PRESTASI (Program to Extend Scholarships and Training to Achieve Sustainable Impacts)
“I have a dream to serve my country [Indonesia] better. It is time for the young leaders to lead and take real action to build our nation.” Teddy Lesmana, 2011 PRESTASI Scholar
Learn more about Teddy's work with PRESTASI
Learn more about PRESTAS and IIE's work in Indonesia
Inter-American Foundation (IAF) Grassroots Development Fellowship Program
University of Connecticut PhD Candidate Rebecca Jacobs visited the village of San Martín Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, to deliver reading glasses to local women weavers. For many,the glasses allowed them to see their weaving clearly for the first time in years.
Learn more about Rebecca's work and the IAF
Visit the IAF program site
David L. Boren Fellowship Program
While studying Hindi on a Boren Fellowship in India, Meghan Luckett visited the Prakriti Biotech Farm in Hazaribag, India, part of a project to address high rates of malnutrition in India by teaching rural women how to grow avocados.
Learn more about Meghan's research and the Boren Program
Visit the Boren program site
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program (FLTA)
While teaching Arabic as a Fulbright FLTA from 2010 -2011, Amira Hegazy of Egypt took active part in campus life at her host institution, Vassar College. Since completing her program in the spring of 2011, Amira has returned to her home country to work as an English teacher full time.
Watch video of Amira at her host institution, Vassar College
Visit the FLTA program site
TechWomen
“I always believed in myself and my ability to influence others, but before embarking on the TechWomen experience, I never really used this talent and put it at the service of a greater goal.” Rayane Hazimeh, 2011 TechWomen Program (Lebanon)
Learn more about Rayane and her work towards inspiring women to enter STEM fields
Watch a video on the TechWomen program, featuring TechWomen grantees
Visit the TechWomen program Site
Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health Program (LDM)
Pakistani LDM Fellow Sarah Asad is Executive Director and a founding member of Pahchaan (Protection and Help of Children Against Abuse and Neglect). In just four years, Pahchaan has improved the lives of over 3,000 children.
Learn more about Sarah's experience working with LDM in Pakistan
Visit the LDM program site
International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP)
Through the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Joshua Magawa, a community leader from Uganda, Joshua met with a number of dynamic research and community organizations in California and shared best practices for HIV and AIDS research and advocacy.
Learn more about Joshua's experience as an IVLP participant
Visit the IVLP program site
Baker Hughes Scholars Program
Joel, a Baker Hughes Scholar from Angola, completed an internship with the Department of Finance and Accounting at Baker Hughes, which enabled him to round out his academic studies with professional experience.
Learn more about Joel's career and the Baker Hughes Program
Visit the Baker Hughes program site
Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program
Through the Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program, Randall Platt applied, and subsequently completed one year of biomedical research while obtaining a Masters of Philosophy from Imperial College London in the United Kingdom.
Learn more about Randall's research in the field of oncology
Visit the Whitaker program site
Scholar Rescue Fund®
Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Abdallah Eisa – a highly respected professor of medicine, physician, community leader and human rights advocate from Sudan – was threatened with detention and torture if he returned to his home country.
Learn more about Dr. Eisa's work as an SRF fellow
Visit the Scholar rescue Fund site
Fulbright Scholar Program
Novelist, filmmaker and physics lecturer at Cornell University, Dr. Robert Lieberman, traveled to Burma (Myanmar) through the Fulbright Specialist Program, a component of the Fulbright Scholar Program. The result of his trip was, “They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain,” a documentary film providing a never before seen look into a country isolated for decades.
Learn more about Dr. Lieberman's work in Burma (Myanmar)
Visit the Fulbright Scholar Program site
Read a New York Times article on Dr. Lieberman's film