Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP)

Are you a leader in your chosen field and community? Are you from an underserved community in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Russia? The, the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP) is right for you!

"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."

"How does IFP identify, recruit, select, and support such an unusual group of fellows? 
The program has developed a unique model: an integrated approach to increasing access and equity in higher education that also contributes to social justice.  The model combines outreach to previously excluded beneficiaries with an emphasis on enhancing fellows’ knowledge, skills, and capacity to serve as transformational leaders in their home countries."

"To achieve greater equity and educational opportunity, each local partner considers gender, race and ethnicity, religion, region of origin, economic and educational background, parents’ education and employment, and physical disability.  Although these factors affect access to educational opportunity in all IFP countries, their relative weight differs in each context."


The program has international partners in 22 countries that screen and select qualified fellows. Kindly check your country's partner institution for this program.

• BRAZIL
  • Carlos Chagas Foundation (CCF)
  • http://www.programabolsa.org.br

• CHILE
  • La Fundación Equitas
  • http://fundacionequitas.org

• CHINA
  • Institute of International Education Beijing Office
  • http://www.china-ifp.org

• EGYPT
  • America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST)
  • http://www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/ifp

• GHANA
  • Association of African Universities (AAU)
  • http://www.aau.org/ifp

• GUATEMALA
  • Center for Research on the Mesoamerica Region (CIRMA)
  • http://www.cirma.org.gt

• INDIA
  • United States Educational Foundation in India (USEFI)
  • http://www.ifpsa.org

• INDONESIA
  • Indonesian International Education Foundation (IIEF)
  • http://www.iief.or.id/index.php

• KENYA
  • The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
  • http://www.ifpeastafrica.org

• MEXICO
  • Center for Research and Higher Education in Social Anthropology (CIESAS)
  • http://www.ciesas.edu.mx/ciesas-ford/Intro.htm

• MOZAMBIQUE
  • Africa-America Institute (AAI)
  • http://www.ifpmoz.co.mz

• NIGERIA
  • Pathfinder International
  • http://www.pathfind.org/ifp

• PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
  • America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (AMIDEAST)
  • http://www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/ifp

• PERU
  • Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
  • http://www.iep.org.pe/

• PHILIPPINES
  • Philippines Social Science Council (PSSC)
  • http://www.ifpphil.ph/

• RUSSIA
  • Institute of International Education Russia and Eurasia Office
  • www.ifprussia.ru

• SENEGAL
  • West African Research Center
  • http://www.warc-croa.org/

• SOUTH AFRICA
  • Africa-America Institute (AAI)
  • http://www.aaisa.org.za [Internet Explorer only]

• TANZANIA
  • The Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF)
  • http://www.esrftz.org/ifp

• THAILAND
  • Asian Scholarship Foundation (ASF)
  • http://www.asianscholarship.org/

• UGANDA
  • Association of the Advancement of Higher Education and Development (AHEAD)
  • http://www.ahead.or.ug

• VIETNAM
  • Center for Educational Exchange with Vietnam (CEEVN)
  • http://www.acls.org/ceevn/ifpguidelines.htm

Goodluck!