Ford Foundation Fellowships

Here's a great fellowship program for any one of you who's interested in pursuing a graduate degree which you can use to make positive changes in your community.

The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) awards graduate fellowships to candidates who have demonstrated social commitment, leadership and academic achievement. The IFP reaches out to a new generation of potential leaders from groups and communities that have traditionally lacked access to higher education and know at first hand the problems facing their countries and communities. Worldwide, IFP is being implemented in 22 countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, as well as Russia.

The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP), in partnership with the Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC), is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the fifth round of competition.

Applicants are expected to have earned a baccalaureate degree with above average grades, with at least three years of relevant work experience that relates to the proposed graduate study program and to the kind of work or community service that one plans to do after completion of studies.

Applicants are also expected to pursue studies in academic fields that parallel the Ford Foundation's grant making goals to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement.

Only those working and/or living outside Metro Manila are eligible to apply. Women, members of indigenous cultural communities, and those working with social development organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application Schedule for 2007/2008 Selection
Deadline for submission of full application forms - 31 October 2007

Interview by the National Selection Panel - May 2008

Start of academic year for selected candidates - September 2009

Click here to contact the IFP office nearest to you.

For more information, visit the IFP Philippines website.