Rotary World Peace Fellowships

Call for Applications

The Rotary Foundation announces a call for applications for the 2010-12 Rotary World Peace Fellowships. The deadline for completed applications to be submitted to The Rotary Foundation for these sessions is 1 July 2009.

Program Synopses

The Rotary Centers for International Studies program offers fellowships for master's degree and professional development certificate study fields related to peace and conflict resolution. Beyond academics, Rotary World Peace Fellows also gain practical skills in conflict resolution appropriate to their individual careers.

Each year, up to 110 Rotary World Peace Fellowships (60 master's degree fellowships and 50 professional development certificate fellowships) are offered on a competitive basis at seven Rotary Centers, which operate in partnership with eight leading universities (centers offer master's degree unless noted otherwise):

- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (professional development center)
- Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
- International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
- Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
- University of California, Berkeley, USA
- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

You Could Be an Ideal Candidate

35 former ambassadorial scholars and GSE team members have gone on to become Rotary World Peace Fellows. Your experiences as a Rotary Foundation alumnus could make you an ideal candidate to become a Rotary World Peace Fellow.

If you are not interested in this fellowship, you may know someone who is.

Please feel free to forward this announcement to friends and colleagues who may be interested in Rotary's peace programs. We appreciate your help and support as we train leaders to build peace.

For More Information

Please contact rotarycenters@rotary.org with any questions or to ask for more information. Program materials and participant profiles can be downloaded from http://www.rotary.org/rotarycenters