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The USA Center for Culture and the Arts
Ford int’l fellowships open at San Agustin
The Ford Foundation – International Fellowships Program (FF-IFP) has recently opened slots for grants that will commence in 2007. The deadline for pre-applications is November 30, 2005.
The FF-IFP awards graduate fellowships leading to a master’s or doctorate degree to candidates who have demonstrated social commitment, leadership and academic achievement. It reaches out to a new generation of potential leaders from groups and communities that have traditionally lacked access to higher education.
The master’s or doctorate degree to be pursued by fellows must be related to any one of the 12 Ford Foundation grant-making areas, namely: Arts and Culture; Civil Society; Community and Resource Management; Community Development; Economic Development and Economic Security; Education and Scholarship; Governance; Human Rights; Religion, Society and Culture; Media; Sexuality and Reproductive Health, and Workforce Development.
Selected fellows may enroll in any of the more than 300 top universities in Asia, Australia, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The grant covers tuition and other university fees, living allowances, travel allowances, and health insurance coverage.
To formally announce the fellowships in the region, representatives from the Philippine Social Science Council, which manages the IFP in the country, conducted last October 18 an information dissemination workshop on the fellowships at the University of San Agustin, the FF-IFP regional partner in Western Visayas. The workshop gathered around 70 participants from academic institutions, local government units, non-government organizations, and people’s organizations in the region. Fr. Manuel Vergara, OSA, University of San Agustin president, welcomed the participants.
Applicants from Western Visayas may obtain more information on the IFP and application forms from the University of San Agustin. Prof. Jigger Latoza, director of the USA Center for Research and Publications, coordinates the program in the region. Interested parties may contact telefax no. (033) 337-7716 or email research@usa.edu.ph.