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Five Duke public policy majors are among the 18 Duke students and alumni who have been offered Fulbright grants for the 2026-2027 year.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is a world-renowned international education program that supports cultural exchange and increases mutual understanding between the United States and more than 140 countries. Through the program, recipients pursue independent research projects, enroll in graduate study or work as English teaching assistants abroad.
The Sanford-affiliated recipients include:
- Viviana Hammond ’26, a public policy and international comparative studies major from Middlebury, Vt., was offered an English Teaching Assistantship grant to the Canary Islands, Spain.
- Geethika Korrapati ’26, a public policy major from Waxhaw, N.C., was offered a Fulbright-Nehru Open Study/Research Award to study citizen-led oversight programs in three different states across India.
- Sejal Mayer-Patel ’24, a public policy major from Durham, N.C., was offered a research grant to study migration governance and law in Semarang, Indonesia.
- Rakshita Ramakrishna ’25, a public policy major from Stamford, Conn., was offered an English Teaching Assistantship grant to Muğla, Türkiye.
- Morgan Settle ’26, a public policy major from both Raleigh and Manila, Philippines, was offered an English Teaching Assistantship grant to Albania.