The Fulbright U.S. Student Program and the Center for Advanced Arabic Study in Cairo (CAASIC) jointly offer four grants for 2027–2028.
Grantees spend nine months in CAASIC’s intensive program at the American University in Cairo’s downtown Tahrir Square campus, studying Modern Standard Arabic and spoken Egyptian dialect. The 2027–2028 round has closed.
Benefits & funding
- Monthly stipend of EGP 35,000
- CAASIC tuition covered; shared housing at CAASIC provided in kind
- Travel and relocation allowance for round-trip airfare to Egypt, plus a local transport allowance
- Accident and sickness health benefits and a 24/7 mental health line
- No support for dependents
Eligibility
- US citizens or US nationals; permanent residents cannot apply
- Undergraduate studies completed by the time of application; bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral-level applicants accepted, but anyone holding a PhD by the deadline is barred
- Advanced Arabic, assessed through a Foreign Language Evaluation form
- Admission to CAASIC’s Fulbright program
- Barred: anyone who lived abroad five or more of the six years before the deadline; recent State Department, USAID or Fulbright-administration staff (one-year bar)
- Dual US–Egyptian citizens and people living in Egypt the year before may apply
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“Applicants who currently hold or will hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) by the national application deadline. … Anyone who has resided abroad for five or more years in the six-year period preceding the national application deadline.” Eligibility
Eligible nationalities
USA
Education required
Bachelor
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Application process
- 1Apply to CAASIC through AUC’s online form by 15 August 2026, with ACTFL results in reading, listening, writing and speaking and a 500-word statement of purpose.
- 2Submit the Fulbright application by 6 October 2026, including the CAASIC acceptance letter and the Foreign Language Evaluation.
Program timeline
Fulbright competition opened
31 March 2026
CAASIC application deadline
15 August 2026
Fulbright deadline
6 October 2026
Grant starts
September 2027
Grant ends
May 2028