U.S. Embassy in Tanzania: Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

Deadline: 30 June 2018

The Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy in Dar es Salaam is seeking applications for the Hubert H. Humphrey program to bring accomplished mid-level professionals to the United States for a year of academic and professional work.

Fellowship Fields

• Agricultural Development/ Agricultural Economics
• Communications/Journalism
• Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention
• Economic Development/ Finance and Banking
• Educational Administration, Planning and Policy
• Finance and Banking
• HIV/AIDS Policy and Prevention
• Human Resource Management
• Law and Human Rights
• Natural Resources/Environmental Policy/Climate Change
• Nonproliferation
• Public Health Policy and Management
• Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration
• Teaching of English as a Foreign Language
• Technology Policy and Management
• Trafficking In Persons, Policy and Prevention
• Urban and Regional Planning

Eligibility Criteria

Appropriate applicants are mid-career professionals in leadership positions and who have a commitment to public service and the potential for professional advancement. It is important that applicants have considerable initiative if they are to benefit from the program. Prospective fellows should have a minimum of five years full-time professional experience prior to August of the grant year in the relevant field, after completing a university degree, and should be interested in the policy aspect in the field of their specialization.

• Applicants must have completed a university degree program requiring at least four years of full-time study in order to qualify.
• Applicants should be proficient in both written and spoken English. Finalists will be required to have a minimum Test Of English As A Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 525 paper-based, or 71 on the Internet Based Test (IBT), although exceptionally strong applicants with lower scores may be nominated for the Long-Term English (LTE) training. Please note that if applicants do not have a TOEFL score, the embassy will arrange for them to take the examination if they are nominated.
• Applicants should have at least five years of relevant professional experience beyond the university degree. In general, applicants should have both the need to participate in the program and the potential to benefit from it. 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.
• An applicant may be removed from consideration if he/she does not meet all of the technical eligibility requirements.
• Ineligible applicants include recent university graduates, university teachers or academic researchers with no management responsibilities, individuals who have attended a graduate school in the United States for one academic year or more during the seven years prior to August of the grant year; and individuals with other recent U.S. experience (more than six months during the five years prior to August of the grant year). An applicant with resent third country experience, especially in developed countries, may have a less compelling need for Humphrey program than a candidate who has never had a significant professional stay abroad.
• As per the guidelines of the J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board, local employees of U.S. Missions abroad who work for the U.S. Department of State and members of their families are ineligible for grants during the period of their employment and for one year following the termination of employment.
• 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.

How to Apply

IIE will accept only electronic submissions of applications through embark system. The online application is available at website.

For more information, visit Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.