Grants and Training Opportunities
The following list includes both U.S. Government programs and grants, and training opportunities supported by other organizations. Please also visit our Study in the United States page.
Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF) is an American non-profit, non-governmental organization. For twenty-one years, AFPF has provided print journalists from developing countries with professional training opportunities in American newsrooms. This year, approximately ten journalists will be selected to spend five months reporting for an American news organization. Unique among the many training programs available to journalists, AFPF is the only one to offer a non-academic, long-term, hands-on experience in a single newsroom. It is hoped that through such hands-on training, Fellows will learn practices, standards, and values of U.S. journalism which they can adapt and apply in their home countries.
Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship
The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship provides an opportunity for a woman journalist working in the print, broadcast or Internet media to spend an academic year in a tailored program that combines access to MIT’s Center for International Studies and other Boston-area universities and two media companies, The Boston Globe and The New York Times.
The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship is open to women journalists whose focus is human rights and social justice. A successful applicant will be dedicated to a career in journalism in print, broadcast or Internet media and will show a strong commitment to sharing knowledge and skills with colleagues upon the completion of the fellowship.
Hungarian-American Enterprise Scholarship Fund
The Hungarian-American Enterprise Scholarship Fund's (HAESF) objective is to promote free enterprise and development in Hungary and to continue to strengthen ties between the United States and Hungary by creating opportunities for accomplished Hungarians and those of great promise to gain professional experience in the United States, thereby enhancing their contribution to Hungarian society.
Deadlines:
March 15 and October 15 for the Executive Education Program
April 1 and October 15 for the Professional Internship Program and Senior Leaders and Scholars Fellowships
April 15 for the Graduate Scholarship
The Hungarian-American Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program of the U.S. Government provides opportunities for study, research, and teaching in the U.S. Created in 1946 "to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries," the Fulbright program also provides opportunities for U.S. citizens to study, conduct research, and teach in Hungary.
Deadline: in May of each year
Kokkalis Program Fellowship
The Kokkalis Program strives to support individuals committed to invigorating the public sector in Southeastern and East-Central Europe by providing fellowships for study at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Eligible to apply for a 2010 Kokkalis Fellowship are natives of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey who are applying to one of the following degree programs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government:
- Master in Public Policy (MPP)
- Master in Public Administration (MPA2)
- Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA)
- Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID)
Candidates with academic and/or professional backgrounds in one of the following fields are encouraged to apply: public policy and administration, the non-profit sector, law, economics, social sciences, and related fields. Applicants should demonstrate a strong commitment to public service and the region of Southeast Europe.
Candidates must complete TWO applications: the online John F. Kennedy School of Government application for admission and the Kokkalis Fellowship application.
The deadline for submission of the Kokkalis Fellowship application can be found on Application Deadlines page. Deadlines for admission to HKS vary according to the degree program. Applicants should consult the HKS Application Deadlines page.
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program
Named in honor of National Endowment for Democracy’s (NED) principal founders, former president Ronald Reagan and the late congressman Dante Fascell, the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program was established in 2001 with funding from the U.S. Congress to enable democratic practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change.
The program will host two five-month fellowship sessions in 2012-2013: Fall 2012 (October 1, 2012-February 28, 2013) and Spring 2013 (March 1-July 31, 2013).
For more information, visit http://www.ned.org/fellowships/reagan-fascell-democracy-fellows-program. Applications are accepted through our online application system beginning August 1, 2011 at http://fellowships.ned.org.
Deadline: Tuesday, November 1, 2011.
Trust for Mutual Understanding Grants
The Trust for Mutual Understanding Grants are intended to help cover international travel, per diem, and related expenses of Russian, Eastern and Central European, and American participants in cultural and environmental exchanges. Among the types of activities supported by TMU common to both the cultural and the environmental fields are advanced training programs, workshops, conferences, seminars, joint research projects, and exchanges intended to aid organizations in the region seeking to achieve greater institutional stability.
Deadline: The Trust reviews final grant proposals at meetings held in winter, spring, and fall. The deadlines for receiving completed applications are:
- February 1st for the Winter Meeting
- May 1st for the Spring Meeting
- October 1st for the Fall Meeting
Courses by the United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI)
The United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) is a joint venture between leaders of the U.S. communications industry and ranking officials from the Federal Government. The goal of this collaborative effort is to share the United States' communications and technological advances on a global basis by providing a comprehensive array of free telecommunications and broadcast training courses for qualified women and men who manage the communications infrastructures in the developing countries of the world.
Deadline: varies by program
The World Press Institute (WPI) Fellowship Program
The World Press Institute (WPI) Fellowship program aims to expose fellows to working conditions in the U.S. media. Part of the goal is to promote more accurate reporting about the United States by international journalists. The fellowship consists of seminars and briefings by faculty at Macalester College in Minnesota, followed by a three-month tour across the country. Fellows visit a variety of news outlets and other institutions.
WPI looks for journalists with a high level of tolerance for other cultures and a willingness to travel extensively in the United States. The fellowship covers all expenses as fellows visit newsrooms and conduct interviews in many different states.
Deadline: December 31 of each year
NATO Grants and Fellowships
In addition to its well-known political and military dimensions, NATO has a "third dimension" which seeks to encourage interaction between peoples, to consider some of the challenges facing our modern society and to foster the development of Science and Technology.
Deadline: varies by program
