Applications are invited for Rotary Peace Fellowship Program 2025-26. The last date for submission is May 15, 2024.
About Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world. The Foundation was created in 1917 by Rotary International’s sixth president, Arch C. Klumph, as an endowment fund for Rotary “to do good in the world.”
About the Rotary Peace Fellowship
- Each year, Rotary awards fully funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at one of our peace centers.
- Through academic training, practice, and global networking opportunities, the Rotary Peace Centers program develops the capacity of peace and development professionals or practitioners to become experienced and effective catalysts for peace.
- The fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and all internship and field-study expenses.
- Since the program began in 2002, the Rotary Peace Centers have trained more than 1,600 fellows who now work in more than 140 countries.
- The Rotary Peace Fellowship is designed for leaders with work experience in peace and development.
- Each year, The Rotary Foundation awards up to 50 fellowships for master’s degrees and 40 for certificate studies at premier universities.
Fellowship Details
Master’s degree programs
Accepted candidates study peace and development issues with research-informed teaching and a diverse student body. The programs last 15 to 24 months and include a two- to three-month field study, which participants design themselves.
Professional Development Certificate program
During the one-year blended learning program as part of the Rotary Peace Fellowship, experienced peace and development professionals with diverse backgrounds gain practical skills to promote peace within their communities and across the globe. Fellows complete field studies and design and carry out a social change initiative. This program is intended for working professionals. Fellows earn a post-graduate diploma upon completion of the program.
Eligibility
Master’s degree programs
- 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.
- You are not eligible if you are an active Rotary member or an employee of a Rotary club, Rotary International, or another Rotary entity.
Professional development certificate program
- Be proficient in English.
- Have a bachelor’s degree.
- Have at least five years of full-time relevant experience in peace or development work.
- Have a strong commitment to cross-cultural understanding and peace as shown through professional and academic achievements and personal or community service.
- Demonstrate leadership skills.
- Be able to explain how their plan to promote peace aligns with Rotary’s mission.
- Candidates for Makerere University: Either be from Africa, have worked in Africa, or work with African communities or initiatives outside the continent.
- 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 master’s degree 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.
- You are not eligible if you are an active Rotary member or an employee of a Rotary club, Rotary International, or another Rotary entity.
How to Apply?
Interested and eligible candidates can apply online via this page.
Fellowship Components
- Academic Training
- Learn research-based theories and approaches to peace and development.
- Applied Field Experience
- Build practical skills through a self-designed, two- to three-month field experience.
- Networking
- Expand your global network of academics, peace workers, and Rotary members.
- Workshop Series
- Develop professional skills in peacebuilding and development.
- Final Seminar
- Present your master’s research.
Benefits
The Rotary Peace Fellowship cover the following:
- Tuition and fees,
- Room and board,
- Round-trip transportation, and
- All internship and field-study expenses.
Important Dates
Candidates have until May 15, 2024, to submit applications to The Rotary Foundation. Rotary endorsers must submit endorsements to The Rotary Foundation by 1 July.
Click here to view the official notification of the Rotary Peace Fellowship Program 2025-26.
