U.S. Embassy in the
Dominican Republic

Community Engagement and Exchange (CEE)

The Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Program application currently closed. The next CEE application will open in the fall of 2023, pending funding.

A transformational leadership development experience, CEE is a year-long program designed to enable civil society leaders, ages 20-27, to harness the power of networks, relationships, and information for the public good, specifically on issues related to civic dialogue and peacebuilding, open and participatory government, women and gender, resilience and sustainable development, and youth engagement.

Upon return to their home countries after 3 months in the United States, CEE fellows design and plan a community engagement project to carry out in their home communities, with the help of their U.S. host organization and mentors.

Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (Fulbright TEA)

Applications for the 2023 Fulbright Teacher Exchanges Programs are currently closed. For more information, visit: https://fulbright.irex.org/

Program Overview

The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (Fulbright TEA) Program will bring international secondary-level teachers to the United States for a six-week program to participate in academic seminars for professional development at a host university and to observe and share their expertise with teachers and students at the host university and at local secondary schools.

Components:

1. Take part in tailored graduate-level seminars at a U.S. host university
2. Observe classes, co-teach, and share their expertise with U.S. colleagues in U.S. secondary schools
3. Engage in an online professional learning community with other participants to share best practices and other elements of host and home country educational systems
4. Take part in other educational and cultural activities while on program in the United States

Eligibility Criteria:

• Current secondary-level, full-time teachers of English, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), math, science, or social studies including special education teachers in those subjects at institutions
• Serving primarily a local population
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Minimum of three years of experience of full-time teaching, with a preference for those who have completed at least five years of full-time teaching
• Demonstrated oral and written English language proficiency
• Citizen and resident of the Dominican Republic

What the program covers:

• Travel: Teachers will receive an international airline ticket and a travel allowance to cover the cost of checked bags and incidental expenses for travel to their program.
• Housing: Participants live on campus or close to campus in individual dorms or bedrooms as designated by the university.  Dependents cannot accompany teachers during the program.
• Maintenance Allowance: Each Fulbright teacher will receive a maintenance allowance during the program to cover expenses such as supplies for classes, household items, personal items, and cultural and other activities.

Humphrey Fellowship Program

The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, a Fulbright exchange, enhances leadership among international professionals who collaborate to address local and global challenges and foster change for our collective good.  Through academic study and professional development with U.S. counterparts, this growing global network shares best practices and builds expertise in fields of critical importance to advance societal and institutional capacity, promote human rights and freedoms, ensure sustainable lands, and develop thriving communities. By providing future leaders and policy makers with experience in U.S. higher education, society, culture, and professional organizations, the program provides a basis for lasting, productive ties between Americans and their professional counterparts overseas.

Program Components:  

• Non-Degree Academic Study: Humphrey Fellows pursue tailored study programs at participating host institutions, where freedom from the requirements of a degree program gives each Fellow the flexibility to pursue a self-directed, individualized program at a host campus.  Approximately 13 U.S. campuses have been selected through a competitive process based on their ability to offer institutional and professional resources to host cohorts of Fellows in designated fields of study.  Humphrey Fellows may not request placement at any particular university.  Each campus has at least one designated faculty coordinator for academic and administrative support.  In addition, faculty advisors assist Fellows in pursuing balanced academic and professional programs.
• Leadership and Professional Development: Professional enrichment activities include professional visits, enhancement skills workshops, conferences, training programs, and a professional affiliation (placement).  The professional affiliation provides firsthand exposure to a U.S. work environment on a full-time basis for a minimum period of six weeks. Early in the academic year, each Fellow develops, with assistance from the local campus coordinator and faculty advisors, a detailed plan of practical professional activities geared to the Fellow’s program objectives.

Fields of Study:

• Human and Institutional Capacity:
  • Economic Development
  • Finance & Banking
  • Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration
  • Technology Policy and Management
  • Human Resource Management
• Rights and Freedoms: 
  • Communications and Journalism
  • International Religious Freedom
  • Law and Human Rights
  • Trafficking in Persons Policy & Prevention
• Sustainable Lands:
  • Agricultural and Rural Development
  • Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change
  • Urban and Regional Planning
• Thriving Communities:
  • Contagious and Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health Policy and Management
  • HIV&AIDS, Policy and Prevention
  • Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention (see 4b)
  • Educational Administration, Planning, and Policy
  • Higher Education Administration
  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI)

The Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program aims to empower Latin American and Caribbean business and social entrepreneurs to transform their societies and contribute more fully to economic and social development. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by the Meridian International Center, the initiative will bring 250 young business and social entrepreneurs from Latin America and the Caribbean to the U.S. for a five-week fellowship which will include an opening program; an individualized Fellowship program with counterpart companies or organizations throughout the U.S.; and a closing program in Washington, D.C.  Participants will benefit from interaction with entrepreneurship experts, participation in skill building workshops.