With six faculty members designated as U.S. Fulbright Scholars this year, Kansas University is tied for having the fifth-most of any college in the country, according to a recently released list.

The Chronicle of Higher Education this month published the top producers of U.S. Fulbright Scholars and Students for the 2014-2015 school year.

The fifth-place ranking is KU’s highest since 2011, when only Harvard University had more Fulbright scholars, according to KU.

Patrick Suzeau

“I often say my favorite part of KU is the outstanding people, and our faculty’s continued success as Fulbright Scholars is an example of the excellence of their teaching and research,” Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said in a statement.

Fulbright awards enable recipients to teach and conduct research overseas, as well as exchange ideas with international peers. These are KU’s 2014-2015 Fulbright Scholars:

• Alexander Moise, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology, will spend the summer of 2015 in Brazil working on his project titled “Structure and Evolutionary Adaptation of Enzymes Involved in Vitamin A Metabolism.”

• Dave Besson, professor of physics, will spend the spring of 2015 in Russia for his project titled “U.S.-Russian Antarctic Geophysics and Astrophysics.”

• Paulette Spencer, Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will spend the spring of 2015 in Brazil on her project titled “Driving Biomaterials Discovery Through Kansas-Brazil Bridge.”

• Nina Vyatkina, associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures, spent the fall of 2014 in Germany on her project titled “Longitudinal Learner Development in German as a Second Language: Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research.”

• Randal Jelks, professor of American studies and African and African-American studies, is currently lecturing and researching in the Czech Republic for his project titled “Biographies of Everyday Black Religion.”

• Patrick Suzeau, professor of dance, spent the fall of 2014 in Malaysia lecturing and researching on his project titled “Rangoli With Cohan/Suzeau Dance Company Repertory Works.”

As for students, KU did not make the Chronicle’s list of 36 schools with the most Fulbright Students this year.

All-time, according to KU, KU faculty members have earned 311 Fulbrights, while KU students have earned 450 Fulbright scholarships.

Research institutions producing the most U.S. Fulbright Scholars, 2014-2015

U. of California at Berkeley — 10

Harvard U. — 9

U. of Florida — 8

U. of Washington — 7

Michigan State U. — 6

Ohio State U. — 6

U. of Arizona — 6

U. of Georgia — 6

U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — 6

U. of Kansas — 6

U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor — 6

U. of North Texas — 6

U. of Wisconsin at Madison — 6

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education