Founded in 1990 the IPRA Foundation, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, furthers the purposes and activities of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) which, since 1965, has sought to enhance the processes of peace.
PEACE RESEARCH
Peace research is distinguished by its attention to systematic observation or study of conflict phenomena and peace strategies. It explains how the conditions of peace can be advanced and/or the causes of war and other forms of violence be removed.
The IPRA Foundation began as a depository of funds brought in by people with specific projects. The main task was to invest those funds safely in socially acceptable enterprises and pay them out as needed. A short description of the Foundation’s projects follows:
DOROTHY MARCUS SENESH FELLOWSHIP
The Senesh Fellowship provides a biennial fellowship for two years of graduate study to a woman from the third world.
PEACE RESEARCH GRANTS
Peace Research grants up to $5,000 to support systemic observation or study of conflict phenomena and peace strategies.
KENNETH BOULDING MEMORIAL CONFERENCE FUNDING PROGRAM
The Kenneth E. Boulding Memorial Conference Funding Program supports a very limited number of travel grants for presenters from countries in the Global South to present their research at approved peace research conferences.
ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS.
Although the IPRA Foundation seldom undertakes fundraising activities, it is prepared to administer grants for projects of member institutes, regional associations, and others approved by IPRA commissions and by the IPRA Foundation Board of Directors. A fee of 15% is charged for this service.
