The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings accomplished professionals from designated countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Eurasia to the United States at a midpoint in their careers for a year of study and related professional experiences. Fellows are selected based on their potential for national leadership and commitment to public service, in either the public or private sector. The program provides a basis for establishing long-lasting productive partnerships and relationships between citizens of the United States and their professional counterparts in other countries, fostering an exchange of knowledge and mutual understanding throughout the world.
Fellowships are granted competitively to professional candidates specifically in fields of:
- Economic Development - Finance & Banking - Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration - Technology Policy and Management - Human Resource Management
- Communications and Journalism - International Religious Freedom - Law and Human Rights - Trafficking in Persons Policy & Prevention
- Agricultural and Rural Development - Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change - Urban and Regional Planning
- Contagious and Infectious Diseases - Public Health Policy and Management - HIV&AIDS, Policy and Prevention - Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention
- Educational Administration, Planning, and Policy - Higher Education Administration
During the academic year of 2025/26, Humphrey Fellows participate in programs that combine graduate-level academic course work with professional development activities. The program is not designed to offer a degree, but rather to provide broad professional enrichment through a combination of activities tailored to each Fellow's interests. Upon completion of the program, participants receive special certificates from the U.S. government and the host university.
Humphrey Fellows are placed in theme-based groups of approximately 10 persons at carefully selected U.S. universities. In recent years, host campuses have included: American University, Arizona State University, Boston University, Cornell University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, Pennsylvania State University, Syracuse University, Tulane University, University of California, Davis, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, University of Washington, Vanderbilt University and Virginia Commonwealth University.
Each campus has a Humphrey Coordinator and advisors who provide academic and administrative support, helping each Fellow design and implement an individualized program of academic course work and professional development activities with local, state, national and international organizations in the United States. Throughout the year, Fellows participate in workshops and conferences that provide interaction with leaders from U.S. federal, state and local governments, multinational organizations and the private sector. These workshops also provide a forum for discussion of issues of professional interest to the Fellows.
Humphrey Fellowships are limited to one academic year, preceded, if appropriate, by a period of English language training.
Further information on the program can be found on the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program website and in the Program's accounts on FaceBook, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Pre-academic English language placement, if appropriate.
Candidates must be Israeli citizens. Dual American-Israeli citizens or permanent residents of the United States are not eligible to apply.
The following persons are not eligible:
Persons in primarily technical, academic or research positions, except in the field of drug abuse prevention.
Outstanding achievements in public service activities and proven leadership capabilities in such activities constitute the main evaluation criterion.
Possession of skills required to promote mutual understanding between the United States and Israel is an important evaluation criterion.
Funding is provided for the Program Fellow for one academic year only, with additional support for a period of English language training, where appropriate. Additional support for accompanying dependents is not available.
The highest ranked candidates will be invited for an interview in Israel. All interviews are held on the same day. In order to be considered for selection as one of the Israeli candidates, applicants must be available to be interviewed in person on the date fixed by Fulbright Israel.
The Foundation reserves the exclusive right to determine, within the framework of applicable law and regulations, the qualitative standards for the evaluation of applications and is not under any obligation to give reasons for its decision.
The final selection of those to be awarded Humphrey Fellowships is made by review committees in the United States which consider the qualifications of candidates from all the participating countries.
Earliest date for submission of applications 7 May 2024Final deadline for submission of applications 21 July 2024 Selection Committee reviews applications August 2024 Interviews and selection of semi-finalists 3 September 2024 Technical Review By IIE October-November 2024 Professional Review Committee Meetings January 2025 Awards made by J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board and Notification of fellowship selection February-March 2025 Fellows begin Pre-academic English language training as required April-June 2025 Fellows report to university campuses for Humphrey Program orientation and begin academic courses August 2025 Program ends June 2026
Suzan Ben Ezra
Drug and alcohol treatment & rehabilitation
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012
To read her blog- click the photo.
Dr. Nimrod Goren
Public policy
Syracuse University, 2009
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