IFP is no longer accepting new applicants.

The final cohort has been selected, bringing the total number of IFP Fellows to over 4,300. IFP will conclude its work in 2013.

IFP Fellowship recipients are exceptional individuals who are residents or resident nationals of IFP countries with demonstrated social commitment and academic achievement. Typically, they are men and women who have overcome obstacles such as poverty and discrimination to gain access to higher education, and aspire to work for social justice in their home communities upon completion of their studies.

As Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas noted, “IFP’s impact has reached far beyond the Fellows...It is reshaping how governments, universities and other scholarship programs are thinking about building diverse and talented leaders committed to our most pressing global issues. And it is proving that leaders from marginalized communities can compete academically in the most challenging environments and return to their home countries to make a difference.”

Intended as a decade-long program, IFP now enters its impact and learning phase, focusing on assessing and disseminating the knowledge generated by its groundbreaking model of leadership development. As part of its mandate, IFP will work to shape policies that open the doors of higher education to a new generation of social justice leaders.