***Please alert eligible graduate students.***
Application Deadline Dates:
- Predoctoral: November 19, 2014
- Dissertation: November 14, 2014
- Postdoctoral: November 14, 2014
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.
The National Academies is accepting applications for the 2015 Ford Foundation Fellowships Programs for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching. Full eligibility information and online applications are available at: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/index.htm
Eligibility Requirements:
- U.S. citizens, nationals, permanent residents, or individuals granted deferred action status under the DACA program
- Planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based filed of science, social science or humanities
Stipends and Allowances:
- Predoctoral -- $24,000 per year for three years
- Dissertation -- $25,000 for one year
- Postdoctoral -- $45,000 for one year
Awardees have expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows.
Approximately 60 predoctoral, 30 dissertation, and 18 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies.
For Further information please contact:
Fellowships Office, Keck 576
National Research Council of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.334.2872
Fax: 202.334.3419
infofell@nas.edu
For more information, contact: Jill Deans, ONS&F at jill.deans@uconn.edu