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Dissertation Fellowships For Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching
Washington, DC, USA

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Scholarship / Financial aid: One-year stipend: $21,000

Date: no less than 9 months and no more than 12 months

Deadline: November 28, 2008

Open to: All citizens or nationals of the United States

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2009 Program Announcement

On-line Application Deadline: November 28, 2008
Announcement of Awards: April 2009

Statement of Program Goals
Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, 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.

Eligibility to apply for a dissertation fellowship is limited to:

-All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation (must have become a U.S. citizen by November 28, 2008),
-Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations),
-Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level,
-Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree candidates studying in an eligible research-based discipline at a U.S. educational institution, and
-Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.

Eligible Fields of Study
Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs that include the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, education, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies.

Stipend and Benefits
-One-year stipend: $21,000
-Expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows (see below)
-Access to Ford Fellow Liaisons, a network of former Ford Fellows who have volunteered to provide mentoring and support to current fellows.

Tenure
The tenure of a dissertation fellowship will be no less than 9 months and no more than 12 months, with tenure beginning no earlier than June 1, 2009 and no later than September 1, 2009.