The Rotary Foundation announces a call for applications for the annual Rotary World Peace Fellowships (RWPF). The Rotary Centers for International Studies programme offers fellowships for master's degree study in fields related to peace and conflict resolution. Up to 60 Rotary World Peace Fellows each year enroll in the six Rotary Centers based at seven universities in five countries: International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan; Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina; University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S., and Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.



Coursework at the Rotary Centers focuses on preventing and resolving conflict by addressing its root causes - for example, responding to hunger with food security, disease with health care, illiteracy with education, poverty with sustainable development, and environmental degradation with conservation. Fellows put classroom lessons into practice through an applied field experience, in which they work with a variety of governmental and non-governmental organisations worldwide.

Applicants are advised to contact a local club or district for an initial interview in March - May of 2009. Applications are submitted through these organisations. Click here for more information about the programme.


Click here for more information about programme eligibility and deadlines.


Click here to download an application in PDF format.

Click here to read about alumni.

Rotary International website on March 17 2009.