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Viviana Prado-Núñez Wins 2023 Morocco Project Support Award

The Roth Foundation provides supplementary support for projects in the social sciences and humanities, including the visual and performing arts to one American Fulbrighter working in Morocco each year, in collaboration with Moroccan-American Commission…

Winner of 2023 Australia Project Support Award Announced

The Roth Foundation provides supplementary support to one American Fulbrighter working in Australia each year, in collaboration with the Australian-American Fulbright Commission. The 2023 award went to Dr. Kayln McDonough. Dr. Kayln McDonough is…

Fulbright Prize For International Understanding

On April 19, we were honored to attend the award ceremony for the 2023 Fulbright Prize for International Understanding. This year the prize went to two members of the team that helped lead the…

Dr. Kristina Nielsen Wins 2023 Denmark Project Support Award

The Roth Foundation offers supplementary funds to a grantee of the American Scandinavian Foundation traveling to Denmark. This prize was instituted in honor of Lois Roth’s friend, Sonja Bungard-Nielsen, long-time director of the Danish…

Emily Kuhn Wins 2023 Inaugural Ecuador Project Support Award

The Roth Foundation provides supplementary support for projects in the social sciences and humanities, including the visual and performing arts to one American Fulbrighter working in Ecuador each year, in partnership with Comisión Fulbright…

Eric Benninghoff Wins 2023 Norway Project Support Award

In collaboration with Fulbright Norway, the Roth Foundation grants an award to an American Fulbrighter in Norway every year. The 2023 award went to Eric Benninghoff. Eric is working on his multicultural video project…

Season’s Greetings from the Lois Roth Foundation

In the spirit of the holidays, we would like to share a heart warming story that attests to the power of cross-cultural dialogue and exchange. Please support our work and remember the Lois Roth…

John Kerry delivers 2022 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture

On December 9, 2022, John Kerry, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, spoke on “The Urgency of Global Climate Action.” A video of the lecture is available on the US-UK Fulbright Commission’s website….

Register for the 2022 Fulbright Legacy Lecture!

This Friday, December 9th from 2:00 to 3:15 pm EST, please join us to hear from John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, as he delivers the 2022 Fulbright Legacy Lecture on “The…

Reflections on 45th Annual Fulbright Reunion

Celeste Lan began her social media internship with the Lois Roth Foundation in 2021, while a student at Agnes Scott College in Georgia. Since graduating, she has been working at the Meridian International Center…

Bronte Heron Wins the Robin and Avril Winks Award

The Robin and Avril Winks Award honors the memory of Robin Winks, a founding board member of the Roth Foundation and Yale University history professor, and his New Zealander wife, Avril. The award goes…

Fatma Souidi Wins Gill Jacot-Guillarmod Career Achievement Award

Congratulations to Fatma Souidi on winning a Gill Jacot-Guillarmod Career Achievement Award! Her work to protect and preserve Algerian cultural artifacts culminating in the region’s first Memorandum of Understanding on Cultural Property and updated…