Exchange or Study-Abroad Programs for Indonesian Citizens

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U.S. Department of State-sponsored Programs:

• American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) - The American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) has designed, organized, and managed unique international educational exchanges for young political leaders (ages 25-40) worldwide. Indonesian delegates are selected by international program partners with U.S. Embassy input.
• CenterStageSM - The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the New England Foundation for the Arts, will develop and manage month-long tours for 10 ensembles, comprised of public and school performances complemented by lectures, demonstrations, classroom visits, workshops, master classes and artist-to-artist exchanges.
• Community College Initiative Program - The Community College Initiative (CCI) Program provides opportunities for individuals from Indonesia to develop leadership, professional skills and English language proficiency while studying at a community college in the United States. Participants spend one academic year in the United States and may earn certificates in their fields of study. The recruitment, selection and nomination of candidates in the eligible countries is administered by the Fulbright Commission or the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy.  Talk about this program with others in the CCI group on ExchangesConnect.
• Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program - CLS is a fully-funded cultural enrichment and language instruction experience for undergraduate, masters, and PhD students. Talk about this program with others in the CLS group on ExchangesConnect.
• FLTA Fulbright – The Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program brings German teachers or university graduates to the United States to improve German-language instruction for Americans.  Talk with others about this program in the FLTA Fulbright group on ExchangesConnect.
• Fulbright Foreign Student Program - The Fulbright Student Program offers fellowships for graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research or teach their native languages.  Talk with others about this program in the Fulbright Student Program group on ExchangesConnect.
• Fulbright Scholar Program - The Fulbright Scholar Program offers a number of year- or semester-long research and teaching grants for college and university faculty members at all career stages.  Talk about this program with others in the Fulbright Visiting Scholar group on ExchangesConnect.
• Global UGRAD - the Global UGRAD Program for East Asia and the Pacific and the Western Hemisphere provides emerging student leaders with scholarships to attend U.S. colleges and universities for up to one year of undergraduate, non-degree study.  The application process happens through the student’s home country U.S. embassy.  Talk about this program with others in the UGRAD group on ExchangesConnect.
• Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship - the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program provides 10 months of professional enrichment and non-degree graduate-level study in the United States for accomplished mid-level professionals from designated countries, including Germany.  Talk about this program with others in the Humphrey Fellowship group on ExchangesConnect.
• Indonesian English Language Study Program – IELSP offers scholarship opportunities to Indonesian undergraduate students to attend intensive English programs at select American universities for 8 weeks.
• Kennedy-Lugar YES Program - The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program provides scholarships to high school students (ages 15-17) from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend up to one academic year in the United States. Talk to others about this program in our YES Program group on ExchangesConnect.
• Murrow Program for Journalists - The Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists invites rising international journalists to travel to the United States and examine journalistic principles and practices for two months.  These journalists must be nominated by the home country’s US embassy.
• OneBeat - The music exchange will invite more than 50 young professional musicians and advanced students (ages 19-35) from around the world to come to the U.S. to create and perform innovative work with their American counterparts.
• Professional Fellows - This program brings emerging leaders from around the world to the United States for intensive fellowships designed to broaden their professional expertise. Participants are placed in non-profit organizations and government offices across the United States to learn first-hand how issues in their field are addressed in the U.S.
• Study of the United States Institutes for Secondary Educators - The Institute for Secondary School Educators provides two multinational groups of 30 experienced and highly-motivated secondary school educators with a deeper understanding of U.S. society and culture in order to enhance the scope and depth of the participants’ own secondary school courses.
• Study of United States Institutes: Religious Pluralism in the U.S. – Run by Temple University’s Dialogue Institute, this SUSI explores U.S. history, society and institutions within the context of religious pluralism and interfaith dialogue.

Other programs to check out (Non-Department of State-sponsored):

• American-Indonesian Cultural and Educational Foundation - AICEF supplies financial support for graduate and doctoral level Indonesian students studying in the United States and who intend to return to their homeland and actively participate in nation building.
• Prestasi - USAID - PRESTASI provides Indonesians short and longer term opportunities for Masters and PhD studies in programs in the U.S.
• USINDO Masters Fellowship - The USINDO Edward E. Masters Fellows Program funds the education and manages the placement of top ranked officials from Indonesian Ministries at leading schools in the United States. The current application cycle is only open to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  The program will be expanding to other ministries for the 2013 intake.  Masters Fellows are nominated by their Ministry.
• USINDO Sumitro Fellow - One fellowship is available for an Indonesian citizen with a project related to the Indonesian-United States relationship.