Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
For Mid-Career Professional Study In The United States
*** Application cycle 2020 – 2021 ***
The Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy in Dar es
Salaam is seeking qualified candidates for the Hubert H. Humphrey program.
Online applications are now available starting April 16, 2019. Deadline for
submitting applications will be no later than June 30, 2019. Only successful
candidates will be called for interviews scheduled for mid-July, 2019.
The Hubert H. Humphrey
Fellowship Program is a Fulbright program that brings accomplished mid-level
professionals to the United States for a year of academic and professional
work. In Tanzania, fellows are nominated by the Office Of Public Affairs of the
American Embassy based on demonstrated potential for leadership and commitment
to public service. By providing future leaders and policy makers with experience
in U.S. society, culture, and professional fields, the program provides a basis
for lasting, productive ties between Americans and their professional
counterparts overseas. The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs (ECA) from provide primary funding for the Humphrey program
within its congressional appropriation for exchanges. The Humphrey program is a
non-degree program. Applicants should not assume that they could become degree
candidates after they arrive in the U.S. Anyone seeking a degree program should
look at the Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program, among others.
Fellowship Fields
Fellowships are granted competitively to both public and private
sector candidates with a commitment to public service in the following fields:
1.
Agricultural Development/ Agricultural Economics: Suitable
candidates include individuals focused on technical areas of agricultural
development such as building sustainable farming systems for increasing food
production and rural incomes. Individuals developing national policy frameworks
related to agriculture, trade and food policy are also appropriate candidates.
2.
Communications/Journalism: Appropriate candidates include
those using electronic mass media and telecommunication to facilitate national
development in the areas of agriculture, health, family planning, nutrition and
education. These candidates might manage media strategies for non-governmental
organizations or for state-run media, alike. Journalists engaged in public
affairs reporting, magazine and feature writing, and interpretive writing on
social issues and international affairs are also suitable.
3.
Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention: ECA cooperates
with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in co-funding Humphrey
fellowships in substance abuse treatment and prevention. Appropriate candidates
for these fellowships include researchers, treatment providers, prevention
specialists, and program planners at governmental or non-governmental
organizations. Fellows in this field will learn about NIDA-supported substance
abuse research and its application to the development of prevention programs,
treatment protocols, and government policy. Appropriate candidates should hold
mid-level positions in such organizations as universities, government
ministries, drug abuse treatment or prevention agencies, social welfare or
community-based organizations, or as health care professionals. Because the
effective treatment and prevention of drug abuse depends on the interpretation
and application of current research, candidates in this field who have a record
of scientific research are preferred. However, candidates without research
records will also be considered carefully if they can demonstrate the ability
to gain an understanding of research in the field and a commitment to apply its
results to substance abuse treatment and prevention in their home environments.
All regular selection criteria also apply in this field, including demonstrated
leadership potential, public service commitment, English proficiency, etc.
Given the emphasis on substance abuse prevention and treatment, candidates who
are law enforcement professionals should be focused on demand reduction issues
rather than interdiction policies.
4.
Economic Development/ Finance and Banking: This field may be
interpreted very broadly. Suitable candidates include policy makers and
administrative managers focusing on contemporary development issues including
population growth, agriculture and industrial development, poverty and income
distribution, labor markets and foreign trade. Also, individuals who are
working in the field of sustainable development in the public or private sector
are appropriate.
5.
Educational Administration, Planning and Policy: Individuals who
are contributing to national education planning, policy development and
implementation make good candidates. University professors whose projects focus
exclusively on research or teaching are not suitable. However, university
professors in administrative or policy-making positions are eligible. Candidate
profiles also include those focused on areas of education with an
administrative or policy: curriculum development, instruction and learning
assessment techniques, program design and adult learning, the use of technology
in higher education. These individuals MAY be teachers who have additional
responsibilities in the areas above.
6.
Finance and Banking: Suitable candidates include
individuals who are involved in the management of financial institutions, the
regulation of depository institutions and securities, or transnational lending
and trade financing. Corporate financial managers and analysts are appropriate
if they are interested in and able to convey how their work will impact the
development of the country.
7.
HIV/AIDS Policy and Prevention: Physicians, health educators,
communications specialists and policy analysts who are interested in HIV/AIDS
policy and prevention are appropriate candidates in this field.
8.
Human Resource Management: The most suitable candidates in
this field are those individuals dealing with institutional change, setting
personnel policies and procedures. These might be human resource managers or
individuals from varying fields who have been charged with re-organizing a
department or ministry, for example.
9.
Law and Human Rights: Attorneys and judges are the most
suitable candidates for this field. If the individual is not an attorney or
judge he or she must have a strong legal background to facilitate placement at
schools of law. The range of law specializations is far-reaching; some of the
more common include: constitutional, criminal, business, civil rights,
family/child, alternative dispute resolution, international humanitarian,
international trade, international business, intellectual property, and
telecommunications. Individuals engaged in legal and judicial reform and the
administration of justice are also appropriate candidates.
1.
Natural Resources/Environmental Policy/Climate Change: Natural resource
and environmental managers are appropriate candidates for this field. Policy
makers and practitioners working on the protection of natural resources, water
management and quality issues, land use, conservation and development, risk
assessment and management policy, and pollution are also suitable.
1.
Nonproliferation: This focus is new to the Humphrey
Program and would include foreign government officials and leaders in the area
of nonproliferation education and national security studies.
1.
Public Health Policy and Management: Physicians,
clinicians with management responsibilities, health educators, and other
practitioners with policy-making responsibility in this field are suitable candidates.
Past Fellows, interests have included: management of public health care
organizations, health care delivery through community-based organizations,
reproductive, adolescent, and child health, and epidemiology in public health
practice.
1.
Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration: This field may be
interpreted very broadly. Policy issues that past Fellows addressed have
included: regional, economic and workforce development planning; public
management and leadership; financial management in public and non-profit
organizations; poverty and inequality; gender; public finance and revenue
administration; domestic and foreign development policies; political transition
to market-based democracy; planning and the global knowledge economy; private
sector development.
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Teaching of English as a Foreign Language: Appropriate
candidates include teachers, administrators, and other education practitioners
in the field of Teaching of English as a Foreign Language if they are
interested in teacher training, curriculum development and methodology.
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Technology Policy and Management: Network administrators, engineers
and urban planners involved in formulating technology policy and managing
technological change/systems are suitable candidates in this field.
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Trafficking In Persons, Policy and Prevention: Candidates
include foreign government officials, NGO activists, and media specialists who
are focused on anti-trafficking issues. Humphrey Fellows can focus in areas of
public administration, NGO administration, law and human rights, social work,
communications and journalism, and public health as applied to anti-trafficking
program management and policy making.
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Urban and Regional Planning: Appropriate candidates for this
field include architects, engineers, city planners, and historic preservation
Specialists. Also suitable are individuals involved in some aspects of urban
design and managing urban growth and change, geographic information systems,
and regional integration and development.
Approximately 120
American embassies and commissions worldwide are eligible to nominate
candidates, who will undergo additional screening by U.S.-based independent
panels of academics and professionals with regional and field-specific
expertise. The presidential-appointed J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship
Board must also approve all candidates recommended by the U.S.-based independent
panels before a grant can be offered.
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 you do not have a TOEFL score, we will
arrange for you to take the examination if you 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.
It is essential
that applicants have a clear understanding of the professional development
component of the program (see below). If an
applicant intends to pursue an advanced academic degree or to attend a specific
university, he/she should not apply for the program. Applicants should also
understand that Humphrey maintenance support might not enable them to maintain
the standards of living they enjoy at home
Program Components
1. Academic placement in a
non-degree program: the Humphrey program is not designed to lead to a degree.
Rather, fellows pursue tailored study programs at participating host
institutions. There is no provision for fellows to request placement at any
particular university. Approximately 18 campuses have been selected through a
competitive process to host fellows in groups with significant thematic and
subject affinities. Each university is chosen based on institutional resources
and the level of support and guidance it offers to the participants. Each
campus has a designated faculty coordinator for academic and administrative
support. Faculty advisors also assist fellows in pursuing balanced academic and
professional programs.
2.
Professional: A fellow’s professional-development plan may include
professional visits, conferences, and a professional affiliation (work
attachment) which must be at least six weeks in duration. Early in the academic
year, each fellow develops, with assistance from the local campus coordinator
and faculty advisors, a plan for professional activities carefully geared
to the fellow’s need for relevant, practical professional experiences.
Application
If you have any
questions about this Fellowship, please contact the HHH Coordinator via
telephone at +255 22 229 4813 or email at drs_exchanges@state.gov
Selection
1.
Application questions: responses should be drafted and
completed by the applicant. Responses should provide detailed information about
the applicant’s plans for professional development and how they relate to the
applicant’s goals and Tanzania’s needs. Independent review panelists rely
heavily on the proposed program plan in evaluating the applicant’s
communications skills, his/her understanding of the Humphrey program, and the
applicant’s need for it. Independent review panelists are also keen to see
clearly articulated evidence of commitment to public service by the applicant.
2.
References: One reference form must be from the candidate’s current
employer. The employer should indicate how the Fellow’s training would be
utilized by the organization upon return and also confirm that the employee
will be granted a leave of absence for the Fellowship’s duration and that a
position will be available upon return home. The second reference form should
be from an individual who can comment significantly on the candidate from a
different perspective: a university professor, professional mentor, or an
associate if the candidate is involved in relevant community service or
volunteer work. Personal friends, non-professional colleagues or family members
are not acceptable references. Please submit no more than the two required
references.
3.
Substance Abuse Supplimentary Application Page: all applicants
applying for fellowships in the field of substance abuse prevention and
treatment should complete the special form for candidates in this field regardless
of degree held, number of publications or research experience. Applicants in
other fields should omit this page of the application.
4.
Medical exams are not required as part of the application
process. Medical evaluation forms are only to be completed after a candidate has been awarded a fellowship.
5.
Visas And Travel: Please note that applications
should be made in the full name of the applicant as it appears or will appear on his/her passport. This is to
ensure easier handling of necessary paperwork for visas and travel if the
applicant is selected.
Selection for the
Humphrey program is competitive. Nominated candidates must meet program
qualifications, including demonstrated leadership ability/potential, a
commitment to public service, a clear need for the program, and a
well-developed program plan.
Final results of
the selection process will be available by April/May of 2020. Please submit
only the 2020-2021 application forms to facilitate timely processing of the
applications. The applications must include letters of recommendation, TOEFL
scores if available, academic transcripts and English language translations of
all non-English documents.
Dependents
The HHH fellowship stipend is not sufficient to support anyone
but the grantee. Awards do not include an additional allowance for dependents.
Please be advised that the cost of living in the United States is much higher
than in Tanzania, if you are considering whether to have dependents join you in
the U.S. Dependents may not accompany fellows to English language training.
Fellows who wish to have family members join them during all or part of their
fellowship year must receive prior approval from the U.S. host campus
coordinator before IIE will issue a dependent DS-2019. Fellows may request
permission for dependents to join them but must show proof of adequate personal
funds to cover living expenses and dependents’ health insurance. If these
conditions are met, IIE will prepare and send by express mail to The American
Embassy an individual DS 2019 form for each dependent to support his/her J-visa
application. Dependents may not arrive until after fellows have submitted
required documentation of personal funds to IIE.
Health insurance
for dependents is required and can cost 150-200 dollars per month per
dependent. Failure to provide adequate dependent health insurance coverage is
grounds for termination of the grant award.
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