Institute of Current World Affairs

Financial Support


The Institute provides full financial support for its fellows and their immediate families. Fellows are required to write and submit monthly reports, or newsletters, to the executive director. The newsletters are circulated to ICWA members, the fellows' friends, and leaders in education, business, government, and various professions.


"Full financial support" does not mean unlimited financial support. The Institute provides fellows with sufficient funding to allow them and their families to live in good health and reasonable comfort and to fulfill the purposes of the fellowship.

 

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From the Archive


A citadel built more than 500 years ago stands in the middle of modern, bustling Herat.


“The Ranger sped toward the Iranian border on the smooth, asphalt, Iranian-built road. Electric towers followed the road from Herat and disappeared into the Iranian desert. Sand dunes piled against walls, street signs, and parked cars. When the wind gusted, the sand blowing against the Ranger sounded like shards of metal. A range of brown, bald mountains paralleled the road on one side, an abandoned refugee camp on the other.” [read newsletter]


—Nicholas Schmidle

Pakistan

ICWA Fellow (2006-2008)