Educational & Cultural Exchange

Hubert Humphrey Fellowship

The Hubert Humphrey Fellowship for Mid-Career Study

In the United States
In the 2008-2009 Academic Year

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings accomplished mid-level professionals to the United States for a year of combined academic, non-degree and professional work.  Fellows are selected based on potential for leadership and commitment to public service.  The program arranged for Humphrey Fellows extends from August or early September to the following June. 

 

NON-DEGREE STATUS:

The Humphrey Fellowship program does not result in the awarding of a degree.  While fellows are able to enroll in courses relevant to their professional interests, the Humphrey Program does not allow Fellows to pursue academic study for a U.S. degree. Humphrey Fellows spend a considerable portion of the time engaged in off-campus activities such as internships, field trips, workshops, and special projects that give them practical experience in their professional fields.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
Guinean citizenship, permanent employment in Guinea, a minimum of five years of professional experience, a university degree, English proficiency.  All applicants selected after final evaluation by the Bi-national Selection Committee must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and receive a minimum TOEFL score of 525.

The following factors will render your application ineligible to participate in the Humphrey Program:

       individuals without a university degree
       individuals with less than five years of professional experience beyond attainment of an undergraduate degree prior to August 2008
       recent university graduates
       university teachers with no management or policy responsibilities, except for teachers of English as a foreign language and specialists in drug 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 2007
       individuals who have had more than six months of U.S. experience during the five years prior to August 2008
       individuals with dual U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent resident status;     

FINANCIAL PROVISIONS:
The Humphrey Fellowship provides tuition and university fees, a monthly maintenance allowance, a book and supplies allowance, round-trip international travel to the host institution, and travel to Washington, D.C. for a workshop.  Humphrey Fellowships do not include funds for dependents and Humphrey Fellows should plan to bring personal funds to cover incidental expenses not covered in the grant.

FIELDS OF STUDY OF HUMPHREY FELLOWS:
Resources and environmental management; public policy analysis and public administration; economic development; agricultural development/agricultural economics; finance and banking; human resource management; urban and regional planning; public health policy and management; technology policy and management; educational planning, administration and curriculum development; communications/journalism; drug abuse education, treatment and prevention; HIV/AIDS policy and prevention; nonproliferation; teaching of English as a foreign language; trafficking of persons; and law and human rights.

Additional information is available from the Institute of International Education website at www.iie.org

Application deadline:
The deadline for receipt of completed preliminary applications for study in the 2008-2009 academic years at the American Center, Conakry is Thursday, March 29, 2007 at noon. 

Submission: Preliminary application forms may be submitted via e-mail (preferably) to ConakryPD@state.gov or may be delivered at the reception desk of the U.S. Embassy.

Send applications to:
Public Affairs Office
Attention: Cultural & Exchange Programs Specialist
Tel: 60-58-50-04

Presentation: Submissions must be typed or computer generated.  The application is available either on the U.S. Embassy website (http://usembassy.state.gov/conakry; Public Affairs) or at the reception desk of the U.S. Embassy at Koloma, Conakry.