Kenneth Gallant, a professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law earned a Fulbright scholarship, which will enable him to conduct research in Europe during the spring semester.

Through the program, Gallant will work at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law Pluricourts in Norway on a project studying the legitimacy of international courts in Oslo.

Gallant’s research will cover international criminal courts and tribunals and the criminal laws that they apply.

Fulbright is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Fulbright grant recipients are selected based on academic or professional achievement, as well as leadership potential.

Legislation created by Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas established the program in 1946, and it’s now sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

The Fulbright program annually awards about 8,000 grants, including about 1,200 that go to U.S. scholars, 1,600 that are distributed to U.S. students, 4,000 that are awarded to foreign students, 900 that are granted to visiting scholars, and several hundred that are distributed to teachers and professionals.

Gallant joined the law school faculty in 1999. He is the third Bowen professor in four years to be named a Fulbright scholar.