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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is investing in the future by creating a path for outstanding students, particularly those from minority groups historically under-represented at USDA, to pursue careers in the U.S. Foreign Service. The program will help ensure that FAS Foreign Service Officers, who serve American agriculture at U.S. embassies and diplomatic missions around the globe, reflect the diversity that is the strength of the United States. Learn more at fasfellowship.org.

The FAS International Agricultural Fellowship Program (IAFP) provides:

Funding up to $42,000 per year for two years to attend two-year graduate programs in Agribusiness or Agricultural Economics at U.S. universities.

A summer internship working at the Foreign Agricultural Service in Washington, D.C., with stipend, housing, and transportation.

An overseas summer internship working in an FAS office at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate, with stipend, housing, and transportation.

Mentoring from an FAS Foreign Service Officer.

Professional development activities to prepare the Fellow for a Foreign Agricultural Service career.

A pathway to employment in the Foreign Agricultural Service for those who successfully complete the program and meet FAS requirements.

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY

U.S. citizenship

3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale

- Intention to seek admission to a two-year, full-time, on-campus master's degree program at a U.S. graduate institution to begin in the fall of 2024 in Agribusiness or Agricultural Economics.

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

Foreign Service Officers serve as the eyes, ears, and voice of American agriculture internationally. They promote U.S. agricultural exports through building cooperative relationships in nearly 100 field offices covering more than 170 markets worldwide.

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 12, 2023