Deadline: 27-Jun-22
The United States Embassy in Tbilisi is pleased to announce the annual competition for the 2023-2024 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, a Fulbright exchange, that enhances leadership among international professionals who collaborate to address local and global challenges and foster change for their collective good.
Through academic study and professional development with U.S. counterparts, this growing global network shares best practices and builds expertise in fields of critical importance to advance societal and institutional capacity, promote human rights and freedoms, ensure sustainable lands, and develop thriving communities.
Humphrey Fellowship Program sponsor is the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the United States Department of State. The Program is administered under a cooperative agreement with the Institute of International Education (IIE). These two agencies work in partnership with a network of universities which are competitively selected to host Fellows. The recruitment and selection for the Humphrey Fellowship Program is conducted by the U.S. Embassy in Georgia.
Program Components
- Non-Degree Academic Study: Humphrey Fellows pursue tailored study programs at participating host institutions, where freedom from the requirements of a degree program gives each Fellow the flexibility to pursue a self-directed, individualized program at a host campus. Approximately 13 U.S. campuses have been selected through a competitive process based on their ability to offer institutional and professional resources to host cohorts of Fellows in designated fields of study. Humphrey Fellows may not request placement at a particular university.
- Leadership and Professional Development: Professional enrichment activities include professional visits, enhancement skills workshops, conferences, training programs, and a professional affiliation (placement). The professional affiliation provides first hand exposure to a U.S. work environment on a full-time basis for a minimum period of six weeks.
Fields of Study
- Human and Institutional Capacity:
- Economic Development
- Finance & Banking
- Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration
- Technology Policy and Management
- Human Resource Management
- Rights and Freedoms:
- Communications and Journalism
- International Religious Freedom
- Law and Human Rights
- Trafficking in Persons Policy & Prevention
- Sustainable Lands:
- Agricultural and Rural Development
- Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, and Climate Change
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Thriving Communities:
- Contagious and Infectious Diseases
- Public Health Policy and Management
- HIV & AIDS, Policy and Prevention
- Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention
- Educational Administration, Planning, and Policy
- Higher Education Administration
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Eligibility Criteria
- Appropriate candidates are mid-career professionals in leadership positions who have demonstrated a commitment to public service and the potential for professional advancement.
- Candidates should have both the need to participate in the program and the potential to benefit from it. Accordingly, they should demonstrate the required experience, skills, and commitment while also indicating how they can benefit from this program in ways that they have not experienced previously and are not likely to experience without the Humphrey Fellowship.
- Individuals must hold a passport (or be eligible to hold a passport) of Georgia.
- Prospective Fellows should have a minimum of five years full-time professional experience (prior to August 2023) in the relevant field and should be interested in the policy aspects of their field of specialization. Candidates must have completed a university degree program requiring at least four years of full-time study to qualify for participation in U.S. graduate study programs.
- Candidates should generally be proficient in both written and spoken English as demonstrated by a minimum TOEFL score of 525 (paper based) or 71 (internet-based), although exceptionally promising candidates with lower scores may be considered for one of the two English training programs (LTE and Pre-Ac).Currently, two opportunities for English training in the United States are available for excellent candidates who are lacking the necessary language skills: 1) Long-Term English (LTE) language training is an intensive 16-week program; and 2) Pre-Academic English (Pre-Ac) language training is an intensive eight-week course. English language training participants will train together in groups at different campuses and then transfer to their academic-year host campuses after completing LTE or Pre-Ac.
- U.S. universities require current English language test scores for Humphrey candidates from all countries. Nominees who successfully pass the interview stage should take the TOEFL by October 2022. Registration information and test expenses will be provided and covered by the U.S. Embassy Tbilisi.
For more information, visit https://ge.usembassy.gov/education-culture/exchange-programs/hubert-h-humphrey-fellowship-program-mid-career-professionals/