International resources, scholarships, internships, and job opportunities

Compiled by the International Social Work Committee, University of Washington's School of Social Work (Please send suggestions for additional links to Nancy Farwell at nfarwell@u.washington.edu)

• International Social Work Professional Organizations
  
• Scholarships & Grants
  
• International Social Work Databases
  
• University of Washington Resources
  
• Jobs, Volunteer, and Internship Opportunities
  
• Academic Resources
  

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International Social Work Professional Organizations
(Most of these resources also have job, volunteer, and internship opportunities listed)

• International Association of Schools of Social Work:
  http://www.iassw.soton.ac.uk/
  
  
• The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW):
  http://www.ifsw.org/
  
  
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW):
  http://www.socialworkers.org
  
  
• Council on Social Work Education:
  http://www.cswe.org/

Scholarships & Grants

• International Research and Exchanges Board:
  http://www.irex.org/
  
  
• Council for International Education and Exchange:
  http://www.ciee.org/
  
  
• The International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH):
  http://www.ifesh.org/
  
  
• Council of International Fellowship - USA:
  http://www.cipusa.org/home.html
  
  
• The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) International Development Fellows Program: http://www.catholicrelief.org/about_us/jobs/intern.cfm
  
  
• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Jackson
  School of International Studies, University of Washington
  Summer and Academic Year 2003-2004
  Summer fellowships are granted to those Masters and PhD students engaged in intensive foreign language study in the U.S. or abroad. FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education through eight National Resource Centers located in the Jackson School of International Studies: Canada, East Asia, International Studies, Middle
  East Studies, Russian/East European/Central Asia, South Asian, Southeast
  Asia and West Europe. Application instructions are provided at: http://jsis.washington.edu/programs/cis/ISP/index.htm.
  
  
• National Science Foundation Funding Opportunity for International Research Programs - Students and Faculty
  East Asia Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
  (Summer Institutes in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan)
  NSF Program Announcement (NSF02-714)
  http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf02174
  http://www.nsftokyo.org/spmenu.html
  http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/int_gradstud.htm
  
  
• International Opportunities for Scientists and Engineers
  NSF Program Announcement (NSF00-138)
  http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf00138
  http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/int_tbl.htm
  
  
• International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) [nsf02149]
  Research Fellowships in Japan
  [http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/int_postdocs.htm#postjap]
  American Workforce and Research and Education (AWARE)
  [http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/eap/start.htm#aware]
  Women's International Science Collaboration Program (WISC)
  [http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/eap/start.htm#wisc]
  
  

International Social Work Databases

• PRAXIS: Resources For Social and Economic Development:
  http://caster.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html
  
  
• Social Work Access Network:
  http://sc.edu/swan/
  
  
• The Directory of Development Organizations 2002.  A guide to International Organizations, Governments, Private Sector Institutions, Development Agencies, NGOs, Grant makers:
  http://www.devdir.org/index.html

University of Washington Resources

• International Health Program, School of Public Health and Community Medicine:
  http://depts.washington.edu/ihprog/
  
  
• The Evans School International Fellowship Programs:
  http://www.gspa.washington.edu/students/international/#certificate
  
  
• Population Fellowship Program
  
  
• International Development Policy & Management Certificate Program
  
  
• Peace Corps Master's International
  
  
• UW World Wide:
  http://depts.washington.edu/uwww/
  
  
• Office of International Program and Exchange:
  http://www.ipe.washington.edu/

Jobs, Volunteer, and Internship Opportunities

• DevNet Jobs:
  http://www.devnetjobs.org/
  
  
• Interaction: American Council for Voluntary International Action:
  http://www.interaction.org/
  
  
• Weekly job announcements, Global Work: lists of jobs, volunteer, internship, and fellowship opportunities. The Monday Developments.
  
  
• OneWorld Jobs:
  http://www.oneworld.net/
  
  
• United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service, 866 UN Plaza, DC1-1106, United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA, and ask for a directory of "Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with the UN Department of Public Information".
  
  
• UN Development Program:
  http://www.undp.org/jobs
  
  
• International Labor Organization:
  http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/pers/index.htm
  
  
• UNAIDS:
  http://www.unaids.org/about/jobs/index.html
  
  
• USAID:
  http://www.usaid.gov/
  
  
• The International Employment Hotline:
  http://www.internationaljobs.org/monthly.html
  
  
• Care and Health:
  http://www.careandhealth.com
  
  
• Relief web:
  http://www.reliefweb.int
  
  
• NGO's International Federation of Red Cross:
  http://www.ifrc.org/jobs/
  
  
• Care:
  http://www.care.org/careers/index.cfm
  
  
• World Vision:
  http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/hr.nsf/stable/working
  
  
• Save the Children:
  http://www.savethechildren.org/jobs.shtml
  
  
• Holt International:
  http://www.holtintl.org/employment.shtml
  
  
• Anti-Slavery International:
  http://www.antislavery.org

Academic Resources (partial list)

• The Center for International Social Work Studies: University of Connecticut School of Social Work and Online Human Rights Resource Center:
  http://www.ssw.uconn.edu/cisws/ciswslinks.htm
  
  
• University of Calgary's International Development and Research Institute:
  http://www.ucalgary.ca/international/institute.html
  
  
• University of Michigan Human Rights Library:
  http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/
  
  
• Inter-University Consortium for International Social Developmen.  Job listings and a Virtual library in International Development with information sorted by topics, regions/country specific information, organizations, and development references:
  http://www.iucisd.org/ 
  
  
• Case Western Reserve University Library: Pathfinder for International Social Work.   A Research Guide:
  http://msass.cwru.edu/library/ref/path/intsw.asp