(NAME-MCE) Competition Opens for Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships

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10) Competition Opens for Ford Foundation Diversity  Fellowships

Deadline: Various

Administered by the National  Research Council 
( http://www.nationalacademies.org/nrc/ ), the Ford  Foundation
Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the diversity of  U.S.
college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic  and
racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diver-
sity,  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  these goals, NRC awards fellowships at the pre-
doctoral, dissertation, and  postdoctoral levels to students who
demonstrate excellence, a commitment to  diversity and a desire 
to enter the professoriate.

The program makes  the following annual awards: approximately
sixty pre-doctoral awards of  $20,000 per year for up to three
years (Deadline: November 15, 2007);  approximately thirty-five
dissertation awards of $21,000 for one year  (Deadline: November
29, 2007); and approximately twenty postdoctoral awards  of
$40,000 each for one year (Deadline: November 29, 2007).

All  citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of 
race, national  origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or 
sexual orientation are  eligible to apply. Applicants should have 
evidence of superior academic  achievement; be committed to a
career in teaching and research at the college  or university
level; be 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 have not earned a doctoral
degree at any  time, in any field.

For complete program information and application  procedures,
visit the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Home  Page.





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