GRADFellowships Thursdays: Ford Foundation Fellowship Information session and discussion
Date: 10/10
Time: 10:30-11:30
Location: HBL Class of 1947
The information session will consist of a presentation outlining the details of the application process and a Q&A session with current and/or previous awardee/s along with faculty reviewers.
Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks 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.
Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation.
Eligible Fields of Study:
Biological & Biomedical Sciences; Ecological, Environmental, & Evolutionary Sciences; Education; Engineering; History; Interdisciplinary Study (Social Sciences & Humanities); Literature & Languages; Performance Studies, Communication, & Art History; Philosophy & Religious Studies; Physical Sciences, Mathematics, & Computer Science; Psychology; Social Sciences; Social/Cultural Anthropology & Archaeology; Sociology.
Award Amounts:
Predoctoral fellowship: $24,000 per year for three years
Dissertation fellowship: $25,000 for one year
Postdoctoral fellowship: $45,000 for one year
Eligibility of Applicants:
- All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program*, political asylees, and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation,
For more information, contact: Rowena Grainger at rowena.grainger@uconn.edu