The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report

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1. Purpose
1.1. This Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) establishes the modality and extent of cooperation
between the Parties to establish a VEF Fellowship, Visiting Scholar, and U.S. Faculty Scholar
Program (“Program”) at the School.
1.2. The Program involves: (a) Vietnamese students selected by VEF as VEF Fellows to attend a graduate
degree program in the U.S; (b) Vietnamese scholars selected by VEF as VEF Visiting Scholars to
attend a professional development program in the U.S.; and (c) American professors selected by VEF
as VEF U.S. Faculty Scholars to teach at Vietnamese universities.
2. Roles of the Parties
2.1. Role of VEF
2.1.1. VEF is the sponsor of the Program.
2.1.2. VEF recruits, screens, and selects: (a) VEF Fellows and VEF Visiting Scholars and prepares
them for their programs in the U.S.; and (b) VEF U.S. Faculty Scholars and prepares them for
their programs in Vietnam.
2.1.3. VEF provides specified grants 1 as well as additional financial and other support for VEF
Fellows, VEF Visiting Scholars, and VEF U.S. Faculty Scholars.
2.1.4. VEF provides Fellowship administration support; advising and immigration support for all
Fellows and Visiting Scholars in the U.S.; and grant administration and support for all U.S.
Faculty Scholars while they are preparing for their program in Vietnam and while they are in
Vietnam.
2.2. Role of the School
2.2.1. The School is the host of the Program.
2.2.2. The School considers VEF Fellows for graduate admission pursuant to its standard
admissions criteria for applications received by the School’s published deadline and, if the
VEF Fellow is admitted, agrees to follow the financial terms of the VEF Fellowship and
provides graduate educational training to them.
2.2.3. The School considers VEF Visiting Scholars for post-doctoral work pursuant to its standard
criteria and, if accepted, provides courtesies to the VEF Visiting Scholars as post-doctoral
scholars.
2.2.4. The School provides in-kind and other support to VEF U.S. Faculty Scholars, who are regular
or retired faculty members of the School.
3. Responsibilities of VEF
3.1. Selection Process. VEF conducts a national competitive application and selection process: (a) in
Vietnam to identify and select the most qualified candidates for VEF Fellowships and for VEF
Visiting Scholar Grants; and (b) in the U.S. to identify and select the most qualified candidates for the
VEF U.S. Faculty Scholar Grants. For VEF Fellows, this process includes an oral exam of the
candidates conducted in English by American scientists and academicians sent to Vietnam by VEF
with assistance from the National Academies. For VEF Visiting Scholars and VEF U.S. Faculty
Scholars, this process includes an oral interview by phone conducted in English by VEF and the
National Academies.
3.2. TOEFL and GRE (for VEF Fellows). Through the application and selection process for VEF
Fellows, VEF requires evidence of sufficient English as verified by the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (“TOEFL”) or an equivalent measure, and VEF requires evidence of sufficient academic
1 The term "grant" is an internal term used by VEF and does not imply any particular definition or associated practices that
the host university may have for their reference to the same term.