The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) was
started in East Africa in the year 2000, with a regional secretariat
based at the Inter University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) offices,
Kampala, Uganda. In order to serve the East African region effectively,
the Program opened offices in Kenya and Tanzania in October 2003.
The
Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) is hosting the
program in Tanzania, and the Forum for African Women Educationalists
(FAWE) is the host in Kenya. The Association for Higher Education
Advancement and Development (AHEAD) is hosting the program in
Uganda.
IFP
Tanzania has carried out seven(7) successful rounds of selection.
40 Alumni from the first five (5) cohorts have so far successfully
completed their studies and returned to the country.
IFP - Tanzania provides fellowships for post-graduate study to
exceptional individuals with potential leadership qualities from
marginalized groups or communities or civil societies in Tanzania
who systematically lack access to education opportunities. IFP
scholarships will enable them to access higher education at Masters
and Doctorate degree levels, so that on their return, these individuals
will come back and use their education to further development
in their own communities and the nation, thus ultimately bringing
about social and economic justice world wide.
