THE IPRA FOUNDATION

 

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.

 

The purpose of IPRA is to advance interdisciplinary research into the conditions of peace and the causes of war and other forms of violence.  To this end, IPRA encourages world wide cooperation designed to advance peace research and education:

 

  1. To promote national studies and teachings related to the pursuit of world peace.
  2. To facilitate contacts and cooperation between scholars and educators throughout the world.
  3. To encourage the global dissemination of peace research.

 

IPRA was founded in 1965, out of widely felt need to end the paralysis of Cold War thinking and to use the tools of social science to develop a better understanding of the dynamics of peace processes.  This independent international non-governmental body seeks the conditions of peace for all.

 

Check the IPRA homepage for details about this organization, including information about its next conference.

 

IPRA BOARD MEMBERS

 

Ada Aharoni, Israel

John Moyiba Amoda, Nigeria

Chaiwat Satha Anand, Thailand

Azril Bacal, Sweden

Judit, Balazs, Hungary

Ravi Bhatia, India

Bradley Correa, USA

Elizabeth Gabona, Uganda

Linda Groff, USA

Sara Horowitz, Argentina

Katsuo Kodama, Japan, Executive Secretary

George Kent, USA

Irma Levai, Hungary

Reychler Luc, Belgium

Marta Martinelli, Denmark

Matt Mogekwu, South Africa

Bernadette Muthien, South Africa

Susan Nandutu, Uganda

Leena Parmer, India

Pat Patfoort, Belgium

Sr. Mary-Soledad Perpinan, Pilippines

Howard Richards, USA

Cheng-Feng Shih, Taiwan

Ursula Oswald Spring, Mexico

Carolyn Stephenson, USA

John Synott, Australia

Mejid Tehrenian, USA

Maria Eugenia Villarreal, Guatemala

Unto Vesa, Finland

Kazuyo Yamane, Japan

 

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 five Foundation projects follows.  

 

  •  Dorothy Marcus Senesh Fellowship Endowment

               The Senesh Endowment provides a biennial fellowship for two years of graduate study to a Woman from the Third World.

 

  • Kenneth Boulding Memorial Conference Funding Fund

               The Boulding Fund Supports research activities of IPRA Commissions and a limited number of travel grants.

 

  • Small  Peace Research Grants

               Small research grants up to $3000 to support systematic observation or study of   conflict phenomena and peace strategies.

                    

  • IPRA Foundation Endowment Fund

               The Endowment Fund supports the work of the International Peace Research Association and its affiliates, including expenses and needs of the IPRA   Foundations.

 

 

 

IPRA FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

                     Chadwick Alger, USA, Vice President

                     Elise Boulding, USA

                     Bernice Carroll, USA

                     Kevin Clements, Australia

                     Larry Fisk, Canada

                     Linda Groff, USA

                     Ian Harris, USA, President

                     Linda Johnston, USA, Secretary

                     Surdashan Kapoor, USA

                     Katsuya Kodama, Japan

                     Nagasura Madale, Philippines

                     Ann McCullough Field, USA

                     Paul Murphy, USA

                     Ursula Oswald Spring, Mexico

                     Ralph Summy, Australia

                     Michael True, USA

                     Rachel Trueblood, USA, Treasurer

                     Barbara Wein, USA

 

ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS

 

Although the IPRA Foundation seldom undertakes fundraising activities, it is prepared to administer grants for project of member institutes, regional associations, and other approved by IPRA commissions.  A fee of 5% is charged for this service.

 

Donations to support these projects are welcome.  Please send checks made out to “IPRA Foundation” to Rachel Trueblood, Treasurer IPRAF, 9226 Galway Road, Boulder, CO 80303.

 

 

An application form may be found at application.

 

Clink on small grant awardees to see a list of people who been awarded small peace research grants.

 

Click on Senesh to see a list of Senesh Fellowship recipients.

 

If you have any questions or concerns about the International Peace Research Association Foundation, please contact its president, c/o Ian Harris, Department of Educational Policy and Community Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI  53201, USA Tel: 1-414-229-2326; imh@uwm.edu.

 

The Foundation is currently working on a revision of the Peace Studies Directory.

 

For more information about the president of this foundation go to his homepage.

 

This page was last revised on November 21, 2003.