Levels: Bachelor, Master
Tuition: Full coverage
Deadline: Mar 6, 2027

Initiatives of Change is offering merit-based and need-based scholarships as well as 1 Alumni Scholarship for the session of the Caux Scholars Program (CSP) in Caux, Switzerland. The 30-day residential program will take place from 28 June to 27 July at the Initiatives of Change Conference Center in Caux, Switzerland.

Each year, 20 students from around the world are selected for this 4-week course. The program includes approximately 40 hours of academic classes and 7 hours per week of “Service for Leadership” practical work. CSP Participants will discuss key essays and case studies and undergo leadership exercises, facilitation, dialogue, creative interventions, improvisation and performance, and institutional field visits. The scholars also participate as full delegates in Caux Forum’s Towards Inclusive Peace conference (TIP) and they spend a day visiting the Geneva Center for International Policy, the United Nations, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. These activities enable them to witness global institutional approaches to ongoing regional conflicts.

Deadline: Mar 6, 2027

Comments: Course starts 28 June

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Quota: 1 Alumni Scholarship

CSP offers 1 full alumni scholarship per year. Through fundraising efforts, CSP also offers partial and full merit-based and need-based scholarships that are given to scholars who have made important community contributions and who demonstrate leadership skills and a clear commitment to furthering the mission and values of CSP and Initiatives of Change.

The CSP Alumni scholarship provides US$3,800 for the tuition fee and US$1,000 for air travel if enough funds are raised.

CSP offers 1 full alumni scholarship per year. Through fundraising efforts, CSP also offers partial and full merit-based and need-based scholarships that are given to scholars who have made important community contributions and who demonstrate leadership skills and a clear commitment to furthering the mission and values of CSP and Initiatives of Change.

The CSP Alumni scholarship provides US$3,800 for the tuition fee and US$1,000 for air travel if enough funds are raised.

Applicants for the CSP should generally be between the ages of 21 and 35. Exceptions will be made for outstanding candidates who are beyond this age range.

Applicants for the Alumni Scholarship must be nationals of countries affected by present-day civil or armed conflict. Candidates with dual nationality or permanent residency in a western country do not qualify for the scholarship. Eligible applicants are those who have engaged actively in creating peace and mitigating conflict, and who demonstrate financial need. The recipient of the CSP Alumni Scholarship should return to her/his home country after benefiting from training in conflict transformation, restorative justice and peacebuilding, and contribute directly to the change process within the communities that tshe/he lives and work in.