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99-628 Minority Fellowships (National Research Council) . . . [FND] (C)



>Information as of August 30, 1999
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>SCOPE: The National Research Council is inviting applications for
>three Ford Foundation-sponsored minority fellowships: Dissertation,
>Predoctoral, and Postdoctoral Fellowships.
>
>DEADLINE: November 12 for the Dissertation and Predoctoral
>Fellowships; January 7 for the Postdoctoral Fellowships. Application
>materials for the 2000 program will become available when the program
>reopens in September 1999.
>
>FUNDS: Each of 29 Dissertation Fellowships will include an annual
>stipend of $21,500 for nine to 12 months, plus expenses paid to attend
>three conferences of Ford Fellows.
>
>Approximately 50 three-year Predoctoral Fellowships will be available;
>these include an stipend of $14,000 annually for three years and an
>annual institutional allowance of $7,500 to the fellowship institution
>in lieu of tuition and fees, plus expenses paid to attend three
>conferences of Ford Fellows.
>
>For the Postdoctoral Fellowships, the total award package for each
>Fellow is $40,000: $30,000 stipend, $3,000 travel and relocation
>allowance, $2,000 cost-of-research allowance to the fellowship
>institution, and a $2,500 (to be matched by the institution) employing
>institution allowance. Approximately 25 Postdoctoral Fellowships will
>be awarded.
>
>ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be citizens or nationals of the United
>States (must have become a citizen by the application deadline date,
>November 12, 1999). Members of the following groups are eligible:
>Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Native American Indians,
>Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native
>Pacific Islanders (Polynesian or Micronesian), and Puerto Ricans.
>Individuals must be enrolled in, or planning to enroll in, a
>research-based PhD or ScD program in one of the specified fields.
>Applicants must aspire to a teaching and research career. Fellowships
>are tenable at any accredited nonprofit U.S. institution of higher
>education offering PhDs or ScDs in the fields eligible for support in
>this program.
>
>For the Dissertation Fellowships, applicants must be PhD or ScD degree
>candidates at U.S. institutions studying one of the selected academic
>disciplines. Applicants must not have earned a doctoral degree at any
>time, in any field. Dissertation Fellowship support is intended for
>the final year of dissertation writing.
>
>For the Predoctoral Fellowships, applicants must not have earned a
>doctoral degree at any time, in any field. Predoctoral Fellowships are
>intended for students who have enrolled in, or plan to enroll in, a
>PhD or ScD program no later than fall 2000: undergraduates in their
>senior year, individuals who have completed undergraduate study,
>individuals who have completed some graduate study, and individuals
>already enrolled in a PhD or ScD program. Applicants already enrolled
>in a PhD or ScD program must demonstrate that they can fully use a
>three-year predoctoral fellowship.
>
>For the Postdoctoral Fellowship, applicants must have earned the PhD
>or ScD degree by March 1, 2000, from a U.S. educational institution
>and may not have held the degree for more than seven years as of the
>due date, January 7, 2000. Only those individuals already engaged in a
>teaching and research career or those planning such a career are
>eligible to apply in this program.
>
>AREAS: Awards will be made only for study in research-based doctoral
>programs (PhD or ScD) or postdoctoral work in the following academic
>disciplines that will lead to careers in teaching and research at the
>college or university level: behavioral sciences (psychology),
>humanities (literature, languages, history, philosophy, and religion),
>engineering, mathematics, social sciences; life sciences, chemistry,
>earth sciences, physics and astronomy, and computer science and
>information science. Individuals enrolled in practice-oriented
>programs will not be supported. Awards will not be made for work
>leading to degrees in areas related to education, business,
>administration, management, health sciences, nursing, home economics,
>library science, speech pathology, audiology, personnel, guidance,
>social work, fine arts, and performing arts. In addition, awards will
>not be made for work leading to doctorates in education (PhD or EdD),
>Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) degrees, professional degrees in such areas
>as medicine, law, or public health, or for study in joint degree
>programs such as MD/PhD, JD/PhD, and MFA/PhD.
>
>CONTACT: National Research Council, Fellowship Office/FF, TJ 2041,
>Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities, 2101
>Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20418, 202-334-2872, fax
>202-334-3419, email infofell@nas.edu, web
>http://www4.nas.edu/osep/fo.nsf/ .
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