Ford Foundation

Application Deadline: December 15th

Scholarship
Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships for Minorities

Program
One year of postdoctoral research (9 or 12 months)

Discipline(s)
Behavioral Sciences, Literature & Languages, History, Philosophy & Religion, Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics & Astronomy, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Sciences, Interdisciplinary Programs

Eligibility
- US Citizens
- Members of the following ethnic groups: Alaska Natives, Black / African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders, Puerto Ricans
- Individuals aspiring to teach at university / college level
- Ph.D. or Sc.D. earned within last 6 years in a supported field

Description
To foster diversity on the nation's college and university faculties and campuses, the Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities program identifies outstanding researchers and scholars who are members of minority groups whose underrepresentation in the professoriate and in formal programs of postdoctoral study and research in the United States has been long-standing and remains severe as a result of past discrimination. The program enables fellows to engage in a year of postdoctoral research and scholarship in an environment free from the interference of their normal professional duties. In sponsoring this fellowship program, the Ford Foundation wishes to help recent doctoral recipients achieve greater recognition and develop the professional associations that will make them more effective and productive in academic employment. Approximately 30 fellowships will be awarded to current or potential college or university faculty members and researchers in a national competition administered by the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made in early April 2002 to those individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, show greatest promise for future achievement in basic research and academic scholarship on college and university campuses. Major disciplines eligible for support include the life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, engineering sciences, behavioral and social sciences, education, and the humanities.

Award
Stipend of $35,000; travel and relocation, cost-of-research, and employing institution allowances

Clark Contact
Dr. Kevin M. McKenna, Associate Dean of the College

Contact Info
For more information, application requests, and on-line applications see The National Academies of Science Fellowship Office (Ford Fellowships are administered by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences)

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