The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), in conjunction with the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), welcomes applicants for its new Research Fellowship Program to advance rigorous field-based research on actionable questions about community-led development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The IAF will award up to ten Fellowships in 2025. Each of the ten fellowships includes a stipend of $20,000 to support an individual researcher working over the course of twelve months in one or more of the countries in the region where the IAF works participation in a three-day in-person orientation workshop, and engagement with the network of IAF Fellows.
IAF is especially interested in community-led efforts to promote:
- the generation of economic and other opportunities, particularly for women and youth,
- effective ways to address the drivers of irregular migration and/or strengthen rootedness and resilience among vulnerable populations,
- integration of migrants and other displaced populations,
- responses to chronic violence (including gender-based violence),
- social cohesion,
- social inclusion (including of Afro-descendants, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized groups),
- sustainable agriculture,
- disaster resilience,
- community philanthropy, and
- other development issues in which communities are vested.
eligibility
- Applicants must be a citizen of one of the countries in which the IAF works or the United States.
- Applicants must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree.
- Applicants may be enrolled in a graduate program or they may have completed their education; they may be working within academia as teachers or researchers; they may be working in partnership with community-based organizations; they may be part of an institution; or they may work independently.