Ford Foundation International Fellows Program
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: February 12, 2006
Introduction & Guidelines
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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.
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.
Applicants must be resident nationals or residents of an eligible IFP
country.
In addition, successful candidates will:
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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
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 India Indonesia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal Kenya Uganda Tanzania |
Mozambique South Africa Egypt and Palestine Chile and Peru Brazil Guatemala Mexico Russia |
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