Kalmar "Fulbright" yawanci tana nufin Shirin Fulbright, wanda babban shirin musayar ilimi ne na duniya wanda gwamnatin Amurka ke ɗaukar nauyinsa. Shirin yana ba da kuɗi ga ɗalibai, malamai, malamai, da ƙwararrun masana daga ko'ina cikin duniya don gudanar da bincike, nazari, ko koyarwa a Amurka ko wasu ƙasashe, da burin haɓaka fahimtar al'adu da haɗin gwiwar juna tsakanin kasashe. Sunan shirin ne bayan Sanata J. William Fulbright, wanda ya gabatar da dokar da ta kafa shi a shekara ta 1946.