• Grants are restricted to Argentine citizens residing in Argentina at the time of application. The Fulbright Program will give priority to candidates who have not held a Fulbright grant or who have not lived in the U.S. for a long period of time.
• Awards are not open to Argentines who are currently studying, researching or lecturing at U.S. universities.
• Candidates holding dual Argentine-U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent resident status are not eligible.

Grants are awarded on a highly competitive basis, with particular stress placed on academic and professional excellence, leadership potential, and willingness to share ideas and experiences. All applicants must have a university degree, professional experience, and must provide evidence of proficiency in spoken and written English, as required by the Commission.

On the first review stage, specialists in each field and Commission staff rank applications. After a preliminary selection, an ad hoc selection committee interviews pre-selected candidates on the day and place specified by the Commission. The interviews, which are a mandatory step towards obtaining a Fulbright award, will be conducted in English to assess the candidates' language skills. Based on the recommendations of the selection committee, the Commission Board of Directors selects the finalists and submits their names for final approval to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB) in the United States. Fulbright Selection Committees’ decisions are final.

In accordance with U.S. immigration legislation, all Fulbright grantees must receive an exchange visitor (J-1) visa, which establishes that they must return to Argentina upon completion of their academic project. Fulbright grantees are not eligible for an immigrant visa, for permanent residence, for a non-immigrant visa as a temporary worker ("H" visa) or trainee, or as an intra-company transferee ("L" visa) to re-enter the United States until they have accumulated two years' residence in Argentina after returning from the United States on an exchange visitor visa. This does not preclude the individuals from going to the United States on other visas during this two-year period.