AFRO-NETS> International Fellowships Program for the 2004/2005 Academic Years

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@mweb.co.za>]

International Fellowships Program for the 2004/2005 Academic Years
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The Inter-University Council for East Africa - Ford Foundation Inter-
national Fellowships Program 


The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is pleased to 
announce the International Fellowships Program (IFP) of the Ford 
Foundation for resident citizens and other residents of Kenya Uganda 
and Tanzania. The IFP, which will provide support for up to three 
years of formal post-graduate study, is an ongoing project whose ob-
jective is to provide opportunities to exceptional individuals from 
diverse backgrounds, social groups and communities that lack system-
atic access to higher education. Women, people with disabilities and 
those from marginalized communities and working with rural and urban 
poor are encouraged to apply. Ford International Fellows, as recipi-
ents of the Fellowships will be called, are expected to use their 
education to become leaders in fields that further the Ford Founda-
tion's goals of strengthening democratic values, reducing poverty and 
injustice, promoting international cooperation and advancing human 
achievement. 

For the academic year 2004/2005, the program will offer 42 scholar-
ships, tenable in any part of the world including East Africa, for 
study leading to the award of a Masters Degree. Applications for PhD 
studies will be invited during the subsequent competitions. Each Fel-
lowship covers tuition fees, subsistence allowance, travel and other 
related expenses. To be eligible, applicants must satisfy the crite-
ria below: 

* Be resident citizens and other residents of Kenya, Tanzania, or 
  Uganda. 
* Demonstrate good academic achievements in their undergraduate stud-
  ies or its equivalent from recognised institutions. One must have 
  graduated before 1999. 
* Have at least three years experience in community service or rural 
  based development related activities. 
* Demonstrate leadership skills and potential. 
* Pursue a post-graduate degree that will directly enhance their 
  leadership capacity in an academic, policy, practical, or artistic 
  field corresponding to one or more of the Foundation's program ar-
  eas++.
* Present a plan specifying how they will apply their studies to so-
  cial problems or issues in their own countries. 
* Be committed to working on these issues after the fellowship pe-
  riod. 

++ Areas: 
* Workforce development 
* Development Finance & Economic security 
* Environment & Development 
* Community development 
* Education & Scholarship 
* Sexuality & reproductive health 
* Religion, Society & Culture 
* Media; Arts & Culture 
* Human rights 
* International cooperation 
* Governance & Civil society 

Application forms may be downloaded from the IUCEA website:
http://www.iucea.org
or collected from any of the following centres:

IFP/FAWE Office 
Fawe House, Chania Avenue, 
off Wood Avenue. Kilimani 
P O Box 53168 
Nairobi - Kenya 
Tel: +254-2-246-590/251-877/226-080 
Fax: +254-2-210-709
mailto:ifp@fawe.org

IFP/ ESRF Office 
Economic and Social Research Foundation 
51 Uporoto Street, Ursino Estates 
P O Box 31226 
Dar es Salaam - Tanzania 

Tel: +255-222-2760-260/2760-758/2762-473 
Fax: +255-222-2760-062/
mailto:ifp@esrf.or.tz

IFP/FF/IUCEA 
The Inter-University Council for East Africa 
East African Development Bank Building 
Plot 4 Nile Avenue 
P O Box 7110 
Kampala - Uganda 
Tel: +256-41-256-251/2 
Fax: +256-41-342-007 
mailto:intervarsity@africaonline.co.ug
mailto:iuc@infocom.co.ug
mailto:ifp@iucea.org 

Completed application forms, with all the supporting documents indi-
cated in the checklist, should be returned to the undersigned by 25th 
April 2003. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated by panels, 
composed of women and men of integrity from various academic and pro-
fessional fields, who will make the final selections. Please note the 
following instructions: 

* Application forms received after the deadline will not be processed 
* Application forms without all the supporting documents will be dis-
  qualified 
* Incorrect information tendered will disqualify you, before, during 
  and after the award 
* IFP will conduct a random verification of facts on the form at any 
  stage of the application process 
* To qualify for the third round of the IFP Competition, all previous 
  unsuccessful applicants must reapply. 

The Project Coordinator 
International Fellowship Program (IFP) 
The Inter-University Council for East Africa 
East African Development Bank Building, 3rd Floor 
Plot 4 Nile Avenue 
P O Box 7110 
Kampala - Uganda 
Tel: +256-41-256-251/2, 349-583 
Fax: +256-41-342-007 
mailto:ifp@iucea.org
mailto:lnyariki@iucea.org 
http://www.iucea.org

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