IETA Applications Now Being Accepted

The application cycle for this year has officially opened and the IETA program is currently accepting applications for its 2013 Cohort 15. You can download the Application Form by clicking on this link: CDC 0.1418.

Please fill out application information electronically and then print and complete it with your signature and your first- and second-level supervisory signatures.  A complete application will include the following documents:

• Completed application form with essays and all requisite signatures
• Current résumé
• Full-year performance appraisal rating or COER rating (cover sheet with rating official's signature only); electronic signatures acceptable
• SF-50 or Commission Corps equivalent (non-CDC applicants only)

Scan all items together to create one PDF document and send this document to ieta@cdc.gov 

Incomplete application packages will not be reviewed. The deadline for application submission is close of business, Friday, October 12, 2012.  Close of business is determined by your office’s time zone.

All complete applications will be reviewed and rated, and the top qualified applicants will be invited to interview by telephone in November.  Applicants accepted for IETA Cohort 15 will be notified in early December and the program’s first workshop will be held in January 2013. 

Application information: If there are any questions about the application process, please e-mail to ieta@cdc.gov or contact the Program Coordinator at 404.718.8874.

Medical clearance information: Please note that after being accepted into the program, you must be issued a Department of State Medical Clearance before departing overseas for assignment. The purpose of a medical clearance is to identify specific health needs and medical conditions that may require specialty management, follow-up or monitoring. This is meant to reduce the need for medical travel during the 12-week assignment due to lack of local health resources.

Failure to receive a medical clearance is very rare, but post-specific medical clearances (Class II) are not uncommon. A Class II clearance will determine the location of a participant’s assignment. This topic will be discussed in detail during IETA’s first workshop and the medical clearance will be completed after this training session.