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
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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.
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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.
For more information, visit USIEF.
For more information, visit https://www.usief.org.in/Hubert-H-Humphrey-Fellowship-Program.aspx