Malaysia Scholarship 2008-2009

Scholarship Info

Opportunities are now available for Malaysian mid-career professionals, in leadership positions and who have a commitment to public service and the potential for professional advancement to participate in a prestigious fellowship program.

The Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program 2007 2008 is a Fulbright program that brings accomplished mid-level professionals to the United States for one-year program that combines non-degree graduate level academic work with professional development opportunities.

By providing  future leaders and policy makers with experience in U.S. society, culture, and professional fields, the Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program 2007 2008 provides a basis for lasting, productive ties between Americans and their professional counterparts overseas.

The Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program 2007 2008 are granted competitively to candidates in various fields such as: Agricultural development/agricultural economics; communications/journalism; drug abuse education, treatment and prevention; economic development; education, including educational planning, educational administration, curriculum development; finance and banking; HIV/AIDS policy and prevention; human resource management; law and human rights; natural resources and environmental management; nonproliferation; public health policy and management; public policy and public administration; teaching of English as a foreign language; technology policy and management; trafficking of persons; urban and regional planning.

The university programs do not address themselves to the scientific of technical aspects of these fields, but rather to the broad policy-making and problem-solving issues. Emphasis is placed on practical knowledge that will be directly useful to fellows upon return to their countries.

Scholarship Name
Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program

Field Of Study
Agricultural development/agricultural economics; communications/journalism; drug abuse education, treatment and prevention; economic development; education, including educational planning, educational administration, curriculum development; finance and banking; HIV/AIDS policy and prevention; human resource management; law and human rights; natural resources and environmental management; nonproliferation; public health policy and management; public policy and public administration; teaching of English as a foreign language; technology policy and management; trafficking of persons; urban and regional planning.

Eligibility

1. Applicants must be Malaysian citizens.
2. Applicants should be at a level in their careers at which they will receive maximum benefit from a year's study in the United States .
3. They must be currently employed in public sector or private sector organizations and agencies with a public service orientation and have assurances of reemployment upon their return home.
4. Prospective fellows should have a minimum of five years of professional experience prior to August 2007 and  should be interested in policies pertaining to their fields of specialization.
   Be in good health.
5. Must have  completed a university degree program requiring at least four years of full-time study in order to qualify for admission to U.S. programs of graduate study.
6. Candidates must be willing to share their knowledge of Malaysia with social, civic and other groups while in the United States.
7. Candidates should be proficient in both written and spoken English and should have a minimum Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 525 paper-based, or 195 computer based.
8. Candidate should  have both the need to participate in the program and the potential to benefit from it. 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.