Course(s) Offered: Any field (related to peace & development)
Course Level: Graduate (fellowship)
Provider: IPRA Foundation
Country to Study in: Any country
Scholarship Description
The International Peace Research Association Foundation (IPRA) invites applications for the Dorothy Marchus Senesh Fellowship in Peace and Development Studies for Women from developing countries.
Dorothy Senesh was a long-time activist for international peace and justice. Her husband Lawrence established this fellowship following her death in 1989.
The first award was made at the IPRA 25th Anniversary meeting, July 1990, in Groningen, Netherlands and has been made biennially since. The thirteenth award will be made at the 25th biennial IPRA meeting in Turkey.
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Eligibility
The Dorothy Senesh Fellowship is available to women from developing countries who have completed a Bachelor's degree, who have been accepted into a graduate program and whose graduate work is to be focused on issues related to the goals of IPRA.
Funds will only be dispersed when the selected candidate is admitted into a graduate program.
Selection criteria:
Awards are considered based on need; therefore students with substantial funding sources are less likely to be considered for the award.
Eligible groups
Female citizens from Developing Countries of the World
Participating Institutions
All accredited/approved graduate schools and/or colleges
Fields of study
Any graduate course and/or field of study on areas related to the goals of the IPRA (Peace and Development Studies).
IPRA researchers are able to test their individual research in working groups covering a range of topics including communications, conversion from military to civilian production, defense and disarmament, ecological security, food policy, human rights and development, internal conflict resolution, international conflict resolution, nonviolence, peace building in crisis areas, peace education, peace movements, refugees, religious conflict, and women and peace.
Number of awards
This is a biennial award i.e. once every two years, and since inception, one award is given at a particular time. However, this year 2013, for the first time, IPRA will award two fellowships.
Sponsorship duration
This is a financial aid towards your tuition
Scholarship benefits
Every other year (beginning in 1990) one woman receives school expenses in the amount of $5,000 per year for two years.
Method of Application
Interested applicants must fill in and submit the official Application Forms. The Application form can be found on the official website (link to it is below). Please write in English or in Spanish.
EMAIL ONE COPY OF THE APPLICATION FORM TO:
seneshfellowship@iprafoundation.org
Or,
SEND ONE COPY OF ALL YOUR APPLICATION MATERIALS TO:
Linda M. Johnston, Ph.D., Executive Director
Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics & Character
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road
Town Point Room 2400, Maildrop #9114
Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591 USA
TEL: (678) 797.2000
FAX: (678) 797.2205
DEADLINES:
All applications for this award are due by January 15, 2014.
PLEASE NOTE:
Announcement of the successful Award will be made by March 1, 2014.
The International Peace Research Association (IPRA) is an independent international non-governmental body with members in over seventy countries and all regions of the world.
IPRA was founded in 1965 to advance interdisciplinary research into the conditions of peace, as well as the causes of war and other forms of violence. It utilizes different social disciplines to analyze and explain conflictual and peaceful processes at the national and international levels.
This fellowship award is offered biennially (once every two years) to women from developing countries.
Have you got any questions?
Email Dr. Johnston at seneshfellowship@iprafoundation.org
Application Deadline: 15 January 2014
Open to International Applicants: Yes
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