Subject: USAID Payne Fellowship Program

Description:
Are you interested in joining the USAID Foreign Service? Do you want to make
a difference in the world?

The Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program
(https://www.paynefellows.org/) provides financial support through two years
of graduate study, internships, mentoring, and professional development
activities leading to an appointment in the USAID Foreign Service
(https://www.usaid.gov/work-usaid/careers/foreign-service).

IMPORTANT: The Payne programs seek applications from students/alumni who are
US citizens with demonstrated financial need, especially those who are
members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign
Service. The program is particularly interested in reaching students in STEM
fields--engineering, public health, natural sciences, etc.

UMD WEBINAR
Mr. Christian Sosa, Program Manager of the Payne Fellowship Program, will
host a webinar exclusively for UMD students.

DATE:  Monday, September 28, 2020
TIME: 12:00 - 1:00 pm

ZOOM REGISTRATION AND LINK
https://howard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErde2uqjopGdE70mzoIRwi7dcKSrVHTUkV

Read about 2019 alumna Leyla Merlo, UMD's first Payne fellow!
http://www.scholarships.umd.edu/announcements/Payne2020.html

Eligibility requirements:
Applicants must be seeking admission to enter graduate school in the fall of
2021 for a two-year program at a U.S. university in an area of relevance to
the USAID Foreign Service. They can be in their senior year of their
undergraduate studies, graduating by June 2021, or they can be college
graduates.
Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher on a
4.0 scale at the time of application.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

Service Requirement: Recipients are obligated to complete a minimum five-year
term of service as a Foreign Service officer.

Deadline: November 1, 2020

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