World Peace Fellows

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Application Timetable for Rotary Clubs in District 5790 

February - March

  1. Identify outstanding Peace Fellow candidates.
  2. Encourage prospects to complete an application 
  3. Club interviews their candidate.

April - May

  1. Submit application and endorsement to District by April 15.
  2. District committee reviews applications for qualification 
  3. District committee interviews all fully qualified applicants. 
  4. District committee will endorse or decline to endorse. 

Rotary Peace Fellows on a District 5790 bench in the Peace Park at 2026 Convention.

 

District World Peace Fellows Sub-Committee

The District 5790 RWPF Sub-Committee has oversight responsibility for recruitment and nomination to two of The Rotary Foundation's educational programs.  Rotary awards a total of 170 Rotary Peace Fellowships annually. The two programs are:

  1. Rotary Centers for International Studies and a Masters Degree.
  2. Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies for Professional Certificates.

 

UNC Rotary Peace Fellow Alexandra Rose, MSW (right)
with Marty Helman, Rotary International Trustee 2022-2026 (left)

 

Rotary Peace Centers for Master's Degree

Where?
At the following five (5) universities:
  1. Duke / University of North Carolina-USA
  2. International Christian University (ICU)-Japan
  3. The University of Bradford-England
  4. The University of Queensland-Australia
  5. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
     
What?  Graduate study toward a master's degree. 
 
How many? 50 master's degree fellowships
 
Who? 

Chosen based on:

  • Academic achievement
  • Ability to impact world peace and conflict resolution
When?

Deadlines for 2028-2029 Applications, 

  • Club interviews and endorsements must be submitted to District by April 15.
  • District endorsement must be submitted to TRF by July 1, 2027.
 
 

Makerere Rotary Peace Fellows Jennifer Montgomery and
Gorett Komurembe with PDG Pam Akins and Barry Levinson
at the 2023 Birmingham Peace Conference

 

Rotary Peace Centers for Professional Certificate

 
Where?  
At the following Institutes:
  1. Makerere University  (Kampala,  Uganda)
  2.  Otto and Fran Walter Rotary Peace Center, Bahçeşehir University (Istanbul, Turkey)
  3.  Symbiosis International University (Pune, India) 
What? Professional certificate program
 
How many?  TRF may allocate up to 80 Rotary Peace Fellowships per year.
 
Who?   Adults and professionals working in conflict resolution
 
When?     
 Deadlines for 2028-2029 Applications, 
 
  • Club interviews and endorsements must be submitted to District by April 15.
  • District endorsement must be submitted to TRF by July 1, 2027.
 
 

District 5790 Rotary World Peace Fellowships Sub-Committee

  • Jim C Quick,  Peace Fellowships Chair
  • DG Angie Cox
  • IPDG Jon Bullock
  • PDG Scott Hendricks, District Foundation Chair
  • PDG Conrad Heede
  • Peace Fellow  Alum Jeff Whitfield
  • Peace Fellow Alum Kirk Driver
Contact Jim C Quick, jquick@uta.edu, 817-564-5653 for more information