FOA-Limited Submission – Department of State – FY 2022 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program (SFOP0008008); June 21, 2021

 

Purpose:  The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition to administer the FY2022 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, a Fulbright exchange. U.S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to work with the Bureau on the administration and implementation of the FY2022 Humphrey Fellowship Program.

 

The Humphrey Fellowship Program consists of two primary components, the long-established and longer-term Humphrey Fellowship, and a recently developed and shorter-term Distinguished Humphrey Program, complemented by special events, in-person and virtual activities and resources, and alumni programming. The Humphrey Fellowship consists of up to an academic year of non-degree graduate level study at a U.S. host university and a professional affiliation at an organization in the United States. The Distinguished Humphrey Leadership Program consists of a minimum two-week intensive program, including executive level training in leadership or an approved foreign policy topic and an individualized placement.

 

Within the duration of the FY2022 agreement, approximately 145 Humphrey Fellows will be funded, including approximately 135 Humphrey Fellows and no less than one cohort of approximately 10 Distinguished Humphrey Fellows. The overwhelming majority of Humphrey Fellows should be placed in university-based cohorts in the United States during the 2022-2023 academic year, with the remaining Fellows, including the Distinguished Humphrey Fellows, selected and placed within the duration of the cooperative agreement and in close consultation with ECA. The applicant organization should illustrate the capacity and willingness to support additional Fellows supported by separate funding.

 

Humphrey Fellows are leaders in fields that are critical to U.S. foreign policy goals and bilateral relationships, including law and human rights, climate change, contagious and infectious diseases, public health policy and management, communications and journalism, economic development, agricultural and rural development, education, and public policy. Eligible countries are determined in consultation with U.S. Department of State regional bureau colleagues.

 

Awardees will implement the following program components: recruitment, selection, and placement of Humphrey Fellows; participant monitoring; host institution selection and oversight; English language training; professional development activities; foreign policy priorities; alumni programming and ongoing engagement; program evaluation activities; program marketing, communications, and branding in accordance with ECA guidelines.

 

Eligibility: Organizations with more than four years of experience in conducting international exchanges are eligible to apply under this competition.

 

Cost Share/Matching Funds: There is no minimum or maximum percentage of cost sharing required for this competition. However, the Bureau encourages applicants to provide maximum levels of cost sharing and funding in support of its programs.

 

Funding Amount/Project Period:  up to$10,765,000 total, over 5 years

 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit:  1

 

Internal Competition:  To participate in the university’s selection process,please upload the following,assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by May 25, 2021:

·        Names and departments or affiliations of the Project Director and other key personnel or partners

·        Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number

·        Brief project description (2 pages maximum)

·        Brief biographical sketch

·        Proposed budget, including source of any cost share

 

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

 

Agency Deadlines:  June 30, 2021