The Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF) is a non-profit, binational organization

responsible for the administration of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship Program, Hubert H.
Humphrey fellowships, and other educational exchange initiatives. Grants are awarded on a competitive
basis to Filipino and American students, teachers, scholars and professionals to study, teach, lecture and
conduct research in the United States and in the Philippines.

PAEF was established through an executive agreement signed by the governments of the United States
and the Philippines on March 23, 1948 to carry out educational exchanges involving students, academics
and professionals from both countries. Since 1948, Fulbright grants have been awarded to nearly 3,000
Filipinos and close to 1,000 Americans for graduate degree study, teaching and research in the
Philippines and the United States. Close to 400 graduate degree awards and 2,000 non-degree grants
have been given to Filipinos through the East-West Center program. Another 70 Filipino professionals
have gone to the United States on Humphrey fellowships. The Philippine program is the world’s longest
continuing Fulbright program. It has enriched several generations of Filipinos and Americans. Living in a
different culture, forming lasting friendships with colleagues in foreign countries and sharing new
horizons are all part of what has come to be known as the “Fulbright experience.”

Principal funding support for the exchange programs administered by PAEF comes from the United
States and the Philippine governments. In addition, the Philippine Department of Agriculture, the
Philippine Commission on Higher Education, and the Washington SyCip Family Foundation have
generously supported the Fulbright Program in the Philippines. Other organizations and institutions,
including US and Philippine universities (link to page which lists names of Philippine universities, which
also links to the universities’ websites), contribute through direct and indirect cost-sharing.

While continuing to strengthen links with the academic and policy community, PAEF will broaden
partnerships with the private sector and build new connections with business and philanthropic
organizations in order to carry on its mission of recruiting the best and the brightest young leaders and
professionals for the service of Philippine and American societies.

Organizations and corporations can be part of the best known and most prestigious scholarship program
in the world by being a sponsor of Fulbright awards. Sponsoring a scholarship award or awards earns the
institution the right to have its name linked to the prestigious Fulbright name. Organizations may also
sponsor Fulbright publications and orientation programs for scholars.

The Fulbright Commission in the Philippines (also known as the Philippine-American Educational
Foundation/PAEF) is a non-profit, bi-national organization responsible for the administration of the
prestigious Fulbright Scholarship Program, Hubert H. Humphrey fellowships, and other educational
exchange initiatives. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to Filipino and American students,
teachers, scholars and professionals to study, teach, lecture and conduct research in the United States
and in the Philippines.

Fulbright Teacher Exchanges bring primary and secondary educators from more than 85 countries and
territories around the world to the United States for professional growth and learning. Participants have
the opportunity to expand leadership skills and build mutual understanding within their U.S. host
communities.