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August 12, 2009 Indonesian Students to Study in the U.S. for Graduate Degrees Jakarta, August 12 -- Twenty-four talented young Indonesian professionals departed today for the United States today to study for their Master’s and Doctoral degrees in education, environment, economics, management, health, public policy, and regional planning. They will study at various U.S. universities courtesy of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Human and Institutional Capacity Development Project (HICD). Of the twenty-four participants selected this year, eleven are female and thirteen are male. The participants hail from various Indonesian provinces including Lampung and Papua. Fourteen of the participants have diverse backgrounds and fields of expertise at both the national and local government level. In addition, three of the participants come from state universities, three from private universities, and three from NGOs. USAID's HICD project is a $16 million, four year effort implemented by the Academy for Educational Development (AED) that expires in 2011. The project will provide opportunities for 110 students to study for Master’s degrees and a limited number for Doctoral and Bachelor degrees. Besides U.S. universities study destination, the HICD also offers scholarship program to young Indonesians to study Master’s and doctoral degrees in Indonesia and other third country universities. For more information on USAID’s HICD program, please contact: Roman Woronowycz, USAID Outreach and Communications Officer, at 62-21-3435-9424; email: rworonowycz@usaid.gov, or Dr. Kay Ikranagara, Chief of Party, AED at 62-21-51000052, email: kayikra@aed.or.id For more information about the U.S. Embassy Jakarta’s activities, please visit http://jakarta.usembassy.gov/. ### |
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