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How to Apply
Please refer to Application Procedure and Guidelines
(page 24). Applicants can download the application
materials from the website www.usief.org.in or obtain
the relevant application form through e-mail (as an
attachment) by sending a request to
humphrey@usief.org.in , specifying Hubert H.
Humphrey Fellowship Program in the subject line.

Application Deadline: June 15, 2017
Timeline and Placement Process

June 15, 2017 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching fellows with international
Application due date for 2018-2019 awards Fulbrighters at an orientation program in Washington, D.C.

Early July 2017
Screening applications to short-list candidates
program sends U.S. teachers abroad and brings
Mid-August 2017 international teachers to the U.S. for a semester-
National interviews of the short-listed candidates in long program. In India, the awards are open to
Delhi full-time teachers teaching any subject at any level;
primary and secondary level, library media
End August 2017
USIEF notifies the nominees. Nominees take specialists, guidance counselors, curriculum
specialists, special education coordinators, gifted and
TOEFL.
talented coordinators and teacher trainers; and
September 2017
administrators/academic coordinators who spend at
USIEF forwards applications of nominees to the
least 50% of their time working directly with
Humphrey Program Office, and the J. William
students. The program provides a rich professional
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB),
growth opportunity for participants while enhancing
Washington, D.C. U.S. for approval and
mutual understanding among international and U.S.
recommendation
teachers, administrators, their students, and host
February-March 2018 communities. International participants are placed at
USIEF expects to receive the Humphrey selection a U.S. host university, which provides a broad range
cable from Washington, D.C. of resources in the teachers' fields of teaching
expertise.
February-March 2018
USIEF notifies the finalists During the program Fulbright Distinguished
Teachers work towards the completion of an
May 2018
inquiry project of their own design. They also
Pre-Departure Orientation
enroll in advanced undergraduate or graduate level
June-July 2018
classes, take courses for professional development
Pre-academic training in the U.S. (if required)
at a host university or institute, and observe and
August-September 2018 lead master classes and seminars for teachers and
Humphrey program begins students at the host university or local primary and
secondary schools, as well as engage in other
Visit https://www.humphreyfellowship.org/ for
teaching related activities. Upon returning home,
more details on Humphrey Fellowship Program.
teachers will be expected to share knowledge and
b. Fulbright Distinguished Awards in experience gained on the program with teachers
Teaching Program and students in their home schools and with their
communities. For international teachers the 2017
The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching
program was open to teachers from Botswana,
Program is designed to recognize and encourage
Finland, India, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, New
excellence in teaching in the U.S. and abroad. The

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