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: 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
Sponsor: Fulbright
Program
Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize,
Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala,
Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, St.
Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Program focus: Environment
Timeframe: 1993–2001
Description: The success of the Amazon
Basin Scholarship Program led the Fulbright Program to collaborate with
LASPAU in the establishment of the Caribbean and Central American Ecology
Program. The program provided grants to a total of 54 environmental scientists,
researchers, and policymakers from the countries of the Caribbean and Central
America for master’s-level study and one-year certificate programs in
the United States. More
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Sponsor: Fulbright
Program
Countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Program focus: Undergraduate scholarships
Timeframe: 1984–1999
Description: The Fulbright Program initiated
CAMPUS to enable academically gifted students to obtain bachelor’s degrees
at U.S. colleges and universities. CAMPUS provided scholarships for students
to complete 30 months of academic course work, including intensive English
language training, general education courses, and specialization in disciplines
including business administration, communications, computer science, education,
natural sciences, and social sciences. Over the course of the program, 795
young people from Central America studied at 28 institutions
and returned home to pursue professional careers. More
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Sponsor: Fulbright Program
Countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Panama
Program focus: Faculty development
Timeframe: 1985–2000
Description: This program linked Central American and U.S. universities with
the goal of assisting in the development of academic departments and disciplines
at institutions of higher education. The majority of the 632 grantees were
faculty members of participating Central American institutions who engaged
in graduate programs and non-degree academic and professional development
activities at U.S. partner institutions. Faculty members from the U.S. institutions
traveled to Central America to participate in workshops and research projects.
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; 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: 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: U.S.
Agency for International Development;
Nicaraguan universities
Country: Nicaragua
Program focus:
Faculty development
Timeframe: 1980–1983
Description: The 18 grantees of this program were faculty members from El
Instituto Politécnico de Nicaragua, Universidad Centroamericana, Universidad
Nacional Agraria, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua. All
pursued master’s degrees in fields that included city and regional planning,
animal breeding and genetics, agricultural sciences, special education, organic
chemistry, civil engineering, social psychology, mathematics education, bacteriology,
plant protection, horticultural science, plant breeding and genetics, electrical
engineering, computer engineering, and fisheries.
Sponsors: U.S.
Agency for International Development; Nicaraguan universities
Country: Nicaragua,
United States
Program focus: Visiting faculty
(basic sciences)
Timeframe: 1981–1983
Description: To
respond to the shortage of qualified faculty in Nicaragua in the early 1980s,
LASPAU recruited eight U.S. professors to teach basic sciences at the Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua and the Universidad Centroamericana.
In addition to their teaching responsibilities, several of the professors
collaborated on development-oriented research projects and curriculum revision.
The effort helped enhance the teaching, research, and evaluation capacities
of the two universities and increased technical expertise in the basic sciences.
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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