These are five-week intensive academic programs whose purpose is to provide Vietnamese undergraduate student leaders with a deeper understanding of the U.S., while simultaneously enhancing their leadership skills. Participants are selected based on 1) academic record, 2) leadership skills and potential, 3) community involvement and extra-curricular activities, and 4) English proficiency.
Timeline:
. December: Call for applications
. January: Deadline for submission of applications to the Embassy
. Jan-Feb: Screening of applications; interviews of shortlisted candidates
. February: Submission of finalists to Washington
. March: Selection results available from Washington
. June: Departure of selected candidates
Source: http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/educational_exchange.html#humphrey
2. Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD)
This program provides scholarships for one semester or one academic year of study at a U.S. university. The goal is to provide a diverse group of emerging student leaders, from non-elite and under-represented groups, with a substantive exchange experience at a U.S. college or university, with in-depth exposure to U.S. society, culture and academic institutions. Students are selected based on 1) academic record, 2) leadership skills and potential, 3) community involvement and extra-curricular activities, and 4) English proficiency (minimum TOEFL score of 525 (paper-based) or 70 (iBT).
Timeline:
. September: Call for applications
. November: Deadline for submission of applications to the Embassy
. Nov-Dec: Screening of applications; interviews of shortlisted candidates
. December: Nomination of finalists to Washington
. March: Selection results available from Washington
. June: Placement information available
. July: Departure of selected candidates (whole academic year program)
. January: Departure of selected candidates (semester program)
Source: http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/educational_exchange.html#humphrey
3. Undergraduate Intensive English Language Study Program (UIELSP)
This program enrolls undergraduate students in the East Asia and Pacific region who demonstrate the potential to become student leaders in an eight-week intensive English Language course at colleges and universities in the United States with a focus on English language acquisition, leadership skill building, and civic education and engagement. It also provides participants with an introduction to American institutions, society and culture.
Timeline:
. Oct-Nov: Call for applications
. December: Deadline for submission of applications to the Embassy
. Dec-Jan: Screening of applications; interviews of shortlisted candidates
. February: Nomination of finalists to Washington
. March: Selection and placement results available from Washington
. June: Departure of selected candidates
Source: http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/educational_exchange.html#humphrey
4. The Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF)
The following are the core VEF activities: (1) Fellowship Program, bringing Vietnamese nationals to the United States for graduate degree programs, funded through cost-sharing agreements with U.S. universities; (2) Visiting Scholar Program, funding Vietnamese nationals with a Ph.D. to develop their professional skills via studies, research, and/or observational activities at leading U.S. institutions; and (3) U.S. Faculty Scholar Program, providing grants to American professors to teach courses at Vietnamese institutions for one or two semesters, on-site in Vietnam or via interactive, real-time videoconferencing. VEF capacity-building efforts build the relationship between U.S. and Vietnamese institutions and government entities and strengthen the foundations in Vietnam for the return of VEF Fellows and Visiting Scholars to their home country.
The programs forcus on the major disciplines of sciences (natural, physical, and environmental), mathematics, medicine (such as public health, epidemiology, and immunology), engineering, and technology (including information technology). Fields include the basic sciences, such as biology, chemistry, and physics, as well as agricultural science and computer science. Priority will be given to applicants, whose field of study focuses on climate change (environmental sciences) or on nuclear energy, provided that all other qualifications are equal.
Source: http://home.vef.gov/index.php