The Rotary Peace Scholarship Program has been introduced to gather future leaders of change from all over the world and to provide them with advanced global networking opportunities. In order to fulfil its mission, the Rotary Peace Centres have trained more than 1500 fellows from different corners of the world.
The peace fellowship has been successfully achieving its set targets of capacity building of the leaders in peace and development since 2022. However, the Rotary Foundation itself has been bringing peaceful change in the world since 1917. With the motto “Doing Good in the World”, the Rotary Foundation planted seeds for an era that is the basis of the world’s leading humanitarian.
Rotary Peace Fellowship Program 2024-25 is a fully-funded fellowship for international participants who are real advocates of peace and also work for its progression. The Rotary scholarship is awarded each year to up to 90 individuals who exhibit extraordinary leadership qualities.
These Rotary awards for international students serve as a seal that the student’s work is a depiction of dedicated leaders and they have the capacity to bring valuable change by becoming effective catalysts for peace. In this fully-funded scholarship, the students are equipped with the best possible methods and techniques to become influential ambassadors of peace and to become highly effective professionals.
The focus of the Rotary Peace Fellowships program is to bring change from the grass-root level. In the Rotary Foundation, peace is not considered a mere concept but is seen as an integral part of life and a foundation stone for human development. In order to get the desired outcome, the fully-funded international fellowship opportunity has been provided and through this program, the participants are introduced to the channels of activity that have the potential to make a mark on the world.
It is also kept in consideration that if people become able to work peacefully on a local level, it would have a ripple effect on an international level. Furthermore, Rotary Peace Center Alumni work in almost every effective field such as NGOs, media, research institutes, education, governmental agencies, law enforcement and military agencies, multilateral organization, and the field of arts as well. To sum up, Rotary Peace Fellowship is a platform that created the next generation of peace builders and pave the way towards peace and development opportunities.
Rotary Peace Fellowship Program, 2024-25:
Sponsored by:
- Rotary International
Host Countries:
- Australia
- England
- USA
- Japan
- Sweden
Eligibility Criteria of Rotary Peace Fellowship Program 2024-25:
- The candidates must be proficient in English.
- The candidates must have an extraordinary record of building projects.
- The candidates must be able to exhibit their academic achievements as well as the record of personal or community service.
- The students who are pursuing for master’s degree must have completed their bachelor’s degree.
- For master’s students, at least three years of relevant experience is required starting from the date of their most recent degree to the start of the fellowship program.
- Candidates who are currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs are not eligible.
- The candidates who are applying for the certificate program must have fulfilled all the above requirements, however, the experience required for these candidates is of five years.
- The certificate candidates must be able to explain their plan of action.
- Candidates with disability are encouraged to apply.
- The candidates who have attended a certificate program or a global grant scholarship must have a three-year gap before applying for a master’s under this fellowship.
- Active Rotary members, employees of the Rotary Club, Rotary International, or other Rotary entities are ineligible.
How to Apply for Rotary Fellowship 2024?
- The candidates have to submit their applications to the Rotary Foundation online.
- Provide all the relevant documents.
- Submit your endorsement online from the fellowship subcommittee till 1st July.
- The confirmation of receiving the endorsement and application will be sent.
Rotary Peace Centers:
Rotary Peace Centers offering the Master’s Program is located at:
- The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- University of Bradford, Bradford, England
- International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
- Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Duke University and the University of North Carolina, Durham and Chapel Hill, USA
Rotary Peace Centers offering the Certificate Program Located at:
- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Rotary Peace Scholarship Duration:
- Master’s Degree Scholarship 2024: 15 to 24 months
- Professional Development Certificate Program: One Year
Up to 90 International fellowships:
- 50 for Master’s degree Program
- 50 for Certificate Studies
Rotary Fellowship Application Deadline:
- The application deadline is 15th May.
For more information visit the website www.rotary.org
