Global Grant Scholarships and World Peace Fellowships
Global Grant Scholarships
Rotary District 6710 offers two prestigious Global Grant Scholarships of $40,000 a year for
graduate study abroad through The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. The scholarships
are aimed at university seniors and graduate students with residency in District 6710. Graduate
studies must support sustainable and accountable approaches to one of The Rotary Foundation’s
six humanitarian areas of focus: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution; Disease prevention
and treatment; Water and sanitation; Maternal and child health; Basic education and literacy; and
Economic and community development.
Applicants must be endorsed by a Rotary Club in District 6710 and study at a university
located outside North America. Applicants must provide proof of university admission to a
graduate-level program.
Find out more http://www.rotarydistrict6710.org/EducationalPrograms.php.
Rotary Peace Fellows
Each year, Rotary International selects up to 100 individuals from around the world to receive
fully funded academic fellowships at a peace center. These fellowships cover tuition and fees,
room and board, round-trip transportation, and all internship and field-study expenses. Two types
of peace fellowships are available.
Master’s Degree
Master’s degree fellowships are offered in fields related to peace and conflict prevention and
resolution at six universities around the world. Programs last 15 to 24 months and require a
practical internship of two to three months during the academic break. Each year, Rotary
International awards up to 50 master’s degree fellowships at these institutions:
Professional Development Certificate
For experienced professionals working in peace-related fields who want to enhance their
professional skills, RI offers a three-month program in peace and conflict prevention and
resolution at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. This program incorporates two to three
weeks of field study. Up to 50 certificates are awarded each year.
For more information go to: https://www.rotary.org/en/get-involved/exchange-ideas/peacefellowship-application.
Funding for the scholarships comes from two sources, half from funds that TRF returns to
District 6710. This is money that District 6710 Rotarians have contributed to TRF. The other
half comes from TRF's World Fund which is money that Rotarians from all around the world
(including but not only our District) contribute to the Foundation.
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District 6710 Global Grant Scholars and World Peace Fellow
District 6710 has had two Rotary International Global Grant Scholarships and one World Peace
Fellowship awarded since 2014. The awardees are selected by the District's Global Scholarship
Committee, chaired by Kirk Alliman. The committee facilitates recruitment of qualified
applicants, processes the applications, interviews selected applicants, and forwards the nominee
to Rotary International for a final determination. All three recent awardees are endorsed by the
Rotary Club of Danville.
Global Grant Scholarships
Michael Fryer, a 2014 Centre College graduate, was awarded a $58,350 scholarship to study
towards a Master’s Degree in Development Studies at the London School of Economics and
Political Science, London, England. Michael’s qualifications included extensive economic and
community development experience abroad, having lived and worked in Nicaragua, Guatemala,
Colombia, and Mexico. He is particularly interested in assisting people, including migrant
workers who are excluded from formal financial systems, to be empowered to take control of
their own finances.
Emily Stephenson, a 2015 Centre College graduate, received a $45,000 scholarship to study at
the University of Sheffield in England. She will obtain a Masters Degree in Public Health with
an emphasis in disease transmission and prevention as well as maternal and child health. Emily,
who is fluent in French, held internships at a free health clinic in rural Kentucky, as well as a free
health clinic in urban New Orleans. She is also the recipient of a highly competitive internship at
the Institut Génétique Biologie Moléculaire Cellulaire (IGBMC) in Strasbourg, France where she
conducted epidemiology research.
After her year as a Global Scholar, Emily plans to go to medical school. Her long-term goal is to
work in a health organization like the World Health Organization or Doctors Without Borders
with operations in a French speaking developing country such as Haiti. She is particularly
interested in helping to reduce early mortality rates of children and their mothers, especially
those with high rates of HIV/AIDS.
World Peace Fellowship
Margaret (Meg) Fenton is a 2014 recipient of a World Peace Fellowship. She is studying in the
Masters program at the Rotary International Studies Centre in Peace and Conflict Resolution in
the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford in England. She has worked for
WaterStep, the Southern Leadership Academy, and multiple other youth development and
service organizations in Louisville and in Asia, Africa, and Australia. She is an accomplished
photojournalist who focuses on non-profits in the USA and abroad, including working with
youth in India, Hong Kong and Australia in recent years. She holds undergraduate degrees in
anthropology and French from Centre College and in photojournalism from Western Kentucky
University.
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