Greta Uehling, a Teaching Professor and Lecturer in International and Comparative Studies, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to work in Georgia during the 2026-2027 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Uehling, who is also a Faculty Associate with both the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, has titled her project, Ukrainian Displacement and Street Art in Georgia: A Visual Ethnography. Through it she will look at contemporary Georgia, where freedom of expression is constrained and street art constitutes a form of cultural resistance. Her visual ethnography will explore how meaning emerges relationally during mural creation, including expressions of solidarity with Ukraine, highlighting embodied knowledge, gendered struggle, and symbolic resistance to Russian domination.
University of Michigan applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program are supported by the fellowships & grants team at the International Institute. For more information about Fulbright and how to apply, visit the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program pages on the International Institute website.
Fulbright U.S. Scholars are accomplished faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals who teach or conduct research in partnership with institutions around the world. Through these affiliations, they expand their professional networks and often seed future research, innovation, and institutional partnerships. When they return home to their campuses, labs, and classrooms, Fulbright Scholars share their experiences and insights, becoming champions of international collaboration. Many go on to host visiting scholars, and inspire colleagues and students to pursue transformative opportunities abroad.
Fulbright provides opportunities for exceptional Americans and participants from 160 countries and locations to study, teach, and conduct research abroad. For eight decades, Fulbrighters have been leaders at the forefront of discovery and innovation, conducting cutting edge research, advancing critical industries, and preparing future generations with new skills and perspectives. Fulbrighters have included 46 heads of state or government, 63 Nobel Laureates, 93 Pulitzer Prize winners, 83 MacArthur Fellows, and countless leaders in all sectors and industries across the United States and around the world.
Fulbright U.S. Scholars teach or conduct research or professional projects abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. In addition, recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English in schools abroad each year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program.
In the United States, the Institute of International Education implements the Fulbright U.S. Student and U.S. Scholar Programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of State.
The deadline to apply for 2027-2028 Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards is September 15, 2026.
