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. The program provides support for formal graduate-level study leading to a masters or doctoral degree. 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. 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 Fellows may choose to study in any academic discipline or field of study related to the Ford Foundation's three grant-making areas, which include the following: (1) Asset Building and Community Development (including environment and development, community development, sexual and reproductive health); (2) Education Reform; and (3) Human Rights (international cooperation, governance, and civil society).
The application deadlines and selection schedule is determined by the IFP Fellowship Offices. Fellows will be financed for up to three years.
In addition to financial assistance for travel, living expenses, tuition and related costs, the IFP will give fellows pre-fellowship training, including language study and short courses in research and computer skills. 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. In addition, all IFP Fellows must demonstrate excellence in their undergraduate studies and hold a baccalaureate degree; have experience in community service or development-related activities; pursue a post-baccalaureate degree that will directly enhance their leadership capacity in an academic, policy, practical, 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; and commit themselves to working on these issues following the fellowship period.
For more information visit
http://www.fordfound.org/news/more/11272000ifp/index.cfm
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