For Students of Color

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• 200 Free Scholarships for Minorities: http://www.blackexcel.org/200-Scholarships.html

• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships - Predoctoral Fellowships

-- Sponsor: National Research Council

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides predoctoral fellowships to members of minority groups whose underrepresentation in the professoriate has been severe and long-standing. Eligible to apply are citizens or nationals of the United States. The award provides an annual stipend of $20,000 and an institutional award to be accepted in lieu of tuition and fees of $2,000. Awards are made for three years.

-- Deadline: 11/14/2008

-- E-mail: infofell@nas.edu

-- Program URL: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FORDfellowships/fordpredoc.html

-- DEADLINE NOTE: In order to be reviewed, the on-line application must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 14, 2008. Supplementary Materials must be received in the Fellowships Office by January 16, 2009.

-- OBJECTIVES: The sponsor provides predoctoral fellowships to members of six minority groups whose underrepresentation in the professoriate has been severe and long-standing. 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, 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. Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as African American studies and Native American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social justice.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Eligibility to apply is limited to: citizens or nationals of the United States (applicants must have become a citizen by the application deadline date: November 14, 2008); members of the following groups: Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native American Indians, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian), and Puerto Ricans; individuals enrolled in, or planning to enroll in, a research-based PhD or ScD program in one of the fields listed; individuals committed to a teaching and research career at the college or university level; and persons who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field. Awards will be made for study in research-based PhD or ScD programs in selected academic disciplines that lead to careers in teaching and research at the college or university level. Predoctoral fellowships are intended for students who have enrolled in, or plan to enroll in, a PhD or ScD program: 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. 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.

-- FUNDING: Approximately sixty predoctoral fellowships will be awarded. All three years of support must be used within a five-year period. The award provides an annual stipend of $20,000; an institutional award to be accepted in lieu of tuition and fees of $2,000; and expenses paid to attend one conference of Ford Fellows.

• Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship:

-- Sponsor: Kenyon College

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support for minority scholars in the final stages of their doctoral work who need only to finish the dissertation to complete requirements for the Ph.D., in a effort to encourage these Fellows to consider a liberal arts college as a place to begin their careers as teachers and scholars. The one-year fellowship is at Kenyon College in Ohio. Fellows are expected to complete their dissertations during the year. A $32,500 stipend is provided.

-- Deadline: 10/01/2008

-- E-mail: dissertationfellow.search@kenyon.edu

-- Program URL: http://www.kenyon.edu/x27112.xml

-- DEADLINE NOTE: Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2008 and will continue until the fellowship is awarded.

-- OBJECTIVES: The program is for scholars in the final stages of their doctoral work who need only to finish the dissertation to complete requirements for the Ph.D. The sponsor hopes the experience of living and working for a year at Kenyon College will encourage these fellows to consider a liberal arts college as a place to begin their careers as teachers and scholars. In the past, fellowships have been awarded in: African and African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Asian Studies, Biology, English, History, Math, Modern Languages and Literatures(Spanish), Music, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Women's and Gender Studies.

The Fellow is expected to write the dissertation and to teach one course each semester, usually in the Fellow's general research area. Fellows are also expected to offer a College lecture or Departmental seminar on the dissertation topic at some point during the academic year in residence. The sponsor assumes that the Fellow will participate in the intellectual life of his/her home department, as well as in the broader cultural life of the College. The sponsor's primary expectation, however, and the main focus of this fellowship, is the completion of the dissertation.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Eligibility to apply is limited to: citizens or nationals of the United States at the time of application; members of underrepresented groups (e.g., ethnic minorities; women in fields that attract mostly men, or men in fields that attract mostly women; and persons who are first-generation college attendees); individuals who are enrolled in a research-based PhD program in one of the following fields--African and African American, American Studies, Anthropology, Art, Art History, Asian Studies, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Classics, Dance, Drama, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, History, Humanities, International Studies, Legal Studies, Mathematics, Modern Languages and Literature, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Public Policy, Psychology, Religious Studies, Scientific Computing, Sociology, and Women's and Gender Studies; individuals who aspire to a teaching and research career; and persons who have not yet earned a doctoral degree at any time and in any field.

-- FUNDING: The sponsor will provide a stipend of $32,500, plus health benefits, housing, and a small moving allowance. The sponsor will also provide an allowance to cover travel to conferences or for consultation with the dissertation director. The sponsor will assist the Fellow in finding college housing. The Fellow will be provided an office, a networked computer, and secretarial support services.

• Williams College: Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships:

-- Targeted Fields: Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences.

-- Open To Students Working on Doctoral Dissertation.

-- Open only to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

-- Eligibility Requirements: Must have completed all doctoral work except the dissertation. Open to members of a minority group underrepresented in American colleges.

-- Stipend of $33,000 per year plus an allowance of up to $4,000 for research-related expenses.

-- Deadline: 12/1/2007

-- Program Description: At least two fellowships are awarded to minority students for completion of dissertation work at Williams College. Fellows are assigned faculty advisors and are expected to teach a one-semester course.

-- For More Information: William G. Wagner, Dean of the Faculty, Williams College, P.O. Box 141, Williamstown, MA 01267

-- Telephone: (413) 597-4351

• Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowships at Marquette University

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides two one-year fellowships designed to help increase the presence of currently underrepresented racial and cultural groups in the U.S. professoriate by supporting doctoral candidates in completing the final academic requirement, the dissertation. The fellowship carries a stipend of $35,000.

-- Deadline: 01/14/2008

-- Contact: Dr. John Pustejovsky, Interim Dean, Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship Program, Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, U.S.A.

-- E-mail: mitchem.fellowship@marquette.edu

-- Web Site: http://www.marquette.edu/as/graduate/documents/MitchemFellowApplicationMaterials2008-2009.pdf

-- Program URL: http://www.marquette.edu/as/graduate/mitchem.shtml

-- Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: U.S.A. Citizenship (including U.S. Territories)

-- Target Group(s): Minorities

-- OBJECTIVES: The primary goal of the Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship Program is to help increase the presence of currently underrepresented racial and cultural groups in the U.S. professoriate by supporting doctoral candidates in completing the final academic requirement, the dissertation. Mitchem Fellowships provide one year of support for two students with advanced candidacy in their doctoral programs in other U.S. universities. Fellows are to be in residence at Marquette University for the academic year (18 August-17 May) during which they teach one course in their area of specialization, interact with faculty and undergraduate students, and devote their primary energies to the completion of their dissertations. During their residence, Mitchem Fellows will participate in a mentoring process, collaborating with a senior faculty mentor in the Fellow discipline, who is appointed by the Dean.

-- Applications for the 2008-2009 Fellowships are invited for the following academic areas: Education, English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, History, Mathematics and Mathematics Education, Statistics, Computer Science, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Social and Cultural Sciences, and Theology/Religious Studies.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants are those who: have not earned a doctoral degree at any time or in any field, are U. S. citizens, have completed all other requirements for the Ph.D., are well into the writing stage of their dissertation work, and belong to a racial-cultural group historically underrepresented in the U.S. professoriate. African American, Native American and Hispanic American candidates are especially encouraged to apply.

-- FUNDING: Marquette University Mitchem Fellows will receive financial support ($35,000 stipend, plus fringe benefits, research and travel monies) for the 2008-2009 academic year. The sponsor will further provide library privileges, office space, access to computer and clerical support equivalent to that enjoyed by regular faculty members in the department with which he or she is affiliated.