Schorlarship Programs

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program brings accomplished professionals from designated countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Europe and Eurasia to the United States at a midpoint in their careers for a year of study and related professional experiences. 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.  

The Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State. Was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to "enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries." Has provided more than 255,000 participants—chosen for their leadership potential—with the opportunity to observe each others’ political, economic and cultural institutions, exchange ideas, and embark on joint ventures of importance to the general welfare of the world’s inhabitants.

Awarded approximately 6,000 grants in 2005, amounting to more than $250 million, to U.S. students, teachers, professionals, and scholars to study, teach, lecture, and conduct research in more than 150 countries, and to their foreign counterparts to engage in similar activities in the United States. Awards approximately 1,800 student grants to non-U.S. nationals to study in the United States annually. Approximately 3,200 new and continuing student fellows are currently in the United States on Fulbright grants.

Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program

Application Deadline: November 8, 2008

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications to its Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. Established in 2001 to enable democracy practitioners and scholars from around the world to deepen their understand­ing of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the program is based at NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, in Wash­ington, D.C.

Program: The program offers five-month fellowships for practitioners to improve strategies and techniques for building democ­racy abroad and five- to ten-month fellowships for scholars to conduct original re­search for publica­tion. Practitioners may include activists, lawyers, journalists, and other civil society professionals; scholars may include professors, research analysts, and other writers. Projects may focus on the political, social, economic, legal, and cultural aspects of democratic development and may include a range of methodologies and approaches.

Eligibility: The fellows program is intended primarily to support practitio­ners and scholars from new and aspiring democracies. Distinguished scholars from the United States and other established democracies are also eligible to apply. Practi­tioners are expected to have substantial experience working to promote democracy. Schol­ars are expected to have a doctorate, or academic equiva­lent, at the time of application. The program is not designed to pay for professional training or to sup­port stu­dents working toward a degree. A working knowledge of English is an im­portant prerequisite for participation in the program.

Support: The fellowship year begins October 1 and runs through July 31, with major entry dates in October and March. All fellows receive a monthly stipend, health insur­ance, travel assistance, and research support through the Forum’s Democracy Resource Center and the Reagan-Fascell Research Associates Program.

Application: For further details, please visit us online at www.ned.org. For instructions on how to apply, please download our most recent Information and Application Forms Booklet, available at http://www.ned.org/forum/R-FApplication.pdf or visit us online at http://www.ned.org/forum/reagan-fascell.html. All application materi­als must be type-written and in English.

Deadline: Applications for fellowships in 2008–2009 must be received no later than November 8, 2008. Notification of the competition outcome is in April 2008.

For more information please contact:
Program Assistant, Fellowship Programs
International Forum for Democratic Studies
National Endowment for Democracy
1025 F Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20004
E-mail: fellowships@ned.org
Internet: http://www.ned.org

Asia Pacific Leadership Program, East-West Center

Application Deadline: December 1, 2007

Entering its eighth year, the Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) is the center of excellence for leadership education in the Asia Pacific region. The APLP is a graduate certificate program combining the development of regional expertise with the enhancement of individual leadership capacity. Based at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, the program is creating a network of dynamic leaders who are familiar with the critical issues of the Asia Pacific region. All participants receive an APLP Entrance Fellowship valued at approximately $10,000.

Participants: The Asia Pacific Leadership Program seeks outstanding individuals with leadership experience or high leadership potential from across Asia Pacific, the United States, and beyond. All participants have at least a Bachelors degree with the majority having graduate degrees as well. At least 20 countries are represented in each cohort. APLP fellows come together from all walks of life, including government, business, NGOs, health, sciences, media, monastic orders, and the academe.

APLP fellows gain a broad regional perspective, become knowledgeable about the critical challenges facing the Asia Pacific region, and are trained to exercise collaborative leadership and promote cooperation toward the well-being of the countries and peoples of the region. The APLP empowers future leaders with the knowledge, skills, experiences and supportive community needed to successfully navigate personal and regional change in the 21st century.

The APLP was established through generous funding support from the Freeman Foundation.

Application Forms and Fellowships: For more information about the Asia Pacific Leadership Program, application forms and an array of supplemental scholarships, please visit our website at: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/aplp

Contact: If you have specific questions, contact Christina Monroe at MonroeC@EastWestCenter.org

Application deadline: Recruitment for 2008-09 is open. Places are limited. The deadline is December 1, 2007

Deadline Approaches For EWC's Asia Pacific Leadership Program

HONOLULU (Nov. 1) - The application deadline for the East-West Center's Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) is December 1, 2007. Application forms and information on fellowship opportunities are available on the program's website at http://www.eastwestcenter.org/aplp. Eligible candidates for the APLP include exceptional early to mid-career professionals and mature graduate students with high leadership potential from all sectors (government, business, NGOs, media, etc.) across the globe. Applicants must have a four-year bachelor's degree or its equivalent.

The Asia Pacific Leadership Program is a five-month or optional nine-month graduate certificate program combining the development of regional expertise with the cultivation of individual leadership capacity. The program fees are $3,000 per semester. Limited scholarships are also available.

Based at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i, the program fosters a world-wide network of dynamic leaders who are familiar with the critical issues and cultures of the Asia Pacific region and trained to work collaboratively. The Program includes intensive coursework and field studies in Hawai'i, the mainland United States, and Asia.

The APLP receives generous funding support from the Freeman Foundation and is the premier leadership education program in the Asia Pacific region.

The East-West Center is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. The Center contributes to a peaceful, prosperous, and just Asia Pacific community by serving as a vigorous hub for cooperative research, education, and dialogue on critical issues of common concern to the Asia Pacific region and the United States. Funding for the Center comes from the U.S. government, with additional support provided by private agencies, individuals, foundations, corporations, and the governments of the region.

For more information contact:
Monique Wedderburn
APLP Senior Program Officer
(808) 944-7744
aplp@EastWestCenter.org