The International Fellowships Program was launched with a grant from the Ford Foundation in 2001. The program offered fellowships for post-graduate study to leaders from underserved communities in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Russia.
The International Fellowships Program is the largest single program ever supported by the Ford Foundation. The International Fellowships Program draws on this tradition and underscores the Foundation's belief that education enables people to improve their own lives as well as to assist others in the common pursuit of more equitable and just societies.

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The General Guidelines :-
The Program is especially designed to support candidates from groups that have historically lacked access to higher education. Eligible candidates who belong to marginalized and excluded groups and communities such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes, religious minorities, women, physically challenged and those with other kinds of socio-economic deprivation are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility Criteria :
Applicants should:
** Be Be Indian nationals currently residing and working in the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh or Uttarakhand.
** Hold a Bachelor’s or a Master’s degree from a recognized Indian university with at least 55% marks. Applicants who already have two post-graduate degrees or equivalent will be given lower preference.
** Have at least three years’ full-time work experience relevant to their proposed area of study.
** Have experience in leadership and community service or development related activities.

Applicants are required to:
** Meet necessary admission requirements and language proficiency standards of the foreign or Indian university. Selected candidates who need training in English language skills should be able to devote up to 6 to 9 months, if required, to pursue a residential language training program outside their state. This takes place during the pre-fellowship phase after the announcement of the fellowship and prior to the commencement of the academic program.
** Pursue a post-graduate degree that will directly enhance their capacity to excel in an academic, policy-making, practical or artistic field corresponding to the Ford Foundation’s grant-making areas.
** Present a plan specifying how they will apply their studies to social problems or issues in their own countries.
** Demonstrate their commitment to working for these issues following the Fellowship period.
** Individuals who already have a degree from abroad will not be considered.
** Individuals must currently reside and need not belong to one of the 10 target states.
** Individuals belonging to the 10 target states but currently living outside these states will not be eligible.

Contact us :
FORD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM
12, Hailey Road, New Delhi