Deadline: 01-Aug-21
The U.S. Mission in Vietnam is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 competition for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.
The Humphrey Fellowship is a one-year, non-degree, full scholarship program offered to promising mid-career professionals who have a proven track record of leadership, and a strong commitment to public service. Participants spend one year at a leading U.S. university working in a self-designed program of independent study and participate in professional affiliations off-campus, field trips, special workshops and seminars in their field of study. Fellows are selected based on their potential for national leadership and commitment to public service in either the public or private sector.
Eligible Fields
The Humphrey Fellowship seeks qualified Vietnamese candidates in the following fields:
- Human and Institutional Capacity
- Economic Development;
- Finance and 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 and 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, Prevention, and Treatment – Candidates in this field will be ranked together with candidates in other fields, but must also complete a supplementary field-specific application page.
- Educational Administration, Planning, and Policy;
- Higher Education Administration;
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Financial Provisions
The Humphrey Fellowship provides:
- international travel;
- tuition and university fees;
- accident/health insurance;
- monthly maintenance allowance; and
- funds for books and professional activities.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Humphrey Fellowship, applicants must have:
- a university degree;
- at least five years of substantial professional experience prior to August 2022;
- limited or no prior experience in the United States;
- demonstrated leadership qualities and a record of public service;
- strong command of spoken and written English, equivalent to a minimum paper-based TOEFL score of 525 or iBT TOEFL score of 71 for the selection in Vietnam. TOEFL scores are not required at the time of application. iBT TOEFL vouchers will be provided to selected candidates.
NOTE: Recent university graduates, 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 one academic year or more during the seven years prior to August 2022, and individuals who have spent more than six months during the five years prior to August 2022 in the United States are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://vn.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants-and-scholarship-opportunities/