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2024-2025 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program (Bangladesh)

Deadline: 1-Jul-23

The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh warmly announces that recruitment for the 2024-2025 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program has begun.

This unique, one-year program is open to professional candidates in the public and private sectors, including from non-governmental organizations.

The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is one of the U.S. government’s prestigious Fulbright programs bringing accomplished, young, and mid-career professionals to the United States for a year of non-degree graduate-level study, leadership development, and substantive collaboration with American counterparts. By providing future leaders and policy makers with exposure to U.S. society, culture, and professional fields, the program provides a basis for lasting, productive partnerships between Americans and their foreign counterparts.

Eligible Fields/Sectors
  • Interested applicants may apply in any one of the following fields.  An applicant must have a minimum of five years of full-time professional experience (prior to August 2023) in the relevant field that s/he is applying for.
    • Human and Institutional Capacity: 
      • Economic Development
      • Finance and Banking
      • Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration
      • Technology Policy and Management
    • Rights and Freedoms:   
    • Sustainable Lands: 
      • Agricultural and Rural Development
      • Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, and Climate Change
      • Urban and Regional Planning
    • Thriving Communities: 
      • Public Health Policy and Management
      • Substance Abuse Education, Treatment, and Prevention
      • Educational Administration, Planning, and Policy
Eligibility Criteria
  • Be a Bangladeshi citizen and residing in Bangladesh at the time of the application and selection process.
  • Not be a dual (Bangladesh & U.S.) citizen or U.S. permanent resident.
  • Must hold a valid passport at the time of application.
  • Be a young, mid-career professional in leadership position who has demonstrated a commitment to public service and the potential for professional advancement.
  • Cannot be a recent university graduate.
  • Completed a university degree program requiring at least four years of full-time study.
  • Should have a minimum of five years full-time professional experience (prior to August 2023) in the relevant field, after completing a university degree, and should be interested in the policy aspects of their field of specialization.
  • Cannot be university professors or academic researchers with no management responsibilities (except in the field of Teaching English as a Foreign Language).
  • Cannot have attended a graduate school in the United States for one academic year seven years prior to August 2023.
  • Cannot have U.S. experience of any kind lasting more than six months during the five years prior to August 2023.
  • Be in good health; successful candidates will be required to complete a medical examination.
  • Return to Bangladesh upon completion of the program.

For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh.

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