U.S. Embassy & Consulates
in China

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

The 2023-2024 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is currently open for recruitment.

Humphrey Fellowship Qualifications

Candidates for 2023-2024

Must be mid-career professionals in leadership positions with a commitment to public service in the following fields:

Human and Institutional Capacity:

• Economic Development
• Finance & Banking
• Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration
• Technology Policy and Management
• Human Resource Management

Rights and Freedoms: 

• Communications and Journalism
• International Religious Freedom
• Law and Human Rights
• Trafficking in Persons Policy & Prevention

Sustainable Lands:

• Agricultural and Rural Development
• Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, and Climate Change
• Urban and Regional Planning

Thriving Communities:

• Contagious and Infectious Diseases
• Public Health Policy and Management
• HIV&AIDS, Policy and Prevention
• Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention (Applicants must have either a research background in the field or demonstrated ability to learn the results and policy implications of current research. Applicants also must complete the supplementary field-specific page of the Humphrey application for this topic area.)
• Educational Administration, Planning, and Policy
• Higher Education Administration
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Candidates must also meet the following qualifications:

• Possess at least a bachelor’s degree.
• Have a minimum of 5 years full-time professional experience in the relevant field (prior to August 2023), after completing a university degree program requiring at least four years of full-time study.
• Should be proficient in both written and spoken English as demonstrated by a minimum TOEFL score of 71 (Applicants do not need to possess a valid TOEFL score during the application period. After the interviews, we will inform those who are selected as the program nominees to take the TOEFL test, and we will cover the test fee).
• Not be university teachers or academic researchers with no management responsibilities (except in the fields of Substance Abuse Education, Prevention and Treatment and Teaching of English as a Foreign Language).
• Have not attended a graduate school in the United States for one academic year or more during the seven years prior to August 2023.
• Have no recent U.S. in-country experience of any kind lasting more than six months during the five years prior to August 2023.
• Have not participated in recent State Department exchange programs.
• Have no dual U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent resident status.
• Not be U.S. Department of State employees or their immediate family members.
• Be between 30 and 50 years of age.

Women, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minority groups, individuals from under-represented groups, and those from less-developed regions are encouraged to apply.