Twenty-eight Stanford seniors, graduate students, and alumni have been awarded grants to pursue special projects abroad next year with funding from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Three of these students are SGS affiliates.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. It awards grants annually to more than 1,900 diverse U.S. students, artists, and early career professionals who will pursue special projects in more than 140 countries.
The 2024 Fulbright recipients affiliated with Stanford will travel to 15 countries, including Colombia, Estonia, Germany, New Zealand, Peru, Spain, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe, where they will carry out individually designed research projects, pursue graduate study programs, or take part in English Teaching Assistant (ETA) programs during the 2024-25 academic year.
Following are three SGS students who have accepted the award:
Anna McNulty (BA International Relations ’24) will produce a storytelling project about women climate leaders in Peru through the mediums of writing, photography, and film 10 years after Peru’s Action Plan on Gender and Climate Change.
Anita Taft (BA Human Biology and minor in Global Studies with specialization in Iranian Studies ’24) will travel to Tajikistan to study family planning by determining attitudes and perceptions of contraceptive usage among women of reproductive age.
Parker Watt (BA International Relations ’24) will research and document through film how cultural identity is being preserved and changed among the Ukrainian refugee population in Estonia through the lens of song, dance, and storytelling.