The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program provides opportunities for advanced study to individuals who will use this education to become leaders in their respective fields.  To ensure that fellows are drawn from diverse backgrounds, IFP actively seeks candidates from social groups and communities that lack systematic access to higher education, and supports them through local partner organizations in 22 countries.  A growing number of IFP fellows have completed their studies and returned to their home countries, where they are forming alumni associations and networks, building a vibrant community both within and across national borders.

Download a brochure about IFP

Ford Foundation programs have long promoted higher education and social justice worldwide.  By investing $355 million in IFP from 2001-2013, the Foundation is building on its commitment to creating knowledge in fields ranging across the natural and social sciences and humanities.  IFP draws on this tradition and underscores the Foundation’s belief that education empowers individuals to improve their own lives as well as to assist others in the pursuit of more equitable and just societies.

IFP is a program of the New York City-based International Fellowships Fund. The Fund is an independently incorporated supporting organization of the Institute of International Education (IIE).  The IFP Secretariat is housed at IIE headquarters in New York, which disburses the funds, and provides university placement for many IFP fellows.  IFP also works closely with Ford Foundation offices across the world.