Civil society leaders who are working to improve their communities by tackling key issues related to environment, conflict resolution and gender, can now apply for the IREX Community Solutions Program 2027 which is fully funded to the U.S.A.
With a personalized leadership coaching and training through a graduate level leadership curriculum, fellows develop the leadership potentials to implement projects in their home communities. The International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) program offers financial support to assist successful candidates to address key challenges facing their communities.
SUMMARY
- Fellowship Sponsor(s): U.S. Government
- Host Institution(s): IREX, USA
- Funding Amount: Not Specified
- Number of Awards: Several
- Study Level: Professional Leaders
- Nationality: All Nationalities
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Eligibility Criteria | IREX Community Solutions Program 2027
The candidates for IREX Community Solutions Program 2027 must meet the following requirements:
- You are between the ages of 27 and 39 at the time of application.
- You are a citizen of a country listed on the official application website.
- You have at least five years of experience working on community issues and can demonstrate measurable benefits to local communities.
- You are living and working in your country at the time of application and are not residing or working outside your country, including through an academic, training, or research program.
- You meet the country-of-residence requirements described below
- You have a high level of proficiency in spoken and written English at the time of application
- Semi-finalists who do not already possess a valid TOEFL score of 520, or 213 on the computer-based test, or higher will be required to take an Institutional TOEFL or a comparable English-language proficiency assessment approved for CSP.
- You are able to begin the CSP program in the United States in 2027 and participate in the approximately three- to four-month U.S.-based exchange. Current planning dates are Orientation August 2–5, practicum August 9–October 29, and End-of-Program Workshop November 1–4, 2027, subject to confirmation.
- You are not a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. and have not applied for U.S. permanent residency within the past three years.
- You are eligible to receive a U.S. J-1 visa
- Applicants who have participated in an exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Government must have fulfilled their two-year home residency requirement.
- You are committed to returning to your home country for a minimum of two years after completing the program and implementing a community-based SCALE-Up Project.
- You meet any additional eligibility criteria established published in the final application materials.
Eligible Countries
- Africa: Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia; Ghana; Guinea; Kenya; Liberia; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Uganda
- East Asia and the Pacific: Cambodia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Europe: Albania, Belarus, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine
- Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Tunisia
- South and Central Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
- Western Hemisphere: Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela.
Program Benefits
The IREX Community Solutions Program in U.S.A. covers the cost of most expenses associated with:
- J-1 visa support
- Round-trip travel from participants’ home city to the U.S.
- Monthly allowance to cover housing, meals, and other living expenses while in the U.S.
- Accident and sickness health coverage
- Accessibility accommodations, such as ADA accessible rooms for in-person training, software such as JAWS, and community assistance and community training
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Application Procedure
How-to-Apply: Eligible applicants who are interested in IREX Community Solutions Program 2027 are expected to submit an online application by the application deadline. Please review the program requirements prior to starting an application to ensure that you are eligible. Further enquiries should be sent via email to [email protected].
Application Deadline: 24th November, 2026 at 11:59 Eastern Time
