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
information
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
Sponsors: Chilean
Fulbright Commission; Chilean Ministry of Education
Country: Chile
Program focus: Faculty development
Timeframe: 2001–2006
Description: The Chilean Fulbright Commission is collaborating
with the Ministry on the faculty development program known as
Mejoramiento de la Calidad y Equidad de la Educación Superior
(MECESUP). To date, 22 faculty members of universities throughout
Chile have obtained advanced degrees in the United States through
the program. Although current grantees are now finishing their
studies, the program has ended and applications will no longer
be accepted. 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:
Chilean
Fulbright Commission; Agencia
de Cooperación
Internacional (AGCI)
Country:
Chile
Program
focus:
Faculty development
Timeframe:
1995–1998
Description:
A collaboration between the
Commission and the Chilean
government’s
scholarship-granting Agency
for International Cooperation
increased the number of
Fulbright grants awarded to
Chilean faculty members.
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:
Chilean
Fulbright Commission; American
Chamber of Commerce in Chile (AmCham)
Country:
Chile
Program
focus:
Science, technology
Timeframe:
1989–1994
Description:
This collaborative effort between
the Fulbright Program, AmCham,
and LASPAU enabled eleven
Chileans to pursue master’s
degrees in the United States
in fields related to science
and technology, contributing
to Chile’s development
in this area.
Sponsors:
Chilean
Fulbright Commission;
Fundación
Andes
Country: Chile
Program focus:
Faculty development, public
and private sector training
Timeframe: 1996–2002
Description: A collaboration
between the Chilean Fulbright
Commission and Fundación
Andes increased the number
of Fulbright grants awarded
in Chile. Twelve grantees
from universities, government
ministries, and other sectors
pursued master’s degrees
in the areas of education,
public administration, organizational
behavior, psychology, and
art (history, management,
and film arts).
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: 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
information
Sponsors: Chilean
Fulbright Commission;
Chilean Ministry of Planning
and International Cooperation (MIDEPLAN)
Country: Chile
Program focus:
Faculty development
Timeframe: 1998–1999
Description: A partnership between
the Chilean Fulbright Commission and the Chilean government’s
scholarship-granting Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation
increased the number of grants awarded by the Commission.
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