FORD FOUNDATION FIELD
IFP Fellows may choose to study in any academic discipline or fields of study related to the Ford Foundation’s grant making areas indicated below. These listings provide examples of academic disciplines and subject areas related to the Ford Foundation’s programmatic fields. We provide these illustrative lists to indicate what kinds of subject areas are likely to fall under the purview of the International Fellowships Program. This list is not intended to be exhaustive; it does not include all sub-disciplines under general categories
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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
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- Urban and Regional Planning
- Economics
- Public Administration/ Policy
- Social Work
- Communications/Journalism
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Business/Management
- Gender and Development
- Geography
- Agricultural/Environmental Economics
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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
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- Human Resources Development
- Public Policy
- Labor Relations/Law
- Adult Education/Counseling
- Vocational Training
- Occupational Health/Safety
- Development Studies
- International Economics/Trade
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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 human lives but also livelihoods, governments, and 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
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- 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
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| 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
- Migration Studies
- Globalization Studies
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- Public/Community Health
- Epidemiology
- Gender/Women’s Studies
- Gender and Development
- Health Services
- Public Policy
- Medical Anthropology
- Demography
- Education
- Sociology/ Social Work
- Psychology/Counseling
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| 3. Religion, Society and Culture |
4. Media |
- Comparative Religion/Theology
- Anthropology
- Sociology
- Cultural Studies
- Education
- Gender Studies
- Philosophy/Ethics
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- Journalism (Print/Broadcast)
- Communications Studies
- Publishing
- Media Technology
- Information Science/Management
- Public Policy
- Law
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| 5. Arts & Culture |
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- 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
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Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) 
Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP)
