General Eligibility

The applicant must be a Ph.D. student, must be currently enrolled in a U.S. university, and must have completed all course requirements and qualifying or comprehensive examinations for the doctoral degree before initiating IAF-funded field research.

·         The competition is open to U.S. citizens and citizens of independent Latin American and Caribbean countries (except Cuba).

·         IAF Fellowships fund field research in independent Latin American and Caribbean countries (except Cuba). Proposals for field research in Puerto Rico or the Dutch, French and British territories are not eligible.

·         Applicants must speak and read the language(s) appropriate to the research proposal.

·         Each applicant must demonstrate a planned, substantive collaboration during the field research period, with an affiliated development or applied research institution in the Latin American or Caribbean country.

·         The IAF encourages applicants to look into all available funding. However, a successful applicant for an IAF Fellowship cannot receive funding from other sources in support of research activities conducted during the research period funded by the IAF Fellowship without the IAF’s prior written consent.

·         IAF Fellowship requirements prohibit application by an individual who, at the time of submission and during the period when such application is under consideration, is a party to a contract with the Inter-American Foundation to perform in-country services or is a director, officer, employee, or contractor of an in-country service organization under contract to the Inter-American Foundation. During their field research period, IAF Fellows are prohibited from being a party to a contract with the Inter-American Foundation to perform in-country services or from holding the position of a director, officer, employee or contractor of an in-country service organization under contract to the IAF.

·         IAF Fellowship requirements prohibit the award of an IAF Fellowship to individuals employed by and on payroll of a U.S. government agency during the field research period, and to past IAF employees during the 12-month period following their separation from the IAF.