Purpose

The Fulbright Academy, also known as the Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology (FAST), is an international organization established in 2003 by alumni of the Fulbright Exchange Program and others interested in science and technology innovation.

Organisation

FAST is a virtual research institute and network, with board members and volunteers placed in many countries. It has individual and institutional members worldwide. Individual members are in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and related fields. Institutional members include universities, corporations, foundations and government agencies.

Funding

Funding for FAST programs have come from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Qatar Foundation, Accenture, Monsanto, Singapore's Agency for Science Technology & Research, Panama's National Secretariat for Science Technology & Innovation, Morocco's Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, and the US National Science Foundation.

Annual Conferences

FAST facilitates dialogue among scholars and scientists by hosting annual conferences.

• First Annual Conference (2006) - Berlin
  Berlin
  Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
  
  , Germany
• Second Annual Conference (2007) - Panama City
  Panama City
  Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...
  
  , Panama
• Third Annual Conference (2008) - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Fourth Annual Conference (2009) - Skopje
  Skopje
  Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
  
  , Macedonia
• Fifth Annual Conference (2010) - an Francisco California, USA
• Sixth Annual Conference (2011) - Heidelberg
  Heidelberg
  -Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
  
  , Germany

Specialist conferences

FAST also produces specialist conferences and workshops

• Digital Libraries & Digital Access for North Africa (2007) - Rabat
  Rabat
  Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...
  
  , Morocco
• Nursing Education in the Middle East (2008) - Doha
  Doha
  Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
  
  , Qatar
• Futuropolis 2058: Future of Cities (2008) - Singapore
  Singapore
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
  
  
• Corporate Sustainability (2010) - Madison, New Jersey
  Madison, New Jersey
  Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 16,530. It also is known as "The Rose City".-Geography:Madison is located at ....
  
  , USA

The Fulbright Academy is not involved in the selection of Fulbright scholars or in the administration of the Fulbright Exchange program. FAST is not affiliated with the US State Department, national alumni groups, or the agencies and commissions involved in administering Fulbright exchanges.

External links

• Fulbright Academy Website
• European School of Management of Technology Newsletter
• National Science Digital Library, Whiteboard Report #105
• Wake Forest University Research News
• :de:Fulbright-Kommission

Ambassadors of Peace: Experiences of Pakistani and US Exchange Scholars, 2007, pg. 323-324, ISBN 0-595-42774-X
Beyond Boundaries: Reflections of Indian and US Scholars, 2007, pg. 561-562, ISBN 0-595-43644-7
Similarity in Diversity: Reflections of Malaysian and American Exchange Students, 2006, pg. 113-114. ISBN 0-595-42324-8.