Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Scholarship opportunity...

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships are designed to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

Please find attached a flyer with more information. The competition is open to U.S. citizens or nationals who are enrolled or are planning to enroll in a research-based PhD program, and are planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level.

Below you will find award amounts and deadlines. For more information, please visit http://national-academies.org/fellowships.

Predoctoral:
$20,000 to the fellow, institutional allowance of $2,000 for three years
Deadline: November 14, 2008

Dissertation:
$21,000 for one year
Deadline: November 28, 2008

Please share this information with your students.

Thank you,

Heather Connor
Coordinator for Special Programs
Office of Graduate Studies
The University of Texas at Arlington
Phone: 817.272.5667
Fax: 817.272.7148

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