Districts and Rotary and Rotaract clubs play a key role in recruiting and recommending Rotary Peace Fellow candidates. Each year, The Rotary Foundation awards fellowships to leaders in peace and development to study at one of the Rotary Peace Centers at premier universities around the world.
The fellows can earn a master’s degree or a postgraduate diploma through the professional development certificate program.
The application will be open 1 February and close 15 May 24, and the peace fellows who are selected will begin their studies in 2025. Find out who is eligible and how they can apply.
Help midcareer change-makers and young professionals who have peacebuilding experience apply for a fully funded Rotary Peace Fellowship. Connect with your district Rotary Peace Fellowship subcommittee chair to learn more about recruiting candidates from your communities.
Among the applicants who are accepted this year will be members of the first cohort at Rotary’s newest peace centre, Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, Turkey. The new centre will offer a certificate program in peace and development studies for candidates who plan to focus on peacebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Since the Rotary Peace Centers program began in 2002, more than 1,700 fellows have graduated. They are now working on peace and development initiatives in more than 140 countries. Many serve as leaders in government, nongovernmental organizations, education and research institutions, peacekeeping and law enforcement agencies, media and the arts, and international organizations such as UNICEF, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Follow the Rotary Peace Centers’ Facebook page for updates about peace fellows’ work. More than 40 peace fellows have come from District 9800, more than any other district in the world.
For more information, please contact Rotary Melbourne Peace Fellow Committee Chair, Carol Bond. Email: carol.bond@rmit.edu.au
