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The International Federation of University Women (IFUW) offers a limited
number of fellowships and grants to women graduates for advanced research,
study and training. The competitions are normally held every two years.
Exceptionally, the next competition will offer fellowships and grants for
the 2005/2006 academic year.

DESCRIPTION OF AWARDS
IFUW fellowships and grants are open only to women graduates who are
members of the International Federation. The awards are intended to help
finance short graduate and post-graduate study, research and training
projects and to serve as complementary funds for longer programmes. The
number distributed varies between 15 and 25 per competition. Those
generally offered include:
- British Federation Crosby Hall Fellowship - 2 500 pounds sterling
- CFUW/A. Vibert Douglas International Fellowship - 12 000 Canadian dollars
- Ida Smedley Maclean International Fellowship - 8 000 to 10 000 Swiss francs
- IFUW Study and Action Programme Fellowship - 8 000 to 10 000 Swiss francs
- NZFWG/Daphne Purves Grants - 3000 to 6000 Swiss francs
- Winifred Cullis and Dorothy Leet Grants - 3 000 to 6 000 Swiss francs

The British Federation Crosby Hall Fellowship, offered by the BFWG
Charitable Foundation, is reserved for women wishing to study or undertake
research in Great Britain. The CFUW/A. Vibert Douglas Fellowship is
sponsored by the Canadian Federation of University Women for use in Canada
or abroad. The NZFGW awards are sponsored by the New Zealand Federation of
Graduate Women. The IFUW Study and Action Programme Fellowship is reserved
for projects which relate to IFUW's triennial theme. The SAAP theme for
the 2005/2006 competition will be announced closer to the date.
Fellowships are meant to encourage advanced scholarship and original
research by university women. Applicants must be well started on the
research programme to which the application refers. Fellowships are
intended to cover at least eight months of work, and should be taken up
within 9 months of the date of award. They are not normally given for a
Masters or for the first year of a PhD programme.
The Winifred Cullis and Dorothy Leet Grants are given to help women
graduates to obtain specialized training and to carry out independent
research, including the completion of a piece of research already well
advanced. The amount of the grant is to cover a short period of not less
than two months. Special consideration is given to applicants whose
research or training will have a multiplier effect in their home country.
The Dorothy Leet Grants are reserved for women graduates from countries
with a comparatively low per capita income and those who either wish to
work as experts in these countries or whose research is of value to such
countries.


REGULATIONS
- All applicants must be women graduates and either a member of one of
IFUW’s 77 national federations and associations or, if living in a country
where there is not yet a national affiliate, an independent member of
IFUW, or an international individual member of IFUW.
- Fellowships and grants are for work in any branch of learning, in the
country of the applicant’s choice.
- Awards are for study/research/training at the doctoral or post-doctoral
level. A limited number of awards will be given for work at the Masters'
level.
- All candidates must have obtained admission to the proposed place of
study prior to applying to IFUW’s competition. An official letter of
acceptance must accompany the application.
- The awards provide a maximum of twelve months support and are not
renewable.
- No assistance is given for travel to conferences or direct family support.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
- Members of IFUW’s 77 national federations and associations must obtain
the application package from and apply through their respective national
headquarters. See the NFA section for addresses. The preliminary screening
for national members will take place at the national level. Each
federation and association may choose up to three candidates for
consideration in the final selection round.
- IFUW Independent Members and International Individual Members must apply
direct to IFUW Headquarters in Geneva, where the preliminary screening for
individual members will take place.

APPLICATION DEADLINES
-The next competition will offer awards for the 2005/2006 academic year.
Application packages are available now.
- For the 2005/2006 competition, the application deadline for independent
members and international individual members will be 1 November 2004.
Deadlines for members applying through one of IFUW's 77 national
affiliates vary by country, but will normally fall between 1 September and
1 October 2004.

SELECTION CRITERIA
- Motivation for research, study or training
- Originality and feasibility of proposed plan of research/study/training
- Extent to which the specialized knowledge and skills to be acquired will
benefit others or further the applicant’s career
- Planned work or activity after completion of the research/study/training
- Preference will be given to candidates whose research, study or training
is to be undertaken in a country other than the one in which the applicant
received her education or in which she habitually resides.
- Special consideration will be given to proposals which relate directly
to IFUW’s priorities.

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