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## Humphrey Program Resources for Alumni 

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## Alumni: Supporting and Developing Relationships

- The Humphrey Program supports alumni in the following ways:
- On-line Alumni Database
- Grants for Humphrey Alumni
- Alumni.state.gov Website
- Regional Alumni Events

## Alumni: Supporting and Developing Relationships

- On-line Alumni Database
- Website: _[www.iie.org/pgms/hhh](http://www.iie.org/pgms/hhh)_
- Click on the “Alumni” link near the bottom of the page
- Log-in information: **userid: hhhalum and password: service**
- Search for any Humphrey alum using different search criteria (e.g. name, university, year, etc.)

## On-line Alumni Database Search Screen

## Alumni: Supporting and Developing Relationships

- Grants for Humphrey Alumni
- Professional Development Grants
- Alumni Impact Awards

## Grants for Humphrey Alumni

**Professional Development Grants**
- Funding support for Professional Development opportunities
- Maximum funding: $2,500
- Must be home for **3** years in order to be eligible
- Awarded competitively 4 times a year
- Application available on website

## Examples of Activities Funded by Professional Development Grants

- Series of professional visits across the U.S. to Emergency Medicine/Health Care organizations
- Attendance at Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America
- Short course on the Principles of Environmental Management in S. Africa

## Grants for Humphrey Alumni

**Alumni Impact Awards**
- Provide funding for projects implemented in home community with potential for strong impact/multiplier effect
- Maximum funding: $10,000
**No waiting period for eligibility**
- Awarded competitively on an annual basis
- 4 or 5 projects funded each year
- Application available on website

## Examples of Funded Alumni Impact Award Projects

- Training rural women on sustainable production and utilization of indigenous vegetables
- Training on cervical cancer screening techniques for doctors, nurses and midwives
- Preparation of a base map of water diversions, deployment through web-based GIS and dissemination of the map to the public for future planning projects

## New members sign on each month
Includes listings of grants and jobs 
Over 3,000 periodicals in online library
Live Q&A’s, discussion forums
Alumni success stories, perspectives, ideas
News about Alumni activities

- Includes listings of grants and jobs
- Over 3,000 periodicals in online library
- Live Q&A’s, discussion forums
- Alumni success stories, perspectives, ideas
- News about Alumni activities

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## 	Alumni News

- World–Wide Submissions
- Meetings, achievements, forums, social gatherings
- Alumni from around the globe have marketed their books or found research partners right here in Alumni News

- 	Alumni News

## Grant and Job Opportunities

- Regularly updated postings
- Alumni from Russia to Ecuador have found grants to allow them to fight violence, research national heroes and work with needy children.
- Students in Uzbekistan won a mural contest through People to People International that they learned about on State Alumni.
- Find support for your favorite idea!

- Grant and Job Opportunities

## Live Q&A

- Over 12 per year
- Featuring top experts/officials
- Each event draws over 150 alumni participants from over 15 countries.
- Sample Topics:	Human Trafficking	Oceans & the Environment	U.S. Visas	Career Development	Islam in the US
- Journalists from Bangladesh to Russia to Indonesia, alumni of academic and IV programs, use Q & A  content to prepare stories, editorials and TV interviews.

## Online Library

- Over 3,000 periodicals
- Updated daily
- Texts, abstracts, articles
- Free Access
- Many alumni use the online library to research papers and books.  For example, a Humphrey alumnus in Macedonia used the database  when writing  a book on public health while a Fulbright Scholar  alumnus in Pakistan used it to prepare a manuscript on electron transfer acceptors.

## E-Library:  Newspapers , Magazines, Books, Maps and More!

## Post an Alumni News Story

## Alumni: Supporting and Developing Relationships

- Regional Alumni Events
- Funding support available for periodic alumni events
- Think about “action-based” events instead of traditional conference format
- Take one year to plan
- Submit event proposal and funding request to IIE for consideration

## Alumni: Supporting and Developing Relationships

- What Can YOU Do?
- Visit the U.S. Embassy or Fulbright Commission when you return home
- Recruit potential Humphrey Fellows
- Volunteer to serve on selection panels
- Keep in touch with your university and Washington, DC staff
- Join your local alumni association, propose activities
- Keep the network of Humphrey Fellows worldwide alive!

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