The Trump administration paused State Department money for international exchange and study-abroad programs. Participants wonder: Will it ever resume?

The U.S. State Department has frozen funding indefinitely for thousands of scholars participating in long-established cross-cultural programs connecting the U.S. to other parts of the world

Fulbright Scholars are given stipends by the International Institute of Education, which administers funding to house over 7,400 Fulbright students and faculty at U.S. universities. There are also over 12,500 American students and faculty currently or planning to go abroad with Fulbright, including several professors at MU.

The funding freeze has sparked panic among thousands of scholars who area stranded outside their home countries without clarity on the future of their programs or the money needed to support themselves.