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Aid & Development

Writing Winning Grant Proposals

Oct 8, 2026, 1:00-2:15 pm EDT
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Oct 9, 2026, 1:00-2:15 pm EDT
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Oct 15, 2026, 1:00-2:15 pm EDT
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Oct 16, 2026, 1:00-2:15 pm EDT
Weill Hall 3240 (10/8, 10/9, 10/15); Weill Hall 1230 (10/16)
This year's Aid & Development series will focus on drafting compelling grant proposals. Students will explore key strategies that help grant proposals stand out and will practice applying them to a real-world case.

Student conversation with Ms. Elisa Zogbi (Inter-American Development Bank)

Sep 28, 2026, 9:00-9:50 am EDT
Weill Hall 3240
During this informal breakfast career talk, Ms. Elisa Zogbi will discuss her career in international development. Elisa Zogbi is an international development leader with more than two decades of experience working at the intersection of democracy and economic development across Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East. She currently serves as a Senior Advisor in the Inter-American Development Bank's External Affairs and Communications Department, supporting strategic engagement and partnerships that advance the IDB Group's institutional priorities and strengthen its relationships with key stakeholders. Ms. Zogbi will participate in this career talk in her personal capacity.
Aid & Development

Student Workshop: Building Multi-Actor Coalitions in International Development

Sep 28, 2026, 2:30-3:50 pm EDT
Weill Hall 1110 (Betty Ford Classroom)
This Aid & Development workshop will explore the role of coordinating across multiple actors towards shared objectives in international development, and the key skills needed to be successful in doing so. In an era where resources for international development have been decreasing, effective collaboration between and across actors towards shared goals has become increasingly important.This workshop will be led by Ms. Elisa Zogbi, Senior Advisor for External Affairs & Communications at the Inter-American Development Bank. Ms. Zogbi will facilitate this workshop in her personal capacity.
Aid & Development

Writing Winning Grant Proposals

Sep 8, 2025, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EDT
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Sep 10, 2025, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EDT
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Sep 22, 2025, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EDT
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Sep 24, 2025, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EDT
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom
This year’s Aid & Development series will focus on drafting compelling grant proposals. Students will explore key strategies that help grant proposals stand out and will practice applying them to a real-world case. 
Aid & Development

What’s going on with international development?

Mar 26, 2025, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EDT
Weill Hall 1230
Join Prof. William Axinn (Interim Director, IPC), Dr. Amy Beck Harris (Lecturer, Ford School), and Daniel Ellis (Assistant Director, IPC) for a conversation about the current state, and possible future(s), of U.S. foreign assistance. 

Genetics and Demographic Behavior

Jan 15, 2025, 2:00-3:00 pm EST
This webinar will provide an overview of the methods for constructing and analyses of polygenic scores for demographic behavior in CVFS. 

Selling the China model abroad

Nov 16, 2023, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Weill Hall 3240
Join Dr. Daniel Mattingly for the third installment of the International Policy Research Seminar (IPRS), hosted by the Ford School's International Policy Center (IPC).
Aid & Development

The Local Systems Framework as a tool for locally driven development

Nov 8, 2023, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EST
Weill Hall 1220
The International Policy Center (IPC) is hosting this workshop as part of its Aid & Development series. At Aid & Development events, students build practical skills for future international development careers.
Aid & Development

Student conversation with Ms. Tina Byenkya (USAID/Somalia)

Oct 9, 2023, 9:00-10:00 am EDT
Weill Hall 3240
The International Policy Center (IPC) is hosting this breakfast talk as part of its Aid & Development series. At Aid & Development events, students build practical skills for future international development careers.
Aid & Development

Evaluating democracy & governance-focused development programs

Oct 9, 2023, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EDT
Weill Hall 1220
The International Policy Center (IPC) is hosting this workshop as part of its Aid & Development series. At Aid & Development events, students build practical skills for future international development careers.
Aid & Development

Planning for development impact

Sep 11, 2023, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EDT
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Sep 13, 2023, 11:30 am-12:50 pm EDT
Weill Hall 1120 (Annenberg Auditorium)
During this Aid & Development workshop, students will develop and apply design, planning, and management skills using a U.S. foreign aid project in Nigeria as a case study.

Info session: 2024 BA Global Engagement Seminar

Sep 8, 2023, 11:30 am-12:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall 5240
Learn more about PubPol 480, an advanced undergraduate seminar that challenges public policy majors to consider how policy issues are framed and addressed in a non-U.S. context.

Diplomat in Residence Information Session with Lou Fintor

Sep 6, 2023, 11:30 am-12:45 pm EDT
3240 Weill Hall
Join the Weiser Diplomacy Center for an information session with Lou Fintor, the Ford School’s Diplomat in Residence, a U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officer offering State Department career, internship, and fellowship information.