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The IFR is a nonprofit charitable organization that is tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code and operates under tax ID 27-5556305. Consult with your financial adviser as your donation may be fully tax deductible.

The Gift of Education

Education is a gift that keeps giving. It is essential to the makings of capable, fulfilled, and giving individuals. Our field schools in the social and natural sciences offer an education in both the subject and of the self. They require students to engage in physical work, in an intensive and immersive fashion. At our programs, students often live in remote areas and work in small teams for extensive periods of time, creating collaborative communities of learners. Students develop intellectual capacity, as well as physical and emotional resiliency. They become researchers, team members, and global citizens. The IFR strives to make our programs available to everyone, regardless of financial barriers. We welcome you to join us in our mission by making field school education accessible and attainable to students of all backgrounds and income levels.

Scholarships

The IFR offers a number of scholarships and we seek your help to support those. Our scholarships target merit, financial need, military veterans, and first generation scholars. Scholarship applications are rigorous and are awarded to deserving and qualified students who can benefit from an intensive field experience.

Research

Scholarships serve a two-fold cause: the funds help to pay tuition for deserving students and support the production of quality research. Students help leading scholars in a range of disciplines to engage in scientific, evidence-based research, collect data, and begin preliminary analysis while still in the field. In many cases, students continue to engage with research and publish papers as co-authors with field schools directors. To support such students, the IFR has put forward academic conference travel awards, as well as awards for best paper and best poster where field school students are first authors.

Community

We believe science is a public good. We also believe that without good science, we cannot have good public policy. IFR field schools generate vast quantities of research in a range of disciplines. Supporting students is about transforming young people from learners and consumers to producers of research. Our programs not only teach students about different areas of the world, they also produce stewards of the environment and cultural heritage in those places. The research IFR students help to produce is a significant contribution to the collective understanding of our world and species, past and present.

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