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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Sponsor: W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
Countries: Bolivia, Brazil (Northeast only), Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico (Yucatan peninsula only), Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru
Program focus: Social leadership
Timeframe: 2001–present
Description: WKKF gave
LASPAU a $3.6 million grant to administer this initiative. The five-year grant
is designed to train up to 50 fellows through short-term, master’s,
and doctoral degree programs in thematic areas critical to WKKF’s goal
of implementing and disseminating models to break the cycle of poverty in
Latin America and the Caribbean. Current fellows and recent alumni were also
invited to participate in leadership strengthening
workshops in 2003 and 2004.
To date, 35 fellows have participated in the program. More
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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: 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: Charles Stewart
Mott Foundation, Ford
Foundation, Fulbright
Program, Smithsonian Institution, Wildlife Conservation International
Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Program focus : Environment
Timeframe: 1991–2001
Description: The Amazon Basin Scholarship Program enabled
79 professionals from the Amazon region to examine multidisciplinary approaches
to environmental issues. Grants were offered for master’s level study
and one-year or non-degree certificate programs in the natural sciences, social
sciences, and public policy. Grantees were also encouraged to pursue short-term
internships at U.S. agencies or environmental organizations. The program sponsors
listed above provided funding at different times and, in some cases, for grantees
from a specific country. In 2001, the Amazon Basin Scholarship
Program and the Caribbean
and Central American Ecology Program were combined and expanded into the Fulbright–OAS
Ecology Initiative through a partnership between the Fulbright Program
and the Organization of American States.
Sponsor: U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID)
Countries: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mexico, Peru, Rwanda,
Sudan, Thailand, Zimbabwe
Program focus: Health care
Timeframe: 1988–1990
Description: LASPAU served as a subcontractor
to Management Sciences for Health for this USAID effort to help government
ministries and private organizations improve family planning programs in developing
countries worldwide. Thirty-two family planning professionals from 16 countries
of Latin America, Asia, and Africa received training through master’s
and short-term programs in public health management. LASPAU also provided
logistical support for conferences and other activities.
Sponsor: Fulbright
Program; 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 the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,
Uruguay, Venezuela.
Program focus: Environment
Timeframe: 2001–2007
Description: The Fulbright–OAS Ecology
Initiative offered grants to individuals from Latin America, the Caribbean,
and Canada for master’s and doctoral
level study at U.S. universities. Grantees in the natural sciences, social
sciences, and public policy studied multidisciplinary approaches to environmental
preservation and sustainable development. In all, 85 environmentalists were
selected to expand their skills and knowledge through this program. Although
current grantees are now finishing their studies, the program has ended
and applications will no longer be accepted. More
information
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: United
States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Country: Bolivia
Program focus: Faculty
development (public policy, financial administration)
Timeframe: 1994–1996
Description:
LASPAU served as a subcontractor to the Harvard Institute for International
Development for this project that enabled the Universidad Católica
Boliviana to create two master’s
degree programs in public policy and financial administration. LASPAU
arranged overseas training for several faculty members from the
new programs.
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; U.S. Agency
for International Development, U.S. universities
Countries: Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru
Program focus: Undergraduate and graduate scholarships
Timeframe: 1964–1968
Description: The original program from which
LASPAU’s name is derived, this cooperative venture initiated by Harvard
University in 1964 provided full scholarships to colleges across the United
States for outstanding Latin American youths of limited economic means. More
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Sponsor: W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador,
Mexico, Peru
Program focus: Social leadership
Timeframe: 2001–2002
Description: A continuation of the Leadership
Strengthening Program I, this joint LASPAU–Tec de Monterrey program
sought to strengthen the leaders of nongovernmental organizations that were
recipients of WKKF funding. The program’s goal 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. The 20 participants undertook a three-week session at ITESM in
Monterrey, Mexico, one week at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
and nine months of online learning.
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: 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: 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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Sponsor: U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID)
Countries: Belize, Bolivia, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama,
Peru
Program focus: Faculty development
Timeframe: 1977–1986
Description: LASPAU collaborated with USAID missions and host country ministries
on this effort to support basic development projects at Latin American and
Caribbean universities. A university’s ability to provide service to
the neediest sectors of the population was an essential criterion for inclusion.
The 164 university teachers, administrators, and researchers funded by the
program obtained master’s degrees at U.S. institutions in fields including
agriculture, food production, nutrition, health, and education, with areas
of concentration such as appropriate technology and rural development. More
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