Ford
Foundation Fellowships
Website::
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/
Ford Fellowship
application deadline: mid-November annually
Eligibility:
Applicants must be citizens or nationals of the United States.
Applicants must be members of the following groups: Alaska Natives
(Eskimo or Aleut) Black/African Americans Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos,
Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian),
or Puerto Ricans. Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll
in a research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. program in one of the fields
listed on the website. Individuals who aspire to a teaching and
research career at the college or university level. Persons who
have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.
Description:
To increase the presence of underrepresented minorities on the
nation's college and university faculties, to enhance diversity
on campuses, and to address the persisting effects of past discrimination,
the Ford Foundation offers predoctoral fellowships to members
of six minority groups whose underrepresentation in the professoriate
has been severe and long-standing. The fellowship program identifies
individuals with demonstrated ability and provides them the opportunity
to engage in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.
Approximately
60 predoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition
administered by the National Research Council (NRC) of the
National
Academies on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will
be made to those individuals who, in the judgment of the review
panels,
have demonstrated superior scholarship and show the greatest
promise for future achievement as scholars, researchers, and
teachers
in institutions of higher education.
Individuals
enrolled in practice-oriented programs will not be supported.
Awards will not be made for work leading to degrees in education,
business, management and administration, health sciences, nursing,
home economics, library science, speech pathology, audiology,
personnel, guidance, social work, social welfare, fine arts, and
performing arts. In addition, awards will not be made for work
leading to terminal master's degrees, doctorates in education
(Ph.D. or Ed.D.), Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) degrees, professional
degrees in such areas as medicine, law, or public health, or for
study in joint degree programs such as the M.D./Ph.D., J.D./Ph.D.,
and M.F.A./Ph.D.
Annual
stipend: $20,000 per year for up to three years
Send
applications to: please see website listed above;
do not send to the Office of Special Scholarship Programs
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