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For Prospective USA Fellows

The USA program provides overseas exposure of 4-5 weeks designed to enhance Fellows’ professional and personal growth, develop new contacts, and promote the exchange of ideas and international understanding. Fellows have meetings with leaders in their field, as well as cultural site visits and hospitality by local citizens.

In recent history, USA Fellows have been selected from four regional areas, including Philadelphia, Research Triangle North Carolina, New England, and St. Louis. At least one Fellow per year is selected for an Agricultural Fellowship, which had been the only nationwide recruitment. This year, the recruitment for 2013 Fellows will be a nationwide recruitment for all USA fellowships. USA candidates must be U.S. citizens aged 32-45. Spouses are encouraged to accompany Fellows, with limited professional appointments provided for them. Because of the intense appointment and travel schedule, children are not permitted on the program.

APPLYING FOR A USA FELLOWSHIP

USA fellowship candidates should be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, aged 32-45, who possess advanced professional credentials, proven leadership capability, and the potential for broader impact in and beyond their professional fields. Finalists will be placed in a pool and fellowships will be granted based on excellence and how the finalists fit into our overall organization goals for 2013. The fellowship covers all international and domestic travel, hotel accommodations, and meals. The selection criteria are:

• They have demonstrated significant accomplishments within their communities and their professions.
• They have designed for themselves a fellowship program that takes full advantage of this unique opportunity to leverage their professional and leadership skills.
• They have identified how they will undertake consequential activities that will better the world around them as a result of their fellowship.
• They have committed to engage actively with the global Eisenhower Fellowship network throughout their lifetime.

Agriculture Fellowship

Eisenhower Fellowships also selects at least one farmer or rancher to travel abroad to meet with small and commercial farmers, farm organizations, businesses in the agriculture industry, government representatives, and university researchers as an USA Agriculture Fellow. The successful agriculture candidate will be a farmer or rancher, U.S. citizen or permanent resident, aged 32-45 with excellent professional credentials, demonstrated leadership experience, and a commitment to at least 15-20 years of further active leadership in the field of agriculture. The fellowship covers all international and domestic travel, hotel accommodations, and meals.

The recruitment cycle for 2013 USA Eisenhower Fellowships is now open!
Before applying for an Eisenhower Fellowship, please review both the 2013 Applicant Information package and the 2013 USA Application below. To apply for an Eisenhower Fellowship, please submit the application to jriley@efworld.org. The application deadline is 5pm Eastern, June 15, 2012. Finalists will be interviewed in July/August 2012.

Possible Destination Countries for all fellowships:

Africa: South Africa, Kenya
Asia: China, China (Taiwan), India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia
Europe: European Commission (Belgium), Germany, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Russia, Spain, Sweden
Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay
Middle East: Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand

Click here to download the USA Fellowship Manual. For more information, email jriley@efworld.org

Glimpse of a fellowship
To see a glimpse of a day in the life of a USA Eisenhower Fellow abroad, please visit the links below.

Brigitte Daniel
Executive Vice President, Wilco Electronics, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2011 USA Eisenhower Fellow to India, Sri Lanka
Click here for Brigitte's travel blog.

Rick Majzun
Vice President, St. Louis Children's Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
2011 USA Eisenhower Fellow to Sweden and Kenya
Click here to read Rick's Program Report.

CONTINUING EXPERIENCE

A special feature of the fellowship journey is the opportunity for USA and international Fellows to share experiences during joint seminars, as well as the unique opportunity to engage in a dialogue on international and leadership issues with Eisenhower Fellowships Chairman General Colin L. Powell, USA (Retired). USA Fellows also become part of EF’s global leadership network offering ongoing opportunities for collaboration and professional and personal enrichment.

Alumni Fellow Lists

For more information, email jriley@efworld.org