The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (Ford-IFP) provides opportunities to exceptional individuals for advanced study. If you are a resident of an eligible IFP country and would like to study in Europe, Nuffic can act as a placement partner for you.

If your ambition is to use your education to become a leader in your field, furthering development in your own country and greater economic and social justice worldwide, you are eligible.

Potential fellows are selected from 22 countries and territories in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and from Russia, where the IFF collaborates closely with partner organizations.

Fields of study

As a fellow, you may enroll on master’s programs or doctoral programs and pursue any academic discipline or field of study that is consistent with the interests and goals of the International Fellowships Fund. The Foundation currently works in twelve fields to strengthen democratic values, alleviate poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.

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.

Scholarship outline

The fellowship provides a financial contribution for an IPF fellow to obtain a master’s degree or a PhD degree at one of the partner universities of the IFP.

Pre-Academic Training PAT

IFP offers fellows the opportunity to prepare for your study by following Pre-Academic Training (PAT). This course aims to improve both English language skills and academic skills. PAT familiarizes you with the academic environment of European higher education institutions. In the Netherlands, PAT is given by the Centre for European Studies (CES) at the University of Maastricht. The CES has an established record of providing pre-academic and bridging programmes for international students.

More information

For more information about IFP, please visit the programme website. www.fordifp.net

Radboud University Nijmegan offer the program “Huygens Scholarships Program” for students who are interested to continue their education at the University of the Netherlands. Huygens Scholarship Program is a scholarship program that provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of the Netherlands for the academic year 2009-2010.

The HSP Huygens Program opens opportunities to students who have talent and desire to travel to education in the Netherlands, and a maximum of 35 years of age from all over the country. This opens the opportunity, both for the undergraduate program is completed (S-1) levels end, and are completing a Master program (S-2). Education can also be done in the form of research and program or a Master (S-2) and applied in the period up to 2 years.

Some of the overall education funding will be provided for students to follow the best programs the Dutch language and literature, languages or programs culture and the Netherlands (Neerlanddistiek). Furthermore, the selection committee has been appointed by the Minister of ducation, Science and Culture of the Netherlands will select candidates eligible for the scholarship program Huygens.

For the requirements and application forms or more information about the Huygens Program can visit http://www.nuffic.nl/hsp/

Applications for the Huygens Scholarship Program at the latest February 1, 2009. More information about the Radboud University Nijmegen can see in http://www.ru.nl/io/english.

* In the Postgraduate Scholarship and Overseas

Through the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP) to open the opportunity to get a full scholarship to continue studies Postgraduate (Masters and Doctoral) in certain universities, both inside and outside the country. Science is as follows: arts and culture, education and scholarly, media, law enforcement and human rights, social sciences and environmental studies community development and other areas of expertise.

* Universities in Australia