 |
University of Leicester |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
18 |
|
|
1 |
University of Manchester |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university, except the MBA programme |
31 |
|
|
1 |
University of Roehampton |
Any one-year taught master's or research master’s degree in dance |
7 |
|
|
1 |
University of Sheffield |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
15 |
|
|
1 |
University of Southampton |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
17 |
|
|
1 |
University of St. Andrews |
Covers a postgraduate degree programme. The programme can be a taught Masters programme, or a research programme (Masters or PhD). Funding is available for up to four years depending on the programme |
59 |
|
|
1 |
University of Stirling Award in Health, Well-being and Sport |
First year of taught master’s or research degree in any discipline related to health, wellbeing, or sports science |
13 |
|
|
1 |
University of Strathclyde |
PhD for a period of 3 years in the faculty of Engineering |
4 |
|
|
1 |
University of Sussex |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
26 |
|
|
1 |
University of Warwick |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university excluding MBA |
18 |
|
|
1 |
University of York |
First year of a taught master's or research degree offered by the university |
36 |
