Global Teacher Grants offer opportunities for alumni of Teacher Exchanges to catalyze their efforts as teacher leaders, develop professionally, and affect positive change in their schools and communities. Recipients of Global Teacher Grants use the funding, in addition to the resources, skills, and networks that they acquired during their exchanges, to benefit their students, colleagues, administrators, and communities.

The grants are sponsored annually by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by IREX.

Timeline

Eligible alumni will receive and email from the Fulbright Teacher Exchanges team when Global Teacher Grant applications are open.

  • October – November: Applications for Global Teacher Grants are typically accepted in October - November.  Teacher Exchange alumni will receive an email notifying them of the opportunity to apply.
  • January: Successful applicants will be notified in January, and the first disbursement of funds issued shortly thereafter.
  • January – July: Awardees typically have between January and July to complete their project and submit a final report. 

Award Amount

Global Teacher Grant award amounts vary, but typically up to $3,000 is available for individual applicants and up to $5,000 for teams of Teacher Exchange alumni submitting a joint proposal.

Successful Projects

In 2023 – 2024, 41 projects were funded in 21 countries around the world.

 

Alumni Grant Projects

four women look at a laptop together
Nomintuul Byambatsogt (Mongolia to U.S. 2023) trained teachers at two schools on classroom technology and tools.
a group of people gathered around a large chess board
Nato Kldiashvili (Georgia to U.S. 2021) established a chess club, including building a new giant board to engage young learners in the game.
a teacher posing with blue robots
Students in Pennsylvania received hands-on robotics and software programming lessons from Brooke Nenadal (U.S. to Germany 2022).
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Spellan William (Tanzania to U.S. 2019) coordinated a training for teachers on digital literacy and cyber security.
students put together a tower garden
Josh Amstutz's (U.S. to Peru 2022) Ohio students created a tower garden at their school.
two teachers present to a classroom of girls
Omar Bentabet (Morocco to U.S. 2019) established an empowerment club for girls in rural communities to learn about financial independence, goal setting, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
a group of teachers working together in a classroom
Focusing on refugee communities, Flavia Nakajjuo (Uganda to U.S. 2019) trained teachers on developing resilience in youth.
a teacher holds up a book of poetry
U.S. and Peruvian alumni collaborated on a cross-border poetry project.
Students and a teacher sitting on a hill
Alumni from India and the United States collaborated on a bird diversity project.
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Muhammed Tasdemir's (Türkiye to U.S. 2022) trained students on media literacy and created a student-run news program.
a group of girls working with a robot
Nancy Penchev (U.S. to Vietnam 2022) led "Girls Building STEAM," a program empowering girls to engage in environmental issues, activism, and creative arts.
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Shermy Motlhbane (Botswana to U.S. 2020) created a series of anti-bullying clubs for students, teachers, and parents.
students holding posters outside a school
Katerina Susinova (North Macedonia to U.S. 2022) designed workshops to teach students about media literacy, environmental protection, and cross-cultural awareness.