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Ford Predoctoral Fellowship
What:
The Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by awarding three-year fellowships for advanced study leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in behavioral and social sciences, humanities, engineering, math, physical sciences, or biological sciences for underrepresented minorities who intend a career in academia.
(NOT FUNDED: business administration and management, health sciences, public health, home economics, library science, speech pathology and audiology, personnel and guidance, social work, fine arts and performing arts, education, doctorates in education (Ph.D. or Ed.D.), Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.), or professional degrees in medicine, law, or business.)
Who is eligible:
Applicants who are U.S. citizens or nationals at the time of application, who do not hold a doctoral degree in any field, and are members of the following minority groups: Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Native American Indians, Black/African Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanos, Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesian or Micronesian), and Puerto Ricans.
Selection Procedure:
Establish a user ID and password online. Submit application and supporting materials (essays on graduate study plans, previous research history, and a personal statement) and contact information for your reference providers by primary deadline. Submit transcript(s), letters of reference, and GRE General Test scores by supplementary materials deadline.
Applications are evaluated by national panels of scientists and scholars selected by the National Research Council. Evaluation is based on academic records, recommendations, suitability of the proposed institution for the plan of graduate study, and scores on the GRE. Selection of the awardees is made by the National Research Council based on the panelists' recommendations.
Deadline: External 11/1/2010 (Application deadline - Projected)
Deadline: External 1/6/2011 (Supplementary materials due)
Deadline: UCI 10/1/2010 (Optional review)
Who wins:
Fellowships are awarded on the basis of ability and research promise. Winners have good academic records and GRE scores, well-written, well-conceived proposals, and strong, substantive letters of support from faculty.
The program is designed to increase the representation of minorities in research; even in a discipline covered by the competition, successful candidates will clearly intend a research-oriented rather than a practice-oriented career where both are possible.
This year, the program will award approximately 60 fellowships. Notifications will be sent in April.
In 2007, Catherine Nguyen was designated as an alternate and Theresa Nguyen was an honorable mention.
Finances:
Annual stipends of $20,000 to recipients and grants of $2,000 to the institution for tuition and fees. Fellowship recipients must begin the first year’s tenure on September 1, 2010. After the first year of fellowship tenure, fellows may choose to defer funding for up to two years in order to participate in other university assignments that provide stipends, such as teaching assistanceships and research assistanceships. All three years of support must be used within a five-year period.
Comments:
Any member of an underrepresented minority group who has a strong academic record and who intends graduate study leading to a career in research or scholarship should consider applying for this Fellowship. See also NSF Minority Graduate Fellowships.
You may also direct questions via e-mail to: infofell@nas.edu
World Wide Web: Further information and applications are available at:
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FORDfellowships/fordpredoc.html
For applications and more information, contact the Scholarship
Opportunities Program at 824-5461 in the Office of the Campuswide
Honors Program, 1200 Student Services II.
SOP is able to provide counseling and applications to UCI Students only.
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Division of Undergraduate Education