What is the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program?
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) is a Ford Foundation-supported program of the New York City-based International Fellowships Fund (IFF). IFP provides fellowships for post-baccalaureate study to individuals from groups or communities that lack systematic access to higher education. IFP is financed by the largest single grant in the history of the Ford Foundation, $280 million in 2001. In 2006 Ford made an additional grant of $15 million to IFF as part of a five-year, $75 million plan for additional fellowships. Through IFP, the Ford Foundation will support up to three years of formal post-baccalaureate study for Fellows from 22 countries and territories in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, as well as from Russia, from 2001 through 2014. The program will assist up to 4,400 Fellows during this period.
