India: 2023-2024 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

Deadline: 15-Jun-22

The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, which is a Fulbright program, brings accomplished young and mid-career professionals from developing countries to the United States for ten months of non-degree graduate study and related practical professional experiences.

Fellowship Details

The program is designed to meet the requirements of policymakers, planners, administrators, and managers in the government, public and private sectors, and non-governmental organizations, who have a public service commitment, demonstrated leadership potential, and commitment to their own country's development.
The fellowships are awarded in the fields of Agricultural and Rural Development; Communications/Journalism; Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Economic Development; Educational Administration, Planning and Policy; Finance and Banking; Higher Education Administration; HIV/AIDS Policy and Prevention; Human Resource Management; International Religious Freedom; Law and Human Rights; Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, and Climate Change; Public Health Policy and Management; Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration; Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention; Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (Teacher Training or Curriculum Development); Technology Policy and Management; Trafficking in Persons, Policy, and Prevention; Urban and Regional Planning.

Benefits

A Humphrey fellowship provides tuition and fees, a monthly maintenance allowance, an Accident and Sickness Program for Exchanges per U.S. Government guidelines, a modest allowance for books and supplies, round-trip international air travel to the host institution, domestic travel to the Washington, D.C. workshop, and allowances for professional activities such as field trips, professional visits, and conferences.
These fellowships do not provide an allowance for dependents, and the stipend provided under the grant is not sufficient to support family members.
The program will involve a number of activities where it will be difficult to include dependents.

Eligibility Criteria

In addition to the General Prerequisites the applicant:
- must have completed an equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree. Applicants must either possess a four-year bachelor's degree or a completed master's degree; or a full-time postgraduate diploma if the bachelor's degree is of less than four years' duration.
- must have at least five years of substantial professional experience (prior to August 2023) in the respective field, and be eligible for leave;
- should have demonstrated leadership qualities;
- should have a record of public service in the community; and
- must give the undertaking to return to India on completion of the fellowship.
Candidates meeting any of the following descriptions will be rendered technically ineligible to participate in the Humphrey Program:
- individuals with less than five years of full-time professional experience prior to August 2023.
- university teachers with no management or policy responsibilities, except for teachers of English as a foreign language and specialists in substance abuse prevention and treatment.
- individuals who have attended a graduate school in the United States for one academic year or more during the seven years prior to August 2023.
- individuals who have had more than six months of U.S. experience during the five years prior to August 2023.
- individuals with dual U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent resident status.
- Have not participated in recent State Department exchange programs.