When you begin a Fulbright award, we make you a promise: that you will become part of a prestigious, global community of leading researchers, professionals and practitioners.
The Fulbrighter platform is designed to fulfil that promise. It enables you easily to connect and engage with Fulbright alumni and grantees all around the world. You can look for and share advice, discover innovative projects, collaborate on ideas, organise formal and social events, build new professional and intellectual communities, and forge global connections.
Fulbrighter blends features from other community platforms
Fulbrighter blends features from other community platforms. It lets you build a professional profile; join interest groups and post on live feeds; read and contribute long-form profiles and thinkpieces; and participate in discussion forums.
The familiarity of this functionality means Fulbrighter should be intuitive to use and explore. You can refer to our Quick start guide and full user manual, or you can straightaway start using the platform.
We would recommend you begin by:
You may also want to review your notification options and other settings.
The Fulbrighter project team have worked hard to build this foundational community platform. We have focused on delivering core features and a rigorous data protection regime in order to successfully open this platform up globally.
What we are launching in August 2019 is very much Fulbrighter 1.0
This means that what we are launching in August 2019 is very much Fulbrighter 1.0. We have exciting ideas about how this platform could expand and the new features we could introduce. But we want the development of this platform to be led by you. This is your global community, and you have a unique opportunity to shape this platform so that it provides rewarding and engaging content, experiences and connections.
This is your global community, and you have a unique opportunity to shape this platform so that it provides rewarding and engaging content, experiences and connections
There are a range of areas where we would value your leadership:
You can find out more about ways to get involved. And if you have ideas, questions or concerns please either leave them in the comments below - or get in touch with the Fulbrighter project team: fulbrighter@fulbright.org.uk.
Rob Ellis
Fulbrighter project team