Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (I.F.P) Scholarships for Developing Countries
Course(s) Offered: Any academic dependent or field
Course Level: Post-graduate, fellowships, phd
Provider: Ford Foundation
Country to Study in: Any Country
Scholarship Description
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program’s (IFP) was launched inwards 2001 with $280 million, the largest unmarried grant inwards Ford Foundation history. In Apr 2006 the Ford Foundation announced a novel pledge of $75 meg for IFP. The programme expects to back upwardly about 4,300 Fellows when terminal selections are completed inwards 2010. IFP volition conclude inwards 2013.
IFP mission is to expand educational chance in addition to foster social jurist inwards developing countries. IFP provides fellowships for post-graduate report to emerging leaders from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Russian Federation in addition to Latin America. These leaders come upwardly from marginalized in addition to excluded communities that typically lack access to higher education.
Eligibility
IFP selects Fellows on the strength of their clearly-stated intention to serve their communities in addition to countries of origin, in addition to expects that they volition respect this obligation.
Successful candidates will:
Course(s) Offered: Any academic dependent or field
Course Level: Post-graduate, fellowships, phd
Provider: Ford Foundation
Country to Study in: Any Country
Scholarship Description
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program’s (IFP) was launched inwards 2001 with $280 million, the largest unmarried grant inwards Ford Foundation history. In Apr 2006 the Ford Foundation announced a novel pledge of $75 meg for IFP. The programme expects to back upwardly about 4,300 Fellows when terminal selections are completed inwards 2010. IFP volition conclude inwards 2013.
IFP mission is to expand educational chance in addition to foster social jurist inwards developing countries. IFP provides fellowships for post-graduate report to emerging leaders from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Russian Federation in addition to Latin America. These leaders come upwardly from marginalized in addition to excluded communities that typically lack access to higher education.
Eligibility
IFP selects Fellows on the strength of their clearly-stated intention to serve their communities in addition to countries of origin, in addition to expects that they volition respect this obligation.
Successful candidates will:
- Demonstrate superior achievement inwards their undergraduate studies in addition to concur a baccalaureate marking or its equivalent.
- Have substantial sense inwards community service or development-related activities.
- Possess leadership potential evidenced past times their occupation in addition to academic experience.
- Propose to pursue a post-baccalaureate marking that volition straight heighten their leadership capacity inwards a practical, policy, academic, or artistic dependent or plain corresponding to 1 or to a greater extent than of the Foundation’s areas of endeavor.
- Present a excogitation specifying how they volition apply their studies to social problems or issues inwards their ain countries. Commit themselves to working on these issues next the enterprise period.
Scholarship Criteria:
Fellows are selected on the footing of their academic tape in addition to potential, leadership skills in addition to social commitment. Selections are carried out past times independent committees inwards private countries in addition to regions.
Eligible Groups
Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program applicants must move resident nationals or residents of an eligible IFP reason or territory. Currently, these are: Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, in addition to Vietnam.
Approximately one-half the selected Fellows are women, many are from ethnic, religious or linguistic minority groups inwards their dwelling household countries, in addition to the bulk comes from rural areas or little towns.
Participating Institution(s)
The enterprise supports report programs inwards universities throughout the world. The programme has developed partnerships with dozens of universities inwards the United States, the United Kingdom, in addition to continental Europe, likewise every bit inwards the Fellows’ dwelling household regions.
Field(s) of study
Ford Foundation International Fellows may select to report inwards whatever academic dependent or plain of report related to the Ford Foundation’s 3 grant-making areas, which are:
Asset Building in addition to Community Development
- Community Development
- Development Finance in addition to Economic Security
- Work-force Development
- Environment in addition to Development
- Arts in addition to Culture
- Education in addition to Scholarship
- Media
- Religion, Society in addition to Culture
- Sexuality in addition to Reproductive Health
- Civil Society
- Governance
- Human Rights
IFP fellowships back upwardly up to 3 years of report for master’s, doctoral, or professional person post-graduate degrees. Fellows have a comprehensive parcel of benefits, including preparatory training, placement assistance in addition to academic back upwardly during their post-graduate programs.
Number of Awards
Over 3,300 Fellows accept been selected from to a greater extent than than 65,000 candidates inwards Africa in addition to the Middle East, Asia, Russian Federation in addition to Latin America. Almost 400 lately selected Fellows are at 1 time inwards preparatory preparation in addition to admissions processes.
Method of Application
All applications must move submitted to the appropriate IFP International Partner inwards the reason or share where the applicant resides. IFP International Partners produce upwardly one's heed application deadlines in addition to alternative schedules inwards their share or country.
Contact
For full general data nearly the program, contact the IFP Secretariat at question@fordifp.org.
Application Deadline: Rolling / varies per country
Open to International students: Yes
Resources:
1). Country-specific Websites
2). Download International Fellowship Brochure
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