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September 23, 2009
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship Predoctoral Fellowship
Qualifications:
All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation,
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.
Deadline:
November 2
Submit:
online application at: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_046607
Personal information, contact information, educational background (names of all post-secondary institutions attended, years attended, degrees received), list of any honors, awards, fellowships, employment, and publications,
Statement of previous research (two-page limit, double-spaced),
Essay describing proposed plan of graduate study and research and the applicant’s long-range career goals (two-page limit, double-spaced, avoid technical jargon),
Personal statement (not to exceed two pages, double-spaced) that describes the applicant’s background and experience and commitment to the goals of the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships program by addressing all of the following that apply:
the applicant’s capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds
the applicant’s sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching and scholarship at the college or university level
the applicant’s likelihood of using the diversity of human experience as an educational resource in teaching and scholarship, and
Membership in one or more of the following groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding:
Alaska Natives (Aleut, Eskimo or other Indigenous People of Alaska)
Black/African Americans
Mexican American/Chicanas/Chicanos
Native American Indians
Native Pacific Islanders (Hawaiian/Polynesian/Micronesian)
Puerto Ricans
Names and contact information of four professors who will upload a letter of recommendation on your behalf.
Advance Preparation
Contact:
Fellowships Office, Keck 576
National Research Council
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: 202-334-2872
Fax: 202-334-3419
E-mail: infofell@nas.edu
Posted by jbz4 at September 23, 2009 08:37 PM
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