Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships - Postdoctoral Fellowships

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• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships - Postdoctoral Fellowships

-- Sponsor: National Research Council

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support for outstanding researchers and scholars who are members of minority groups whose underrepresentation in the professoriate and in formal programs of postdoctoral study and research in the United States has been long-standing. Fellowships will be offered only to individuals who are citizens or nationals of the United States. Fellowships may be held for either nine or twelve months and may not be deferred or delayed. A $40,000 stipend is provided.

-- Deadline: 11/28/2008

-- E-mail: infofell@nas.edu

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

-- DEADLINE NOTE: In order to be reviewed, the on-line application must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 28, 2008. Supplementary Materials must be received in the Fellowships Office by January 16, 2009.

-- OBJECTIVES: The sponsor provides support for outstanding researchers and scholars who are members of minority groups whose underrepresentation in the professoriate and in formal programs of postdoctoral study and research in the United States has been long-standing. The postdoctoral fellowships provide one year of support for individuals engaged in postdoctoral study after the attainment of the Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree. Awards will be made for study in the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, education, 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: Fellowships will be offered only to individuals who are citizens or nationals of the United States at the time of application (must have become a U.S. citizen by November 28, 2008) and who are members of the following groups: Native American Indians, Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos, Native Pacific Islanders (Micronesian or Polynesian), and Puerto Ricans. Applicants are required to have earned a PhD or ScD degree from a U.S. educational institution no earlier than November 30, 2000 and no later than November 29, 2007, in a field supported by this program. Applicants must be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level. Fellowship applicants are encouraged to choose a fellowship institution other than the institution with which they are affiliated at the time of application. These fellowships are awarded for full-time research at appropriate not-for-profit institutions of higher education or research, normally in the United States. Appropriate institutions include universities, museums, libraries, government or national laboratories, privately sponsored not-for-profit institutes, government chartered not-for-profit research organizations, and centers for advanced study. A fellow affiliating with a foreign institution may be asked to designate a U. S. institution to act as a liaison.

-- FUNDING: Approximately twenty fellowships will be awarded. These one-year postdoctoral fellowships may be held for either nine or twelve months and may not be deferred or delayed. A $40,000 stipend is provided. An employing institution allowance of $1,500 is also provided. Expenses to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows are provided.