The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program was launched with a grant from the Ford Foundation (http://www.fordfound.org/) in 2001. The program offers fellowships for post-graduate study to leaders from underserved communities in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Russia.
Fellowship recipients are exceptional individuals with demonstrated social commitment and academic achievement.Typically, they are men and women who have overcome obstacles such as poverty and discrimination to gain access to higher education, and they aspire to work for social justice in their home communities upon completion of their studies. applicants must be resident nationals or residents of an eligible IFP country or territory.
All applications must be submitted to the appropriate IFP International Partner in the country or region where the applicant resides. IFP International Partners determine application deadlines and selection schedules in their region or country.
Eligibility:
Only citizens of the following countries are eligible:
Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda or Vietnam may apply.
Further Scholarship Information and Application: The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (http://www.fordifp.net/AboutIFP/HistoryandMission/tabid/62/tabid/64/Default.aspx)
International Partners for Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
BRAZIL
• Carlos Chagas Foundation (CCF)
• http://www.programabolsa.org.br (http://www.programabolsa.org.br)
CHILE
• La Fundación Equitas
• http://fundacionequitas.org (http://fundacionequitas.org)
CHINA
• Institute of International Education Beijing Office
• http://www.china-ifp.org (http://www.china-ifp.org)
EGYPT
• America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST)
• http://www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/ifp (http://www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/ifp)
GHANA
• Association of African Universities (AAU)
• http://www.aau.org/ifp (http://www.aau.org/ifp)
GUATEMALA
• Center for Research on the Mesoamerica Region (CIRMA)
• http://www.cirma.org.gt (http://www.cirma.org.gt)
INDIA
• United States Educational Foundation in India (USEFI)
• http://www.ifpsa.org (http://www.ifpsa.org)
INDONESIA
• Indonesian International Education Foundation (IIEF)
• http://www.iief.or.id/index.php (http://www.iief.or.id/index.php)
KENYA
• The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
• http://www.ifpeastafrica.org (http://www.ifpeastafrica.org)
MEXICO
• Center for Research and Higher Education in Social Anthropology (CIESAS)
• http://www.ciesas.edu.mx/ciesas-ford/Intro.htm (http://www.ciesas.edu.mx/ciesas-ford/Intro.htm)
MOZAMBIQUE
• Africa-America Institute (AAI)
• http://www.ifpmoz.co.mz (http://www.ifpmoz.co.mz)
NIGERIA
• Pathfinder International
• http://www.pathfind.org/ifp (http://www.pathfind.org/ifp)
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
• America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST)
• http://www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/ifp (http://www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/ifp)
PERU
• Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
• http://www.iep.org.pe/ (http://www.iep.org.pe/)
PHILIPPINES
• Philippines Social Science Council (PSSC)
• http://www.ifpphil.ph/ (http://www.ifpphil.ph/)
RUSSIA
• Institute of International Education Russia and Eurasia Office
• www.ifprussia.ru (http://www.ifprussia.ru)
SENEGAL
• West African Research Center
• http://www.warc-croa.org/ (http://www.warc-croa.org/)
SOUTH AFRICA
• Africa-America Institute (AAI)
• http://www.aaisa.org.za (http://www.aaisa.org.za) [Internet Explorer only]
TANZANIA
• The Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF)
• http://www.esrftz.org/ifp (http://www.esrftz.org/ifp)
THAILAND
• Asian Scholarship Foundation (ASF)
• http://www.asianscholarship.org/ (http://www.asianscholarship.org/)
UGANDA
• Association of the Advancement of Higher Education and Development (AHEAD)
• http://www.ahead.or.ug (http://www.ahead.or.ug)
VIETNAM
• Center for Educational Exchange with Vietnam (CEEVN)
• http://www.acls.org/ceevn/ifpguidelines.htm (http://www.acls.org/ceevn/ifpguidelines.htm)
For more info: International Partners for Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (http://www.fordifp.org/AboutIFP/InternationalPartners/tabid/65/Default.aspx)