Sponsor: Fulbright
Program; U.S., Latin American, and Caribbean universities, foundations,
and corporations
Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Program focus: Faculty development
Timeframe: 1975–present
Description: The Fulbright Faculty Development
Program brings up to 150 educators each year from Latin America and the
Caribbean to the United States for advanced studies in a wide variety of disciplines.
The program began in 1975 in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican
Republic, and Ecuador and additional countries were added over time. Cost-share
partners supplement the basic grant by providing tuition assistance and other
forms of complementary funding. To date, over 3,000 faculty members from higher
education institutions throughout the region have obtained advanced degrees
or conducted research in the United States through the Fulbright
Faculty Development Program. Please see the individual country listings for
information on specific cost-share initiatives. More
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Sponsors: Argentine
Fulbright Commission; Argentine universities
Country: Argentina
Program focus: Faculty development
Timeframe: 1994–present
Description: In 1994, the Universidad Nacional
de Río Cuarto agreed to contribute the entire cost of the
Fulbright stipend to enable faculty members to pursue master’s
degrees in the United States. Since then, a number of other universities
have provided collaborative funding, including the Universidad
de Belgrano, the Universidad de Palermo, the Universidad Nacional
de Quilmes, the Universidad Nacional del Sur, the Universidad
Católica Argentina (UCA), and the Universidad Austral.
To date, forty-six grantees have obtained advanced degrees through
this effort, including sixteen grantees from the Universidad Nacional
de Río Cuarto. UCA and the Universidad Austral
are the only two universities currently participating in the program.
Sponsor: LASPAU Board of Trustees
Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Program focus: Research grants
Timeframe: 1989–present
Description: The fund provides research support to current LASPAU-administered grantees whose work encourages the exchange of ideas, staff, or resources between institutions in Europe, the United States, or Canada and those in Latin America and the Caribbean. The award enables students to advance their research while strengthening international ties between institutions, two endeavors that embody LASPAU’s vision. The fund, named after former LASPAU executive director Lewis A. Tyler, is sponsored by current and former members of the LASPAU Board of Trustees and by others who support LASPAU’s efforts. More information
Sponsor: W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru
Program focus: Sustainable community development
Timeframe: 2004–2007
Description: This distance-learning master’s degree program in sustainable
community development is training a cadre of Latin American and Caribbean
community leaders working in rural development and food security. Supported
by a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the program is administered
by LASPAU in conjunction with the Universidad Nacional of Costa Rica (UNA)
and Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Seguridad Alimentaria y Desarrollo
Sustentable (RedLayc). MDCS began in 2005 with 28 students from 11 countries.
The grantees were drawn from the Redlayc network of NGOs supported by WKKF
and occupy leadership positions in these organizations. In addition to an
introductory workshop and distance-learning courses taught by UNA, the students
will participate in two extended field trips organized by RedLayc.
Sponsor: Organization
of American States (OAS)
Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and
Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,
United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Program focus: Economic diversification and integration,
trade liberalization, and market access; education; social development and
the creation of productive employment; scientific development and exchange
and transfer of technology; strengthening of democratic institutions
Timeframe: 2002–present
Description: This program supports graduate
studies for outstanding individuals throughout the Americas who are
placed by LASPAU in degree programs at universities in OAS member
countries. To ensure that available funds support the maximum number of grants,
LASPAU negotiates with admitting universities to secure tuition assistance
in the form of scholarships and assistantships. The goal of the program is
to fortify the disciplines and institutions most important to building a strong
future in the region. To this end, grantees pursue studies in fields critical
to addressing issues such as the struggle against poverty and inequality;
consolidating democracy; and achieving integral, just, and sustainable social
and economic development. To date, over 280 individuals have participated
in the program. More
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Sponsor: Organization of American States (OAS)
Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and
Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,
United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Program focus: Culture; economic diversification and integration, trade liberalization,
and market access; education; social development and the creation of productive
employment; scientific development and exchange and transfer of technology;
strengthening of democratic institutions; sustainable development and the
environment; sustainable development of tourism
Timeframe: 2002–present
Description: This effort supports graduate degree
programs for outstanding individuals throughout the Americas who have obtained
their own university admission. It is designed to fortify the disciplines
and institutions most important to building a strong future in the region.
To this end, grantees pursue studies in fields critical to addressing issues
such as the struggle against poverty and inequality; consolidating democracy;
and achieving integral, just, and sustainable social and economic development.
To date, approximately 440 individuals have participated in the program. More information in English | Español
Sponsors: Argentine
Fulbright Commission; Argentine
Ministry of Culture and Education
Country: Argentina
Program focus: Faculty development
Timeframe: 1997–2002
Description: The Ministry of Culture and Education
provided funding for forty grants to support the graduate training
of teachers from the provinces through the Fulbright Program.
Sponsor: Coca-Cola Foundation
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, United States
Program focus: Visiting faculty (food science, food technology)
Timeframe: 1991–1992
Description: This program was designed to promote international exchange and the transfer of information in the areas of food science and food technology. Four professors from U.S. institutions traveled to nine Latin American universities, where they conducted seminars and short courses, held meetings, and visited government, industry, and academic facilities.
Sponsors: Fundación
Antorchas; Argentine
Fulbright Commission
Country: Argentina
Program focus: Music
Timeframe: 2003–2006
Description: The Fundación Antorchas,
an Argentine non-profit organization, partnered with the Fulbright
Commission to offer scholarships for musical studies at Carnegie
Mellon University. Ten grants were awarded through the program.
Sponsor: Ford Foundation
Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts
and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and
Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Program focus: Higher education reform
Timeframe: 1996–1997
Description: A far-reaching grant from the Ford
Foundation to LASPAU continued the work of the Latin
American Fellows Program on Higher Education. The additional
funding supported in-country roundtables on higher education reform; case
studies to inform practitioners about reform efforts and form the curriculum
for a professional development program; a Harvard symposium
on higher education reform; and wide dissemination of the published outcomes of the roundtables,
case studies, and symposium.
Sponsor: IBM Latin America
Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts
and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and
Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Program focus: Electronic communications
Timeframe: 1990–1992
Description: IBM provided a $50,000 grant to
enable LASPAU to establish its Network Project in 1990. The project was designed
to encourage computer communications for academic purposes throughout the
Americas with the intention of stimulating greater communications among former
grantees, their colleagues, and faculty in the United States. As a result
of this early program, a number of electronic mailing lists were established,
some of which are still in active use. More
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Sponsor: W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
Countries: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Peru
Program focus: Social leadership
Timeframe: 1999–2003
Description: Fellowships for long- or short-term
study abroad were granted to professionals at institutions—including
universities, nongovernmental organizations, and government agencies and ministries—actively
engaged in projects funded by WFFK, with the goal of contributing to the success
of those projects. To achieve the greatest impact, WKKF targeted grants toward
specific areas of community need such as health; food systems and rural development;
youth and education; higher education; and philanthropy and volunteerism.
Half of the 61 fellows administered by LASPAU studied in the United States,
and the other half studied in Latin America or Europe. More
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Sponsor: North and South American institutions; U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID)
Countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela
Program focus: Faculty development
Timeframe: 1965–1975
Description: A collaboration between USAID, U.S. universities, and Latin American
universities, this program was LASPAU’s first effort devoted exclusively
to faculty development. 1,600 young people from across Latin America obtained
U.S. graduate degrees in preparation for careers in academia and returned
home to contribute to the teaching and research missions of their home institutions. More
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Sponsor: Ford Foundation
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, United States, Venezuela
Program focus: Higher education reform
Timeframe: 1995
Description: A grant to LASPAU from the Ford Foundation enabled the Harvard
Graduate School of Education (HGSE) to host a fellows program to strengthen
scholarship in higher education in Latin America. Six academics from Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Mexico, the United States, and Venezuela were given one-semester
appointments in the Administration, Planning, and Social Policy area of HGSE.
Senior scholars and practitioners were invited to Harvard to enrich the fellows’ understanding
of higher education reform efforts in Latin America and other regions of the
world.
Sponsor: W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru
Program focus: Social leadership
Timeframe: 2000–2001
Description: In 1998, WKKF approached LASPAU
and the Tec de Monterrey with a request to develop a leadership strengthening
program for leaders of nongovernmental organizations that were recipients
of WKKF funding. The central idea was to build a cadre of socially minded
leaders who, through their projects, would work for the common good and have
an increasingly significant social impact on their respective countries. An
important theme was creating willingness in existing leaders to mentor and
coach others. The program, launched in July 2000, included a three-week session
at ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico, one week at Harvard University in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and nine months of online learning for the twenty participants.
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Sponsor: W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican
Republic, Mexico, Peru, Nicaragua
Program focus: Social leadership
Timeframe: 2003–2004
Description: A continuation of the previous Leadership Strengthening Programs,
this program strengthened the leadership capacity of Latin American grassroots
leaders of the Human Nutrition Initiative and rural development projects who
have proven their abilities as social leaders committed to promoting social
development. The 15 participants undertook a three-week session at INCAE in
San Jose, Costa Rica, and one week at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Sponsor: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Program focus: Electronic communications
Timeframe: 1991–1998
Description: The Mellon Foundation provided grants to LASPAU to support the
development of electronic communications systems at universities and research
institutions in Latin America and to fund in-country training programs in
telecommunications technology and research techniques for Latin American scholars.
In all, 4,000 individuals and over 80 institutions in 14 countries benefited
from these efforts. More
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Sponsors: Argentine
Fulbright Commission; Multimedios América
Country: Argentina
Program focus: Journalism
Timeframe: 1998–2000
Description: The communications company Multimedios
América collaborated with the Fulbright Commission
to fund master’s degree programs in the United States for
Argentine journalists.
Sponsors: Argentine
Fulbright Commission; Provincia
de San Luis
Country: Argentina
Program focus: Public sector training
Timeframe: 2001–2003
Description: The Provincia de San Luis partnered
with the Fulbright Commission to build the capacity of individuals
in government positions.
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