Peace Scholarship
Candidates must contact a sponsoring Rotary Club . The Club conducts and interview and, if it supports the application, directs the candidate to apply on line www.rotary.org/en/peace-fellowships. The club should also email District Chair Jack Rae at bettyjackrae@shaw.ca (604-536-8578)
The application is to be submitted by May 1st. The candidate will be contacted to attend an interview with the District Scholarship Committee (date and place to be announced but usually in early June). The application and interview results need to be sent to Rotary International by July 1st.
The District 5050 Scholarship Committee is accepting applications for Rotary's Peace Fellowship program for 2015.
The Fellowship consists of two programs: one is at the master's degree level (15 to 24 months) the other is at the certificate level (3 months). The Fellowship includes tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and internship/field study expenses.
The Professional Development Certificate would be valuable to first responders or emergency personnel.
Applicants must apply through a Rotary Club, download the application form from the Rotary website (www.rotary.org/en/peace-fellowships), and be interviewed by the District Scholarship Committee. The Committee must then have the applications in the hands of the Rotary Foundation by July 1st.
The clubs role in this process would be to find, interview, and prepare candidates (much as you would have done for the previous Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships) and forward their applications to the District Scholarship Committee.
The Committee is also looking for Rotarians interested and willing to participate in the District interviews.
For further information please contact District Committee chair Jack Rae at bettyjackrae@shaw.ca
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Each year Rotary International offers 60 scholarships to six universities worldwide. The selection process starts in local Rotary Clubs in Rotary District 5050 serving Rotary Clubs in British Columbia and Washington State.
The Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution is a major educational priority of The Rotary Foundation. The Foundation has established partnerships with universities in Japan, Sweden, England, Australia, Thailand and North Carolina in the US.
Applications must have earned an undergraduate degree and be proficient in a second language.