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Scholars stranded in America and abroad amid funding freeze of State Department programs

  • Scholars are feeling panic due to a funding freeze affecting their programs, causing uncertainty about their future, according to the Fulbright Association.
  • The Fulbright Association reports that the funding halt affects over 12,500 American students, youth, and professionals currently abroad.
  • U.S. Programs hosting more than 7,400 individuals have also lost funding due to the pause.
  • Lay expressed concern about the lack of communication from U.S. Officials, stating, 'I don’t want to be one more thing that is changing and uncertain in their lives.
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'Very scary': Scholars in US and abroad stuck amid State Department funding freeze

Fulbright scholar Aubrey Lay was supposed to get paid for three months of work by the U.S. government through his teaching assistantship at a school for Ukrainian refugees in Estonia. Instead, he only got about one week's pay and no word on when he might see the rest of his grant. Lay is among scholars around the world who depend on State Department funding to participate in long-established programs like Fulbright and say their payments were ab…

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Freezing State Department funds leaves academics stranded in the U.S. and other countries

Aubrey Lay, a Fulbright fellow, was to be paid for three months of work by the U.S. government through his teaching assistance at a Ukrainian refugee school in Estonia.

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Scholars stranded in America and abroad amid funding freeze of state department programs

The funding freeze sparked panic among thousands of scholars who are stranded outside their home countries and left without clarity on the future of their programs.

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Scholars stranded in America and abroad amid funding freeze of State Department programs

Fulbright grant recipient Aubrey Lay was supposed to get paid for three months of work by the U.S. government through his teaching assistantship at a school for Ukrainian refugees in Estonia. Instead, he only got about one week’s pay and no word on when he might see the rest of his grant.

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