Public Affairs
Education and Exchange Programs
The U.S. Government sponsors various educational, academic and professionals exchange programs. These programs seek to promote the free exchange of information and ideas, thus increasing mutual understanding between the citizens of the United States and Kyrgyzstan.
Exchange Programs
The Fulbright Senior Scholar Program is open to Kyrgyz scholars who have established themselves in their fields and wish to take advantage of the opportunity to further their professional development through research or lecturing activity in the United States. The candidate must have a "kandidatskaya" or "doctor nauk" degree (as a minimum requirement), a proven record of research activities and publications, and well-developed English skills.
Fulbright Visiting Student Program is open to Kyrgyz university graduates in the arts, engineering, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. This program supports study for a master's degree program at a U.S. university for up to two academic years.
The FLTA program is open to current English teachers or students in their final year in an institution of higher education studying to be an English teacher. This program allows Kyrgyz teachers of English (or students studying to be teachers) to gain teaching experience by teaching Kyrgyz language on U.S. university campuses up to 20 hours per week while taking two courses per semester.
As part of the range of Fulbright programs, the International Fulbright Science and Technology Award Program is for PhD study at top U.S. universities in the field of science, technology, or engineering for academic year 2012-2013.
The centerpiece of OneBeat will be month-long programs consisting of a U.S.-based residency and tour. During the residencies, participants will form small collaborative ensembles that improvise across genres, reinvent traditional tunes, compose original work, record in the state-of-the-art OneBeat mobile studio, and prepare for performances and educational workshops. The groups will then tour to cities within the U.S. to perform the music they have developed during the residency, perform with local musicians, and partner with community-based organizations to conduct creative workshops with local youth. The program will culminate in a high-profile final concert, and a professionally-produced album featuring tracks recorded in the OneBeat mobile studio.
For more information please go to http://scienceandtech.fulbrightonline.org
Academic Year Programs and Programs for Educators
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The Future Leaders Secondary School Exchange program (FLEX) is a US government-sponsored program for secondary school students from the 11 republics of the former Soviet Union (Eurasia). The program provides scholarship funding for students to travel to the United States, attend a US high school for a full academic year, and live with a US host family.
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The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD), a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, provides opportunities for first-, second-, third- and fourth-year five-years study programs undergraduate students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan for one year of full-time, non-degree study in the United States.
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Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program (Humphrey) brings accomplished mid-level professionals to the United States for a year of graduate-level non-degree academic coursework and professional development activities. By providing future leaders and policy makers with experience in U.S. society, culture, and professional fields, the program provides a basis for lasting, productive ties between Americans and their professional counterparts overseas.
- Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) provides international teachers with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills and increase their knowledge about the United States. The international participants will travel to the United States in two cohorts of 88-90 teachers each in spring or fall 2013.
- Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) provides university instructors with a semester-long opportunity to expand their knowledge and expertise in their academic field by attending classes and working with faculty members at universities in the United States. Individuals may apply for fields in the humanities and social sciences.
- Study of the U.S. Summer Institutes and Seminars Program (SUSI) Summer Institutes are six-week academic programs for highly-motivated and experienced university faculty and professionals from institutions of higher learning, with little or no recent study experience in the United States.
Programs for Professionals
- Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program provides ten months of non-degree academic study and related professional experiences in the United States. Humphrey fellows are selected based on their potential for leadership and their commitment to public service in either the public or the private sector.
- The Empower Access Program (EAP) is a regionally-focused professional exchange program for individuals and organizations working directly with people with disabilities. EAP is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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International Visitor Leadership Program brings participants to the United States from all over the world each year to meet and confer with their professional counterparts and to experience the U.S. firsthand. The visitors, who are current or potential leaders in government, politics, the media, education, and other fields, are selected by American Officials overseas.
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Community Connections Program, formerly managed by the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), and now funded through the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at USAID, is designed to promote public diplomacy through the exchange of cultural ideas and values between participants, U.S. families and local community host organizations.
- Nature and Tourism offers three-week cultural exchanges and practical opportunities in the United States for Kyrgyz professionals who involved in tourism in Issyk Kul and Naryn oblasts. The goals of the program are to introduce Kyrgyz participants with their counterparts in the U.S., provide professional training and encourage public - private partnership in Kyrgyzstan, and create grass-roots linkages between the U.S and Kyrgyz communities.
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Cochran Fellowship provides U.S.-based agricultural training opportunities for senior and mid-level specialists and administrators from public and private sectors that are concerned with agricultural trade, agribusiness development, management, policy, and marketing.
- The Open World Program enables emerging leaders from Russia and other Eurasian countries to experience American democracy and civil society in action. It is the first and only exchange program in the U.S. legislative branch.
- The Community Solutions Program brings the best and brightest global community leaders working in Transparency and Accountability, Tolerance and Conflict Resolution, Environmental Issues, and Women’s & Gender Issues from around the world to the U.S. for an intensive professional development program. Leaders bring years of experience to community development in the U.S. while strengthening their capacity for leadership and development in their home countries. Through tailored fellowships, leaders gain hands-on experience in community work; collaborate and learn best practices through an online leadership institute; and create action plans for community-based initiatives back home.