Deadline: 31-Jul-21
Applications are now open for the Fulbright Hubert H. Humphrey Program that brings accomplished young and mid-career professionals with demonstrated leadership potential to the United States for a year of non-degree graduate-level study, leadership development, and substantive professional collaboration with U.S. counterparts.
The Humphrey program is classified as a non-degree program by the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). Humphrey Fellows cannot transfer from non-degree status to degree status under any circumstances.
Humphrey Fellows pursue tailored study programs at participating host institutions, where the freedom from the requirements of a degree program gives each Fellow the flexibility to pursue a self-directed, individualized program. There is no provision for Fellows to request placement at any particular university.
Approximately 14 campuses have been selected through a competitive process to host Fellows in groups with thematic and subject affinities.
Each university is chosen based on institutional resources and the level of support and guidance it offers to the participants.
Each campus has a designated faculty coordinator for academic and administrative support. In addition, faculty advisors also assist Fellows in pursuing balanced academic and professional programs.
Fields of Study
- Sustainable Development
- Agricultural and Rural Development
- Economic Development/Finance and Banking
- Natural Resources, Environmental and Climate Policy
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Democratic Institution Building
- Communications and Journalism
- Law and Human Rights
- International Religious Freedom
- Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration
- Trafficking in Persons Policy and Prevention
- Technology Policy and Management
- Human Resource Management
- Education
- Educational Administration, Planning and Policy
- Higher Education Administration
- Teaching of English as a Foreign Language
- Public Health
- Public Health Policy and Management
- HIV/AIDS Policy and Prevention
- Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment
- Contagious and Infectious Diseases
Note on Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment field
- ECA cooperates with the National Institute on Drug Abuse which provides some co-funding to work with Humphrey Fellows in the field of substance abuse.
- Candidates must have either a research background in the field or demonstrated ability to learn the results and policy implications of current research.
- The candidates should be recruited and ranked together with candidates in other fields and must complete the supplementary field-specific page of the Humphrey application for this topic area.
Professional
- Professional enrichment activities include professional visits, conferences, training programs, and a professional affiliation (work attachment).
- The professional affiliation provides first-hand exposure to an American work environment on a full-time basis for a minimum period of 6 weeks.
- Early in the academic year, each Fellow develops, with assistance from the local campus coordinator and faculty advisors, a detailed plan of practical professional activities geared to the Fellow’s Humphrey program objectives.
Selection
- Appropriate candidates are young and mid-career professionals in leadership positions who have a commitment to public service and the potential for professional advancement.
- Prospective Fellows should have a minimum of five years full-time professional experience (prior to August 2021) in the relevant field, after completing a university degree, and should be interested in the policy aspects of their field of specialization.
- Please note that 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 be proficient in both written and spoken English. 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 Program.
- Applicants with distinguished records but who do not have a compelling need for the Humphrey experience are not appropriate candidates.
- A candidate with recent third-country experience, especially in developed countries, may have a less compelling need for the Humphrey Program than a candidate who has never had a significant professional opportunity abroad. Candidates who have had a recent professional or study experience in a highly developed country, should explain why this experience has not already addressed their need for professional training and leadership development; individuals with dual U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent resident status may not apply to the program, since they are ineligible for a J visa.
Ineligible Applicants
Ineligible candidates include:
- Recent university graduates (even if they have significant positions);
- University teachers or academic researchers with no management responsibilities (except in the fields of Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment and Teaching of English as a Foreign Language);
- Individuals who have attended a graduate school in the United States for one academic year or more during the seven years prior to August 2021;
- Individuals with U.S. in-country experience of any kind lasting more than six months during the 5/3 five years prior to August 2021; and
- Individuals with dual U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent resident status may not apply to the program; they are ineligible for a J visa.
For more information, visit https://tt.usembassy.gov/education-culture/academic-exchanges/