The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that Rachel
Otty of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts has been offered a Fulbright
Teachers for Global Classrooms grant.
Otty is one of approximately 76 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad through the Fulbright Teachers for
Global Classrooms Program in 2018-2019. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of
academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S.
government and is designed to build relations between the people of the United States and the people of other
countries that are needed to solve global challenges. The Fulbright Program is funded through an annual
appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State. Participating governments and host
institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the
Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide.
Since its establishment in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright of
Arkansas, the Fulbright Program has given more than 370,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and
scientists the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding
solutions to shared international concerns.
Fulbrighters address critical global challenges – from sustainable energy and climate change to public
health and food security – in all areas, while building relationships, knowledge, and leadership in support
of the long-term interests of the United States and the world. Fulbright alumni have achieved distinction
in many fields, including 57 who have been awarded the Nobel Prize, 82 who have received Pulitzer
Prizes, and 37 who have served as a head of state or government.
For further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs, please
visit our website or contact us by telephone 202.632.6452 or
email us.