Grantee Experiences

Former grantees share their experiences from their time as a Fulbright Grantee in the US. Below you will find a collection of articles that can give insight into what a year in the US on a fulbright grant is like.

Til Chicago med Fulbright

Håkon Sommerset er nåværende Fulbright-stipendiat. Hans familie på fem tilbringer det akademiske året 2011-12 i Monterey, California. I dette innlegget, som er hentet fra bloggen hans, forteller han om et Enrichement-seminar i Chicago som han nylig deltok på.

Wonderful memories from UC Berkeley

Andreas Fagereng, a Fulbright grantee from 2010 until 2011, recommends economics students to spend time at UC Berkeley.

My two years at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Stine Solibakke was a Fulbright grantee in 2010-11. She pursued an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, which she says has opened the doors to new opportunites both academically and personally.

Norwegian Family in New York

Niels Nagelhus Schia was a Fulbright grantee to the USA in 2010-11. Here he shares some of his and his family's experiences from living in New York for a year.

Report from a melting Arctic Chair in Amherst, Jostein Bakke

Jostein Bakke, Fulbright Arctic Chair 2011-12 to the US, reports back to Norway after the family has settled down in Amherst.

Two Doctors in Upstate New York

Alexander Stanley Thrane and Vinita Rangroo are both medical doctors from Norway who received the Fulbright scholarship in 2010 to pursue PhD level research at the Department of Neurosurgery in Rochester

Happiness in California

Gunvor Marie Dyrdal was awarded the Fulbright grant in 2008 to conduct PhD level research at University of California, Riverside. The purpose of her stay was to work with Dr. Lyubomirsky and her students in research on happiness. They worked on interventions designed to create increases in happiness in an attempt to discover how adaptation to positive experiences can be prevented.

Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Massachusetts

Hilde Berg-Hansen was awarded a Fulbright grant from 2008-2010 to complete her master's degree. She obtained her M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from Tuft University's The Fletcher School in Medford, MA.

Change, salmon, bears and Sarah Palin in Alaska

I arrived Fairbanks in January as a PhD-student in Natural Resources Management from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. My wife and I came here to the Golden Heart city of interior Alaska to spend one year studying, doing research with other scientists, and exploring the nature and people of Alaska.

Inger Utne: Inspirasjonen blomstrer i amerikanske forskningsmiljøer

Så vel forskere som undervisere bør spandere på seg et opphold ved et amerikansk universitet, skriver Fulbright-stipendiat Inger Utne i artikkelen "Amerikanske forskningsmiljøer: Inspirasjonen blomstrer" i tidsskriftet Sykepleien Forskning.

NASA Langley Research Center Honor Award

2004-05 Norwegian Fulbright grantee, Dr. Bjørn Anders Pettersson Reif was co-writer of a paper that tied for 2nd
place in the yearly internal competition for "best paper" of NASA LaRC. The competition is called the "HJE Reid Award", and winning (or placing) is considered very prestigious within the center.

Norsk Fulbright stipendiat deler ut The Metro International Fulbright Award for Global Public Service i New York

Karoline Vinsrygg, norsk Fulbright stipendiat til Georgetown University i 2004-05, delte 4.juni 2007 ut The Metro International Fulbright Award for Global Public Service i New York til Christopher B. Burnham.

PhD level studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara

André Årnes spent the academic year 2005-06 as a Fulbright grantee at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as part of his PhD in Computer Science.

Deler av doktorgradsstudier ved George Washington University i Washington D.C.

Kristine Offerdal ble tildelt et Fulbright stipend for å gjennomføre deler av sine doktorgradsstudier ved George Washington University i Washington D.C. i 2006-07. Fagfeltet hennes er International Relations. Les mer om hvordan Kristine og familien har opplevd den første halvdelen av oppholdet i USA.

Oslo- New York-Senegal. A heart and mind-blowing adventure.

Kathrine Aspaas was awarded a Fulbright grant in 2005, to complete an M.A. in International Affairs at New School University in New York.

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