Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowships

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

AY 2010 – 2011 Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program

The Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem announces the AY 2010-2011 Hubert Humphrey Fellowship. This program provides mid-career Palestinians residing in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza with an opportunity to enhance their professional capabilities through participation in a specialized year of graduate level, non-degree academic course work and professional development activities at selected U. S. universities. The program brings together professionals in leadership positions who have a commitment to public service and the potential for professional advancement. Programs are individually designed to include course work, independent projects, internships, consultations with U.S. experts, and special seminars. To learn more, please visit www.humphreyfellowship.org. The Humphrey program addresses broad policy-making and problem-solving issues, rather than technical aspects, of the following program fields:

• Agricultural development/agricultural economics
• Communications/Journalism
• Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention
• Economic development and Finance/banking
• Education Administration, Planning and Policy
• HIV/AIDS Policy and Prevention
• Teaching English as a Second Language (Teacher Training or Curriculum Development)
• Human resource management
• Law and Human Rights
• Natural Resources/Environmental Policy/Climate Change
• Public Health Policy and Management
• Public policy analysis and administration
• Technology Policy and Management
• Trafficking in Persons, Policy and Prevention
• Urban and Regional planning

 

Required qualifications:

 

• A university degree of full-time study with a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience prior to August 2010.
• Applicants take the official TOEFL exam as soon as they can. The score takes a minimum six to eight weeks to be issued. For this program, the score should be at least 525 PBT/195 CBT.
• Applicants must have Palestinian residency. Persons desiring or holding permanent residence in the United States are not eligible to apply.

In addition to the pre-academic language training, the Humphrey program also offers a Long Term English Language Training (LTE) for an intensive of 20 to 25 weeks for candidates with a range of 440 – 500 TOEFL score. The LTE candidates begin their study program in the United States between January and March 2010 in preparation for the 2010-2011 academic year.

 

Deadline Has Passed.

Application guideline and submission: Applicants can begin their applications by going http://apply.embark.com/student/humphrey/fellowship to complete the online application.

Alternately, Paper Application is available.

For the paper applications only, please complete, sign and send to exchanges@state.gov.

Inquiries: West Bank & East Jerusalem residents, please call at 02-622-7172. Gaza residents, please call 08-286-4623. Or feel free to email: exchanges@state.gov.

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