:: Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program for Mid-Career Professional Study
Professional Development Opportunity in the United States!
2009-2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Competition.
Application Deadline: 4:30 p.m. on June 2, 2008.
Program Summary
The United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan, a bi-national commission, invites applications for the Hubert H. Humphrey Program. This non-degree program brings mid-career professionals to the United States for 10-12 months of graduate-level non-degree academic coursework and an opportunity to work for a short time with a U.S. organization in the same profession. Because a major goal of this program is to increase the mutual understanding between the people of Pakistan and the people of the United States Humphrey fellows are expected to share their knowledge of Pakistan with colleagues, friends, and community groups in the U.S. and to share their experiences in the U.S. with comparable groups in Pakistan on their return home. A high priority for this program are those involved in the Administration of Science and Technology Education.
Grant Benefits
The grant funds tuition, airfare, a living stipend, and health insurance. USEFP will assist with the visa process.
Eligibility
Successful applicants must be committed to serving Pakistan in the public, NGO or private sector. They must be Pakistani citizens with a minimum of five years progressively responsible professional/work experience following the Masters degree and a guarantee of re-employment upon return to Pakistan. They must possess a high level of fluency in spoken and written English, with a recent iBT TOEFL score of 90 or higher. Applicants should have taken the TOEFL examination by the time they submit their application. Successful candidates should be poised to assume a leadership position in their field and must have a Masters or comparable professional degree. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Not eligible are university teachers or researchers with no management experience or responsibilities, those who attended graduate school in the U.S. in the last seven years or who have had long-term U.S. experience within the last five years. Also ineligible are persons with a dual US/Pakistan nationality or who have a spouse, fiancé,
parent or child over the age of 18 who is a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident. Employees of the Fulbright organization, the U.S. Department of State are also ineligible.
Applications are invited from the public and private sector in the following fields:
- Agricultural Development / Agricultural Economics
- Communications /Journalism
- Substance Abuse Education / Treatment and Prevention
- Economic Development
- Educational Administration, Planning and Policy
- Finance and Banking
- HIV / AIDS Policy and Prevention
- Human Resource Management
- Law and Human Rights
- Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Climate Change
- Public Health Policy and Management
- Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration
- Technology Policy and Management
- Prevention of Trafficking in Persons and Policy
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Training of English as a Foreign Language (Teacher Training or Curriculum Development))
For 2009 and 2010 special priority fields are:
- Science and Technology Education
- Technology Policy and Management Education
- Administration of Science and Technology Education
All application materials (original and one copy), including references, must be received by USEFP by 4:30 p.m. on June 2, 2008.
For more information or to obtain an application and guidelines, please e-mail: fulbrightapps@usefpakistan.org, or telephone: 051-11-11-USEFP (051-11-11-87337).
Click here to download Application form.
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