IAF Ph.D Fellowship Intent to Apply deadline December 12th, 2013

If you are applying to the Inter-American Foundation Grassroots Development Fellowship Program, please contact Georgia Ehlers, gehlers@u.arizona.edu, before December 12, 2012. IAF Deadline: January 22, 2013.
The IAF Grassroots Development Fellowship Program is intended to increase awareness of grassroots development efforts while building a community of professionals and scholars knowledgeable in the subject. Fellows examine the efforts of the rural and urban poor to improve their lives, their methods of organization and production, and the policies and programs designed to alleviate their poverty. The IAF disseminates research findings of its Fellows to a broad audience concerned with development. Fellowships are available to currently registered students who have advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. in the social sciences, physical sciences, technical fields and the professions as related to grassroots development issues.
The deadline for applications for the 2013-2014 cycle of the Inter-American Foundation Grassroots Development Ph.D Fellowships program is January 22, 2013.
Fellowships are available to currently registered students who have advanced to candidacy (by the time research begins) for the Ph.D. in the social sciences, physical sciences, technical fields and the professions as related to grassroots development issues. Applications for clinical research in the health field will NOT be considered.
Awards are based on both development and scholarly criteria. Proposals should offer a practical orientation to field-based information. In exceptional cases the IAF will support research reflecting a primary interest in macro questions of politics and economics but only as they relate to the environment of the poor.
Funding is for between four and 12 months. Research during the 2013-2014 cycle must be initiated between June 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014.
IAF’s Fellowships provide support for Ph.D. candidates to conduct dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean on topics related to grassroots development. The Inter-American Foundation expects to award up to 15 Doctoral Field Research Fellowships in 2012.
Complete application information and instructions are available at www.iie.org/iaf.
Visit the Program Homepage at www.iie.org/en/Programs/IAF-Grassroots-Development-Fellowship-Program
The IAF Grassroots Development Ph.D. Fellowship Program is administered by the Institute of International Education.