Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program

Program Description

The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program provides opportunities for early-career English teachers — or professionals in related fields — to study for one academic year in the United States, enhance their teaching skills and increase their English-language proficiency. Candidates who are teachers or professionals in the fields of American Studies, Journalism and Media, American/English Literature, and teachers of Arabic as a foreign language are also considered on a case-by-case basis.

FLTA fellows enroll in up to four courses in their field of study — including at least one course in American Studies — while serving as Teaching Assistants in Arabic at U.S. colleges and universities. Fellows facilitate in-person or virtual cultural events, language clubs and language tables, and interact with their host communities through conversation groups, extracurricular activities and community outreach projects.

What FLTA Fellows Do

• Serve as Teaching Assistants in Arabic at a U.S. host college or university.
• Enroll in up to four courses, including at least one in American Studies.
• Lead cultural events, language clubs, language tables and conversation groups.
• Engage host communities through extracurricular and community outreach projects.

Eligibility Criteria

• Egyptian citizenship.
• Applicants must reside in Egypt from the application process and throughout the selection, placement and pre-departure stages.
• Early-career teachers — or those training to become teachers — as well as professionals in: English Language and English as a Foreign Language (TEFL); English as a Second Language (ESL); American Studies; English/American Literature; Linguistics; Journalism and Media Studies; and Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL).
• A maximum of seven years of teaching experience from receiving a first university degree and prior to August 2026.
• A bachelor's degree.
• Proof of English-language proficiency from one approved test: TOEFL ITP (minimum 550); TOEFL iBT (minimum 79–80); Academic or General IELTS (minimum overall 6.0); Duolingo English Test (minimum 105); or an English Proficiency Test from an Egyptian university (minimum 550).
• Successful completion of all steps of the application, assessment and selection process.
• U.S. citizens and green-card holders are not eligible to apply. Employees of the U.S. Department of State, U.S. mission staff, ECA-implementing organizations, and Fulbright Commission board members or staff (and their immediate families) are ineligible during, and for one year following, such employment.

Note: Preference is given to applicants without prior significant experience in the U.S. and/or overseas.

Grant Benefits

• International travel.
• Monthly stipend.
• Health-benefits coverage.
• U.S. host institutions provide tuition awards to support the required coursework.

Required Documents

All documents must be uploaded to the online application by the published deadline. The core checklist includes:

• Completed online application.
• Copies of transcripts and certificates for all post-secondary degrees, in English.
• An approved English-proficiency score report.
• A detailed CV with clear contact information.
• Three recommendation letters.
• A scanned copy of the passport (or valid National ID, if no passport is available) and a personal photo.
• Scanned copies of any previous U.S. J1 or J2 visas, if applicable.

The Fulbright Program seeks applicants with personal integrity and original thinking. All content must be the applicant's own work; any use of AI tools must be clearly disclosed. Plagiarism — including unintentional plagiarism — or undisclosed AI use will disqualify an application.