IETA Application Process
The application period for the 2023-2024 cohort ended on August 15, 2023. Applications for the 2024-2025 cohort will open in Summer 2024. If you have questions about the application process, please contact the IETA program at ieta@cdc.gov.
Recorded Webinars
The IETA program held an informational webinar on Thursday, June 22, 2023. See the links to the recorded webinar and PowerPoint slides.
We have Frequently Asked Questions that address questions we receive during our webinars and directly sent to our e-mail box.
Timeline
For the 2024-2025 cohort, all complete applications received by the deadline in summer 2024 will be reviewed and scored by a screening panel that consists of a mix of CDC staff who have extensive experience working internationally for the agency, IETA program alumni, and subject matter experts in the field(s) of technical expertise identified by the candidates.
The highest scoring applicants will be invited to interview virtually in September 2024. Following reference checks, finalists will be invited to participate in the 2024-2025 IETA cohort in October 2024. The program will begin in November with the in-person orientation in Atlanta, Georgia from November 4-8, 2024. The closing workshop will take place September 16-18, 2025.
Selection Process
To decrease the likelihood for factors such as unconscious bias, IETA program staff will blind each application and remove identification details such as name, gender, work location, etc. Identification details on each application are removed by the IETA program prior to screening. IETA’s screening panel will then review and rate each application based on the IETA Best Fit Model.
Best Fit Model for IETA Candidates
Are you interested in IETA, but not sure if the program is right for you—or if you’re a good fit for the program? IETA’s Best Fit model below is designed to help potential candidates consider whether IETA is an appropriate program to advance their public health career. This list gives an overview of the core competencies that the IETA program is seeking in its candidates and might help you determine whether you will be successful as an IETA participant. For more information about IETA eligibility requirements, visit the Eligibility page.
Competency
Competency
Description
Description
Career goals
Career goals
“Best fit” candidates are growth-minded and have global health career goals that include supporting HHS’s global mission. They are applying to IETA because they want to figure out if working internationally is right for them.
“Best fit” candidates are growth-minded and have global health career goals that include supporting HHS’s global mission. They are applying to IETA because they want to figure out if working internationally is right for them.
Cultural humility
Cultural humility
“Best fit” candidates actively use cultural humility to build understanding with colleagues and partners and promote equity of individual perspectives, experiences, and identities. They demonstrate the ability to live, work, and interact with people across a wide variety of cultural and social backgrounds.
“Best fit” candidates actively use cultural humility to build understanding with colleagues and partners and promote equity of individual perspectives, experiences, and identities. They demonstrate the ability to live, work, and interact with people across a wide variety of cultural and social backgrounds.
Flexibility
Flexibility
“Best fit” candidates are open and flexible to different ways of seeing and doing. They are willing and able to adapt to change, particularly regarding how and when work gets done. They function well under uncertainty and frequently changing conditions.
“Best fit” candidates are open and flexible to different ways of seeing and doing. They are willing and able to adapt to change, particularly regarding how and when work gets done. They function well under uncertainty and frequently changing conditions.
Personal accountability
Personal accountability
“Best fit” candidates take ownership of what happens as a result of their choices and actions. They pay close attention to the quality of their performance and address identified performance problems promptly.
“Best fit” candidates take ownership of what happens as a result of their choices and actions. They pay close attention to the quality of their performance and address identified performance problems promptly.
Team player
Team player
“Best fit” candidates are comfortable collaborating with others and care more about helping a team to succeed than individual success.
“Best fit” candidates are comfortable collaborating with others and care more about helping a team to succeed than individual success.
Technical expertise
Technical expertise
The IETA program seeks applicants from a wide variety of professional backgrounds. “Best fit” candidates are able to clearly articulate how they will contribute to HHS’s global mission.
The IETA program seeks applicants from a wide variety of professional backgrounds. “Best fit” candidates are able to clearly articulate how they will contribute to HHS’s global mission.
