ELIGIBILITY:

Eligible Master’s degree programs or Professional development certificate program

Master’s degree candidates must also:

Be proficient in English

Have a bachelor’s degree

Have a strong commitment to cross-cultural understanding and peace as shown through professional and academic achievements and personal or community service

Have the potential for leadership

Have at least three years of full-time relevant experience in peace or development work

Candidates must have a gap of at least three years between the completion of their most recent academic degree program (undergraduate or graduate degree) and their intended start date for the fellowship. Candidates currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program are not eligible to apply.

Rotary Peace Fellows who have completed the certificate program, or a Global Grant Scholarship, must wait three years between the end date of that program and their intended start date for the fellowship.

We encourage people with disabilities and people from other diverse backgrounds to apply. Rotary provides reasonable accommodations as needed to people with disabilities.

BENEFIT:

The fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and internship and field-study expenses.