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From: "Francisco Marmolejo" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: New International Fellowship Program/Nuevo Programa Internacional
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Dear colleagues:
Please find information that might be interesting for your and/or
your
colleagues about the creation of the Ford Foundation International
Fellowship Program. Please take note that for the 2000-01 year, students
from Vietnam, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Chile, Peru, and Russia will be
eligible. During 2001-2002 the program will expand to other countries and
regions, including South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, China, India, the
Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, North Africa, the Middle East and
Central America. Funded students may enroll in universities in any part of
the world, including their country of residence.
Regards,
Francisco Marmolejo
Executive Director
Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC)
University of Arizona
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Press Release
Ford Foundation Launches International Fellowships Program
Largest Single Grant in Its History
New York, N.Y., Nov. 29, 2000 - The Ford Foundation today announced a major
international graduate fellowships program and a complementary undergraduate
initiative to help prepare a new generation of future leaders for the
challenges of the 21st century.
The $330 million commitment features a new Ford Foundation International
Fellowships Program (IFP) that will provide $280 million over the next 10
years to support post-baccalaureate study for Fellows from Africa, the
Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Russia. The IFP, which will award 350
new graduate fellowships annually, assisting a total of 3,500 Fellows over
the next decade, represents the largest single grant in the Ford Foundation'
s history. An additional $50 million will support programs that seek to
broaden opportunities for undergraduate education in these regions.
"Societies around the world face the challenges of globalization, advancing
technology, peace and security, and the widening gap between rich and poor,"
said Susan V. Berresford, president of the Ford Foundation. "To tackle these
challenges successfully we need people from all sectors of society who can
bring fresh vision, expert knowledge and strong leadership skills. In many
countries, however, the rapidly increasing need for advanced education far
exceeds available resources, which is why we feel this is the right moment
to commit to a large-scale fellowships program."
The graduate fellowships will support up to three years of master's or
doctoral study at universities anywhere in the world. Fellows will be
selected on the basis of their leadership potential, academic excellence and
commitment to community or national development. They may pursue their
studies in any fields that further the Ford Foundation's goals of
strengthening democratic values, reducing poverty and injustice, promoting
international cooperation and advancing human achievement.
"We have an extraordinary opportunity at this point in history to foster
freedom, democracy, human rights and overall better lives for millions of
people around the world. The Ford Foundation International Fellowships
Program will play a major role in training new leaders," said U.S. Senator
Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee and the author of a federal program to train new Russian CPA's and
MBA's at American universities.
The International Fellowships Program aims to broaden the talent pool of
future leaders by making a special effort to recruit exceptional individuals
who would otherwise lack opportunities for advanced study. This will include
women, people who belong to particular ethnic, racial or religious groups,
and those who live outside capital cities or in countries in conflict or
post-conflict situations.
"The Second Summit of the Americas, in 1998, recognized education as 'the
determining factor for the political, social, cultural, and economic
development of our peoples,'" said Francisco Rojas Aravena, director of the
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Chile. "In Latin America, the
Ford Foundation's International Fellowships Program will make a decisive
contribution to achieving these goals and to the consolidation of
democracy."
The program builds on the Ford Foundation's longtime commitment to providing
educational opportunities to talented people around the world. Since the
1950s Ford has granted an estimated $365 million to enable some 30,000
individuals from more than 70 countries to pursue graduate education. Over
the years, Ford fellowship recipients have helped advance knowledge in the
social sciences, the humanities and the arts. Many former Ford Fellows have
become leaders in their countries' governments and in major institutions
around the world.
The new commitment of $330 million represents a special appropriation above
the Ford Foundation's annual level of grant making. Last year the foundation
made some 2,000 grants totaling close to $700 million.
"In making this commitment to international higher education, we can draw on
our 50 years of experience working overseas as well as the recent growth of
our assets resulting from the strong U.S economy," said Ms. Berresford. "We
thought it would be good to share our new wealth with people in developing
countries and particularly those from disadvantaged communities."
The International Fellowships Program will begin in Vietnam, Nigeria,
Senegal, Ghana, Chile, Peru, and Russia. During 2001-2002 the program will
expand to other countries and regions, including South Africa, Mozambique,
Kenya, China, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, North
Africa, the Middle East and Central America. United States citizens are not
eligible, but Fellows may study at U.S. universities.
The program will be managed by national, regional and international
organizations working in close collaboration with a Secretariat based at the
Ford Foundation's headquarters in New York. These organizations will convene
panels of scholars, practitioners, and other experts to assess applications
and make the final selection. For the first phase of the program, these
"partner" organizations are: the Association of African Universities (West
Africa), the Center for Educational Exchange with Vietnam/American Council
of Learned Societies (Vietnam), the Latin American Faculty of Social
Sciences (Chile and Peru) and the Moscow office of the Institute of
International Education (Russia). The Institute of International Education
in New York will provide centralized monitoring services for the program.
The Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental grant
making organization. For more than a half century it has been a resource for
innovative people and institutions worldwide, guided by its goals to
strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote
international cooperation, and advance human achievement. With headquarters
in New York, the foundation has offices in Africa, the Middle East, Asia,
Latin America, and Russia. Further information about the foundation is
available on its web site at www.fordfound.org.
Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program
Introduction
The 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 more diverse backgrounds than ever before, IFP
will actively recruit candidates from social groups and communities that
lack systematic access to higher education.
General Guidelines
The International Fellowships Program provides support for up to three years
of formal graduate-level study. Fellows will be selected from countries in
Africa and the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Russia where the
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 master's 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 universities in any part of the world,
including their country of residence. The program will provide placement
assistance to those Fellows not yet admitted to graduate school.
IFP support will enable Fellows to undertake language study and training in
research and computer skills prior to graduate school enrollment. New
Fellows will attend orientation sessions, and current Fellows may
participate in learning and discussion activities designed to create
information and exchange networks. Finally, the program provides resources
for Fellows to conduct research or projects in their home countries after
completing the fellowship period.
Who Is Eligible?
IFP Fellows must be nationals or residents of eligible countries.
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.
Commit themselves to working on these issues following the fellowship
period.
Eligible Countries (2000-2001)
West Africa (Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana)
Chile and Peru
Russia
Vietnam
Additional sites will be added in 2001-2002.
Eligible Fields (2000-2001)
Any academic discipline or field of study related to the Ford Foundation's
grant-making areas:
Asset Building & Community Development
Children, Youth & Families
Sexuality & Reproductive Health
Work-Force Development
Development Finance & Economic Security
Environment & Development
Community Development
Education, Media, Arts & Culture
Education Reform
Higher Education & Scholarship
Religion, Society & Culture
Media
Arts & Culture
Peace & Social Justice
Human Rights
International Cooperation
Governance Civil Society
The Application Process
All applications must be submitted to IFP offices in the country or region
where the applicant resides. Applications are reviewed and evaluated by a
local or regional panel composed of scholars and practitioners from various
academic fields, who also make the final selections. The level and duration
of the award will be determined as part of the placement 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.
The application deadlines and selection schedule will be determined by the
IFP Fellowship Offices.
IFP Fellowship Offices:
To request an application, contact:
West Africa
Association of African Universities (AAU)
P.O. AN 5744
Accra, Ghana
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Chile and Peru
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Leopoldo Urrutia 1950
Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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Vietnam
Center for Educational Exchange with Vietnam (CEEVN)
Suite #602 Sao Bac Building
5 Pho Da Tuong
Hanoi, Vietnam
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Russia
Institute of International Education (IIE)
B. Dmitrovka, 5/6
Building 3, 4th Floor
103009 Moscow, Russia
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