An education campaign on menstrual hygiene in India and a study of the effects grazing has on grassland biodiversity in Java are among this year's Cornell projects receiving funding from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Eleven students will research or teach abroad in 2012-13 using their Fulbright awards, according to the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, which administers the program at Cornell.

The recipients include three graduate students and eight alumni who will travel to such destinations as Cyprus, Malaysia, Honduras, Indonesia, Germany, South Korea, Turkey and India.

Fulbright scholars must have at least a bachelor's degree to qualify for the award, so the seniors will fulfill their awards only after they graduate. Since 1946, the U.S. Department of State-sponsored Fulbright program aims to increase understanding between the United States and other countries through exchange of people, knowledge and skills. Cornell is one of the top producers of winning applicants.

The 2012-13 recipients, their destinations and project titles are: