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Application Process

Stage 1:

Interested candidates should complete an IFP Pre-Application Form to reach the IFP office in New Delhi not later than 30th November 2008. Submit your completed Pre Application Form as early as possible, preferably within a week of receiving the Form. Pre Application Forms received after 30th November 2008 will not be considered.

Stage 2:

Only eligible candidates will be sent an IFP Final Application Form. Candidates should complete the Final Application Form and return to the IFP office in New Delhi not later than 31st December, 2008.

Stage 3:

Final Application Forms will be reviewed and evaluated by a panel of experts from academia, the social development sector and other related disciplines. Short listed candidates will be invited to attend regional interviews during March 2009.

Stage 4:

A National Selection Committee will make the final selections and results will be declared by June 2009. The fellowships (for academic programs beginning in 2010) will be subject to the candidates being accepted by the foreign or Indian university, within a year from the date of the communication of the IFP award, and as per the IFP placement guidelines.

Notes :-

The Pre Application Form must be complete in all respects. Incomplete frms are ineligible, and will not be considered. All applications must be completed on original IFP Forms. These must be submitted only to the IFP New Delhi office.
Applicants must furnish complete and correct information. While care is taken to ensure timely despatch of Final Application Forms to the qualifying candidates, IFP will not be liable for any delay or loss of documents in transit. Please fill correct address and contact details.
All decisions of the Selection Committees will be final and will not be open to review. Any effort to influence the decision will be deemed as a ground for disqualification.
Ford Foundation staff and their family members may not serve on selection panels and are not eligible to apply for IFP awards. Members of selection committees, staff of the organizations managing the Program and their family members are also ineligible for IFP awards.
Please note that this fellowship is offered for a post-graduate degree. It cannot be used for short-term courses, study visits or post-doctoral programs.
IFP selects Fellows on the strength of their clearly-stated intention to serve their community and country of origin, and expects that they will honor this obligation.