[Gradschool] $20, 000/yr for 3yrs - Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships

[Wisner, Liza]

From: Ileana Lane [mailto:iclane at yahoo.com] 

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	Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
	
	The 2008 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships competition is
currently accepting applications for three types of awards:
Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral.  The on-line application
deadline for the Predoctoral award is November 15, 2007; the on-line
application deadline for the other two is November 29, 2007.  The
announcement of the awards will be made in April 2008.  The applications
for all three can be obtained on-line at
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/
<http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/> .  
	
	About the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
	
	The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek 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.
	
	To facilitate this goal the Fellowship grants awards at the
Predoctoral, Dissertation and, Postdoctoral levels to students who
demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and a desire to enter
the professoriate. 
	
	The Fellowship makes the following annual awards
	
	*    Approximately 60 Predoctoral Awards
<http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpredoc.html
<http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpredoc.html> >
at
	$20,000 per year for up to three years.  [On-line application
deadline: November 15, 2007]
	
	*    Approximately 35 Dissertation Awards
	<http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/forddiss.html
<http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/forddiss.html> >  at
$21,000 for one year [On-line application deadline: November 29, 2007]
	
	*    Approximately 20 Postdoctoral Awards
<http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpost.html
<http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpost.html> >  at
	$40,000 for one year [On-line application deadline: November 29,
2007]
	
	Eligibility Requirements
	
	*    All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless
of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual
	orientation. 
	
	*    Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement 
	
	*    Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research
at the college or university level, 
	
	*    Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll in an
eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a
U.S.
	educational institution, and 
	
	*    Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any
time, in any field.