Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs -- Predoc, Dissertations, Postdoc Opportunities

(Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs)Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs

Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs are designed to increase the diversity
of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and
racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to
increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for
enriching the education of all students.

 

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

·         U.S. citizen or national

·         Planning a career in teaching and research to be matched by
    employing institution at the college or university level

 

STIPENDS AND ALLOWANCES:

·         Predoctoral - $20,000 to the fellow, institution allowance of
    $2,000 for three years

·         Dissertation - $21,000 for one year

·         Postdoctoral - $40,000 for one year, $1,500 employing institution
    allowance to be matched by employing institutions

 

Approximately 40 predoctoral, 20 dissertation, and 18 postdoctoral
fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the
National Research Council of the National Academies

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE DATES:

·         PREDOCTORAL: EARLY NOVEMBER 2010

·         DISSERTATION: EARLY NOVEMBER 2010

·         POSTDOCTORAL: EARLY NOVEMBER 2010

 

For additional information and applications, contact:

National Research Council of the National Academies

500 5th Street NW, K576

Washington, DC 20001

Phone: (202) 334-2872

Fax: (202) 334-3419

E-mail: infofell@nas.edu

 

See Web site for complete eligibility information:
http://national-academies.org/fellowships

 

*Web-based applications may be filled out and submitted online.

 

--Sara Xayarath Hernández--

Director, Diversity Programs in Engineering

 Cornell University, College of Engineering