Postdoc & Scholars

The United States offers a wide range of opportunities for postdocs and scholars, including research stays, guest lecturing visits, visiting professorships, and other types of academic appointments.

At Fulbright Denmark, we provide guidance for postdoc applicants and scholars at all career stages — from adjunkt to lektor to professor. Danish citizenship is required.

While it is an advantage to be currently employed at a Danish institution of higher education (such as a university, professionshøjskole, erhvervsakademi, or maskinmesterskole), we also support “at large” applicants with no current affiliation who already hold a PhD and wish to travel as postdocs.

As a scholar, you are responsible for initiating contact and securing an affiliation with a relevant U.S. university or other host institution. You are free to choose your host institution based on your research or teaching interests. The affiliation does not need to be fully in place when you apply, but it needs to be finalized before you can receive a Fulbright grant.

Click here to see if you are eligible to apply for a Fulbright Scholar Award.

When advising postdocs and scholars, we always highlight visa regulations relevant to this type of stay. In particular, please note the Two-Year Home-Country Physical Presence Requirement that applies to all Fulbright grants.

If this rule applies to your visa, you must reside in Denmark for at least two years before you can apply for certain U.S. visa categories, including work visas (H and L), work permits connected to K visas, or immigrant visas.

You will still be able to:

• Travel to the U.S. for tourism
• Attend academic conferences
• Study/do research in the U.S. under another J or F visa

Read more here about the Two-Year Home-Country Requirement and the exchange visitor visa process.