IFP Fellows may choose to study in any academic discipline or field of study related to the Ford Foundation's three grant-making areas, which are:

A. ASSET BUILDING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

The Asset Building and Community Development program helps strengthen and increase the effectiveness of people and organizations working to find solutions to problems of poverty and injustice. We support people who are building human, social, financial and environmental assets that enable people and communities to exert control over their lives and to participate in their societies in meaningful and effective ways.

Examples of Study Fields

1. Environment and Development	2. Community Development
Environmental Studies Rural Sociology Agricultural/Botanical Sciences Urban/Regional Planning Development/Resource Economics Anthropology Geography Forestry Resource Conservation/Management Extension Education	Urban and Regional Planning Economics Public Administration/ Policy Social Work Communications/Journalism Political Science Sociology Business/Management Gender and Development Geography Agricultural/Environmental Economics
3. Development Finance and Economic Security	4. Work-Force Development
Development Economics Financial Services/Banking Micro Enterprise Development International Economics/Trade Public Policy Social Work/Services Business/Management	Human Resources Development Public Policy Labor Relations/Law Adult Education/Counseling Vocational Training Occupational Health/Safety Development Studies International Economics/Trade

B. PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Peace is a precondition for the full achievement of the Foundation’s mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. Armed conflict destroys not only human lives but also livelihoods, governments, civil institutions, trust— in short, everything in its wake. Social justice is the aspiration of all healthy societies and the only long-term guarantee for sustaining peace. Policy, civic participation and the law are the principal strategies used by the Peace and Social Justice program.

Examples of Study Fields

1. Human Rights	2. Governance & Civil Society
Law (International, Constitutional, Labor, etc.) Human Rights International Relations/Public Policy Gender Studies Peace and Conflict Studies Migration Studies Globalization Studies	Public Administration/Policy International Economics/Trade Law Public Finance Community Services Political Science Organizational Development Non-profit Sector Studies Advocacy Studies Globalization Studies Communications/Journalism

C. KNOWLEDGE, CREATIVITY AND FREEDOM

The Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom program works globally to advance achievement in the arts, education and scholarship as well as a positive understanding of sexuality. It also seeks to promote the media and religion as forces for democracy in a range of cultural contexts. This body of work, recognizes that knowledge and creativity are central to the richness of people’s lives and the progress of communities. It also affirms the importance of freedom to think and act critically, originally and responsibly in facilitating the building of more just and pluralistic societies.

Examples of Study Fields

1. Education and Scholarship	2. Sexuality and Reproductive Health
Area/International Studies Ethnic Studies Gender Studies Sociology of Knowledge Education Finance/Policy Reform Teacher Training Curriculum/Instructional Design Language Education/Sociolinguistics Educational Research/Development	Public/Community Health Epidemiology Gender/Women’s Studies Gender and Development Health Services Public Policy Medical Anthropology Demography Education Sociology/ Social Work Psychology/Counseling
3. Religion, Society and Culture	4. Media
Comparative Religion/Theology Anthropology Sociology Cultural Studies Education Gender Studies Philosophy/Ethics	Journalism (Print/Broadcast) Communications Studies Publishing Media Technology Information Science/Management Public Policy Law
5. Arts & Culture
Conservation/Historic Preservation Archaeology Museology Cultural Studies Performance Studies Theater Arts Archiving & Documentation Musicology/Ethnomusicology Arts Administration/Management Critical Studies Folklore/Folk Culture Studies Art History Languages & Literature