Sponsor: Conselho
Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico
e Tecnológico (CNPq); Brazilian
Fulbright Commission
Country: Brazil
Program focus:
Business management, marine biology, computer science,
economics, petroleum engineering
Timeframe:
2005–2008
Description:
The CNPq-Fulbright Program is a collaborative effort
involving the Fulbright Academic Exchange Program and
the CNPq. Designed to support doctoral studies for Brazilian
students in the United States, the program provided funding
for a cohort of six grantees who were placed in academic
programs beginning in the fall of 2005. The current grantees
will complete their studies, but no additional grantees
will be selected for the program.
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
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: 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: Ford Foundation
Country: Brazil
Program focus: Faculty development
(social sciences)
Timeframe: 1991–1996
Description: This
program provided doctoral-level training in the
United States to six graduate students and faculty
members of Brazilian universities to improve the
quality of research and teaching in the field
of Afro-Brazilian studies. Degree programs combined
studies in policy-related disciplines within
the social sciences work in race
relations or ethnic studies.
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.
Sponsors: Fundação
Coordinação
de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível
Superior (CAPES)
Country: Brazil
Program focus: Computer science,
economics
Timeframe: 1998–2002
Description: Six grantees
undertook four-year doctoral programs in computer
science and economics at U.S. universities through
this pilot program, which included a four-week English
language training and orientation period.
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.
Sponsor: Conselho
Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Brazilian Ministry of Education and
Culture
Country: Brazil
Program focus: Faculty development
(sciences)
Timeframe: 1982–1986
Description: This effort supported promising teachers
and researchers in the sciences. Thirty-two faculty
members completed masters and doctoral programs in
fields including genetics, agricultural engineering
and mechanics, microbiology and molecular biology,
chemistry, food sciences, geology, engineering, nuclear
physics, atmospheric sciences and meteorology, and
soil sciences.
Sponsor: Dow Química do Brasil; Dow Química
de Colombia; Dow Química Mexicana
Country: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico
Program focus: Corporate development
Timeframe: 1986–1989
Description: Dow Química requested LASPAU’s
assistance in locating highly talented non-sponsored Colombian, Brazilian,
and Mexican students completing their education at U.S. institutions. The
program provided recent graduates with interviews for potential employment
at an appropriately challenging level at Dow in the individual’s county
of origin, thus addressing the “return of talent” that is of concern
to government and industry throughout the region. In 1989, the final year
of the program, LASPAU contacted students at 90 U.S. universities and facilitated
Dow’s interviews with 109 graduates.
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: Brazilian Fulbright
Commission
Country: Brazil
Program focus:
Faculty development (American studies)
Timeframe: 1984–2004
Description: This program
aimed to develop advanced degree programs related to
American studies at Brazilian universities. One-hundred-and-two
faculty members pursued advanced studies in the United
States in fields such as literature, history, English
language, and comparative government, enhancing their
ability to formulate interdisciplinary curricula for
American studies and related subjects.
Sponsors: Brazilian
Fulbright Commission; Fundação
Coordinação de Aperfeiçoamento
de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Country: Brazil
Program focus:
Faculty development (arts preservation)
Timeframe: 1992–2000
Description: This program united the Fulbright Commission
in Brazil, CAPES, and LASPAU in providing 21 Brazilian
university faculty with advanced training in the
United States in areas related to arts preservation.
Sponsors: Brazilian
Fulbright Commission; Fundação
Coordinação de Aperfeiçoamento
de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Country: Brazil
Program focus:
Faculty development (fine arts, performing
arts)
Timeframe: 1980–1988
Description: Thirty-nine grantees pursued masters,
doctoral, or nondegree programs at U.S. universities
through this scholarship program dedicated to the
development of the arts in Brazilian institutions
of higher education. The program focused on the advanced
academic training of faculty and on the enhancement
of university fine arts departments and programs.
Fields of study included music performance, dance,
drama, film, painting, sculpture, and art and music
education.
Sponsors: Brazilian
Fulbright Commission; Federaçâo
das Indústrias do Estado do Ceará (FIEC)
Country: Brazil
Program focus:
Private sector training
Timeframe: 2001–2004
Description: The Brazilian Fulbright Commission and
FIEC, an industrial federation in the Brazilian state
of Ceará, partnered to provide grants for
master’s degrees for three professionals in
fields important to the industrial development
of Ceará.
Sponsors: Brazilian
Fulbright Commission; Federaçâo
das Indústrias no Estado de Minas Gerais–Instituto
Euvaldo Lodi (FIEMG-IEL)
Country: Brazil
Program focus:
Private sector training
Timeframe: 1999–2002
Description: An agreement between the Brazilian Fulbright
Commission and FIEMG-IEL, an industrial federation
in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, supported
grants for master’s degrees for twelve professionals
in fields important to the industrial
development of Minas Gerais.
Sponsors: Brazilian Fulbright Commission
Country: Brazil
Program focus:
Faculty development (fine arts)
Timeframe: 1975–1980
Description: A precursor to the Fulbright/CAPES Program
in the Fine Arts, this program assisted universities
with their efforts to develop undergraduate programs
in the fine arts by sponsoring graduate study in
the United States for faculty members in fields that
included music, drama, printmaking, painting, cinema,
and tapestry.
Sponsors: Brazilian
Fulbright Commission; Turner
Learning; Roberto Marinho
Foundation
Country: Brazil
Program focus: Educational media
Timeframe: 1998–2005
Description: An agreement between the Fulbright Program,
Turner Learning, and the Brazilian Roberto Marinho
Foundation supported twelve grantees for internships
at Turner Learning in Atlanta and a semester of study
at U.S. universities in the field of educational
media.
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
information
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
information
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: 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: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico
Program focus: Social leadership
Timeframe: 2002–2003
Description: A continuation of the previous two Leadership Strengthening Programs,
this joint LASPAU–Tec de Monterrey initiative 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 15 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.
Sponsors: Brazilian
Fulbright Commission; Fundação
Coordinação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal
de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Country: Brazil
Program focus: Cultural preservation
Timeframe: 1986–1990
Description: In response to a national initiative to develop
and expand efforts to preserve Brazil’s rich heritage,
the Fulbright Commission and CAPES offered a program of short-term
training and research scholarships in fields as diverse as architecture,
library science, and museology. The grantees were professionals
working in Brazilian agencies and institutions, with the shared
aim of preserving the architectural, printed, and artistic history
of the nation.
Sponsors: Universidade Federal da Bahia; Brazilian Cooperation
Agency
Country: Brazil
Program focus: Environment
Timeframe: 1998
Description: Project Iansã is the Brazilian component
of the World
Meteorological Organization’s Global Atmospheric
Watch Program (GAW), which provides data, scientific assessments,
and other information on atmospheric composition from all parts
of the globe. LASPAU facilitated obtaining equipment for the
Iansã component of GAW.
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