PHA-Exchange> Ford Foundation's International Fellowships Program

[George(s) Lessard]

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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 top of page
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 <http://www.china-
ifp.org> 
INDIA
United State Educational Foundation in India (USEFI): www.ifpsa.org 
<http://www.ifpsa.org> 
INDONESIA
Indonesian International Education Foundation (IIEF): www.iie.org/iie/ief 
<http://www.iie.org/iie/ief> 
PHILIPPINES
Philippines Social Science Council (PSSC): www.philsocsci.org 
<http://www.philsocsci.org> 
VIETNAM
Center for Educational Exchange with Vietnam (CEEVN): 
edex at netnam.org.vn <mailto:edex at netnam.org.vn> 
GHANA, NIGERIA, AND SENEGAL
The Association of African Universities (AAU): www.aau.org/ifp/ 
<http://www.aau.org/ifp/> 
KENYA, TANZANIA AND UGANDA
Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA):
www.iucea.org/scholarships/Schorlaships.html 
<http://www.iucea.org/scholarships/Schorlaships.html> 
MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA
Africa-America Institute (AAI): www.aaionline.org <http://www.aaionline.org> 
EGYPT AND PALESTINE
American-Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST):
www.amideast.org <http://www.amideast.org> 
CHILE AND PERU
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO): 
www.programabecas.org <http://www.programabecas.org> 
BRAZIL
Carlos Chagas Foundation (CCF): www.programabolsa.org.br/ 
<http://www.programabolsa.org.br/> 
GUATEMALA
Center for Research on the Mesoamerica Region (CIRMA):
www.cirma.net/becas.htm <http://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 
<http://www.ciesas.edu.mx/bibdf/ciesas-ford/home.html> 
MEXICO AND GUATEMALA
Institute of International Education Office for Latin America (Mexico City):
iie at solar.sar.net <mailto:iie at solar.sar.net> 
RUSSIA
Institute of International Education Russia and Eurasia Office
www.iie.ru/pgms/IFP <http://www.iie.ru/pgms/IFP> 


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