FORD FOUNDATION PREDOCTORAL AND DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR MINORITIES are for citizens or nationals of the United States who are members of the following groups: Alaska Natives, African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders, and Puerto Ricans. Both awards are made for study in research-based doctoral programs (Ph.D. or Sc.D.) that will lead to careers in teaching and research at the university or college level.
PREDOCTORAL Fellowships are available to both entering graduate students and continuing graduate students at any point in their graduate programs. However, applicants already enrolled in a doctoral program must demonstrate that they will be able to fully utilize a three-year predoctoral fellowship. 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: Archaeology, Anthropology, Art History, Astronomy, Chemistry, Communications, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Economics, Engineering, Ethnomusicology, Geography, History, International Relations, Life Sciences, Linguistics, Literature, Language, Mathematics, Performance Study, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, and Urban Planning.Individuals enrolled in the following practice-oriented programs will not be supported: education, business, management and administration, occupational health, nursing, home economics, library and information science, speech pathology, audiology, personnel, guidance, social work, social welfare, fine arts, filmmaking, and performing arts. In addition, awards will not be made for work leading to terminal master's degrees, doctorates in education (Ph.D. or Ed.D.), Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) degrees, professional degrees in such areas as medicine, law, or public health, or for study in joint degree programs such as the M.D./Ph.D., J.D./Ph.D., and M.F.A./Ph.D. Predoctoral Fellowships are three-year awards carrying an annual stipend of $17,000. The application deadline for the Predoctoral Fellowship award is November 19, 2003.DISSERTATION Fellowship applicants must have advanced to doctoral candidacy. Applicants should expect to complete their dissertation during the 2004-2005 academic year, but no later than fall 2005.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: Archaeology, Anthropology, Art History, Astronomy, Chemistry, Communications, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Economics, Education, Engineering, Ethnomusicology, Geography, History, International Relations, Life Sciences, Linguistics, Literature, Language, Mathematics, Performance Study, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, and Urban Planning.Awards will not be made in practice-based programs such as medicine, law, social work, social welfare, library and information science, public health, nursing, administration and management, business, physical education, educational administration and leadership, fine arts, filmmaking, performing arts, speech pathology, audiology, occupational health, home economics, personnel, and guidance. Awards will also not be made for work leading to an Ed.D., a D.F.A., or professional degrees in such areas as medicine, law, or public health,
or for study in joint degree programs such as the M.D./Ph.D., J.D./Ph.D., and M.F.A./Ph.D.
Dissertation Fellowships are awarded for a maximum of one year and carry a stipend of $21,000 for a tenure of no less than 9 months and no more than 12 months. The application deadline for the Dissertation Fellowship is December 3, 2003. Additional information is available at http://national-academies.org/fellowships.
