International PG Scholarships

The Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide.

For last many decades, the For Foundation has been instrumental to

• Strengthen democratic values
• Reduce poverty and injustice
• Promote international cooperation
• Advance human achievement
  

International Fellowship 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.

Award Details

The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program provides support for up to three years of formal graduate-level study leading to a masters or doctoral degree. Once selected, Ford Foundation International 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 Ford Foundation IFP Fellows worldwide. Finally, the program 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 Ford Foundation IFP network.

Countries Covered

Fellows are selected from countries and territories 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.

Selection Criteria

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 thirteen fields to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.

Successful candidates are required to

• 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.

Fields of Study

Ford Foundation International Fellows may choose to study in any academic discipline or field of study related to the Ford Foundation's three grant-making areas, these include

Asset Building and Community Development

• Community Development
• Development Finance and Economic Security
• Work-force Development
• Environment and Development
• Knowledge, Creativity, and Freedom
• Arts and Culture
• Education and Scholarship
• Media
• Religion, Society and Culture
• Sexuality and Reproductive Health
• Peace and Social Justice
• Civil Society
• Governance
• Human Rights

Contact

For details, kindly visit : www.fordfound.org