Scholarships & Fellowships

  • Ford Predoctoral Fellowships for Diversity

    Ford Foundation Pre-doc and Dissertation Fellowships for Diversity

    Through its program of fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation.

    • Deadline: December 9, 2021 (Dissertation and Postdoc), December 16, 2021 (Predoc)
    • Citizenship: All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program1, political asylees, and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation
    • Website: https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/index.htm

     

    For more information, contact: Rowena Grainger at rowena.grainger@uconn.edu

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