Hi Folks,
Please pass this information about the Ford Foundation International
Fellowships Program along to people you think would be interested and
eligible for it. The Ford Foundation encourages applications from
traditionally underrepresented groups, including people with disabilities.
Please contact the appropriate Ford Foundation office listed below if you
are interested in learning more about how to apply.
Tracy Scharn
NCDE Project Coordinator
Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
(IFP) provides opportunities for advanced study to
exceptional individuals who will use this education to
become leaders in their respective fields, furthering
development in their own countries and greater economic
and social justice worldwide. To ensure that Fellows
are drawn from diverse backgrounds, IFP
actively seeks candidates from social groups and
communities that lack systematic access to higher
education.
IFP is the largest single program ever supported by the
Ford Foundation. By investing $280 million over ten
years through 2010, the Foundation intends to build on
its half century of support for higher education.
Foundation programs have long
promoted the highest educational standards and
achievement. Ford fellowship recipients have become
leaders in institutions around the world and have
helped build global knowledge in fields
ranging across the natural and social sciences as well
as the humanities and arts. IFP draws on this tradition
and underscores the Foundation's belief that education
enables people to improve their own lives as well as to
assist others in the common pursuit
of more equitable and just societies.
General Guidelines
The International Fellowships Program provides support
for up to three years of formal graduate-level study
leading to a masters or doctoral degree. Fellows are
selected from countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle
East, Latin America, and Russia, where the
Ford Foundation maintains active overseas programs.
U.S. nationals are not eligible, although Fellows may
study in the United States.
Fellows are chosen on the basis of their leadership
potential and commitment to community or national
service, as well as for academic excellence. Fellows
may enroll in masters or doctoral programs and may
pursue any academic discipline or field of study
that is consistent with the interests and goals of the
Ford Foundation. The Foundation currently works in
fifteen fields to strengthen democratic values, reduce
poverty and injustice, promote international
cooperation, and advance human achievement.
Once selected, Fellows may enroll in an appropriate
university program anywhere in the world, including
their country of residence. The program provides
placement assistance to those Fellows not yet admitted
to graduate school.
IFP support also enables Fellows to undertake
short-term language study and training in research and
computer skills prior to graduate school enrollment. In
addition, new Fellows attend orientation sessions,
while current Fellows actively participate
in learning and discussion activities designed to
create information and exchange networks among IFP
Fellows worldwide.
Finally, the program strongly encourages IFP alumni to
maintain contact with the program after completing the
fellowships to help them remain current in their
respective fields through the expanding IFP network.
Because local requirements vary widely among IFP
countries, applicants should carefully follow the
specific application guidelines provided by the
relevant IFP International Partner
organizations listed below, including deadlines for the
submission of applications.
Who Is Eligible?
Applicants must be resident nationals or residents of
an eligible IFP country.
In addition, successful candidates will:
Demonstrate superior achievement in their undergraduate
studies and hold a baccalaureate degree or its
equivalent.
Have substantial experience in community service or
development-related activities.
Possess leadership potential evidenced by their
employment and academic experience.
Propose to pursue a post-baccalaureate degree that will
directly enhance their leadership capacity in a
practical, policy, academic, or artistic discipline or
field corresponding to one or more of the Foundation's
areas of endeavor.
Present a plan specifying how they will apply their
studies to social problems or issues in their own
countries. Commit themselves to working on these issues
following the fellowship period. IFP selects Fellows on
the strength of their clearly-
stated intention to serve their communities and
countries of origin, and expects that they will honor
this obligation.
IFP Fields of Study
IFP Fellows may choose to study in any academic
discipline or field of study related to the Ford
Foundation's three grant-making areas, which are:
Asset Building and Community Development
Children, Youth and Families
Sexuality and Reproductive Health
Work-Force Development
Development Finance and Economic Security
Environment and Development
Community Development
Education, Media, Arts and Culture
Education Reform
Higher Education and Scholarship
Religion, Society and Culture
Media
Arts and Culture
Peace and Social Justice
Human Rights
International Cooperation
Governance
Civil Society
The Application Process
All applications must be submitted to the appropriate
IFP International Partner listed below in the country
or region where the applicant resides. IFP
International Partners determine application deadlines
and selection schedules in their region or
country. Applications are reviewed and final selections
decided by panels composed of practitioners and
scholars from various fields of work and study. The
level and duration of awards are determined as part of
the selection process. Ford Foundation
staff and their family members may not serve on
selection panels and are not eligible to apply for IFP
awards. Members of selection committees, staff of the
organizations managing the program in the various
regions, and their family members are also ineligible
for IFP awards.
IFP International Partner Offices:
China
Institute of International Education (IIE):
www.china-ifp.org
India
United State Educational Foundation in India (USEFI):
www.ifpsa.org
Indonesia
Indonesian International Education Foundation (IIEF):
www.iie.org/iie/ief
Philippines
Philippines Social Science Council (PSSC):
www.philsocsci.org
Vietnam
Center for Educational Exchange with Vietnam (CEEVN):
edex@netnam.org.vn
Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal
The Association of African Universities (AAU):
www.aau.org/ifp/
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA):
www.iucea.org/scholarships/Schorlaships.html
Mozambique and South Africa
Africa-America Institute (AAI):
www.aaionline.org
Egypt and Palestine
American-Mideast Educational and Training Services
(AMIDEAST):
www.amideast.org
Chile and Peru
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO):
www.programabecas.org
Brazil
Carlos Chagas Foundation (CCF):
www.programabolsa.org.br/
Guatemala
Center for Research on the Mesoamerica Region (CIRMA):
www.cirma.net/becas.htm
Mexico
Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social
Science
(CIESAS): www.ciesas.edu.mx/bibdf/ciesas-ford/home.html
Mexico and Guatemala
Institute of International Education Office for Latin
America
(Mexico City): iie@solar.sar.net
Russia
Institute of International Education Russia and Eurasia
Office
www.iie.ru/pgms/IFP