"Today, in an age of unprecedented global connection, the need for mutual understanding and partnerships built upon the free exchange of peoples and ideas has never been greater. Fulbrighters face this challenge with a sense of hope and responsibility as they tackle the daunting problems of the 21st century with creativity, expertise and resolve—inspiring us all."
(Source: US Dept of State)

The goal of FAST is to help Fulbright grantees and alumni tackle the daunting problems.  

FAST has several services to support career development of our members - the alumni of the Fulbright Exchange Program.

• Specialized conferences and meetings - opportunities to share knowledge with other leaders.
• Research reports - current grantees and alumni can post a synopsis of their research.
• Speaker & expert bureau - conference organizers in the public and prive sector and in the academic community regularly approach FAST for recommendations of speakers.  Similarly, FAST had been approached for experts for news stories, doucmentaries, court cases and other actitivies where expert knowledge is needed.
• Resume book - current grantees and alumni often are seeking new employment opportunities.
• Spouse network - Many Fulbright scholars are accompanied by their spouse and/or children.  This network helps share information among the Fulbrighters. 

For information about any of these programs, please call the Academy at 1-207-799-3098.  If you would like to be in the resume book or speakers/experts bureau, please email your resume to info@FulbrightAcademy.org.  FAST is also seeking your recommendations for Fulbright scholars who would be good speakers or experts.

In this short video, Fulbright scholars and leading scientists talk about the Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology and the important role that FAST and Fulbright scholars play in advancing education, reserach, policy and commerce.  (You may need to click on the play button twice to have it run.)

Quotes from the above video:

• "Organizations such as FAST are invaluable for bringing people together."
• "FAST is a window for others to see both sides."
• "When you support FAST, what you are getting is an incredibly committed, very experienced, and very diverse group of scientists, all whom share a commitment to rigor, a commitment to cross-cultural understanding. What you are getting is the ability to draw from a massive international intellectual base to bear on one particular problem."
• "FAST can make connections between academia and between government, between people and civilizations and cultures."
• "Our mission is to help Fulbrighters interact with each other so that they can do their work better, and hopefully, as a result of that, have a greater impact on the lives of others."

The Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology is an international network and think-tank established by alumni of the Fulbright Exchange Program. In partnership with its institutional members, FAST creates linkages and promotes the innovative work of Fulbright Scholars by organizing international meetings, high-level workshops and study committees.

If you would like to have an un-compressed copy of the video mailed to you on a CD, please send an email to ehoward@FulbrightAcademy.org.