Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships

Degree Level: Graduate

Field of Study: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, or Arts & Humanities, or Social Sci., Business, Law, Education

Special Consideration: Underrepresented racial or ethnic group

Location: United States

Duration: Multi-year

Deadlines: November. Please check website below for the specific date.

Description:

The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek 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.

To facilitate this goal the Fellowship grants awards at the Predoctoral, Dissertation and, Postdoctoral levels to students who demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and a desire to enter the professoriate.

Visit the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship site. 

Award Details

Amount: $20,000/year for predoctoral fellowship

Duration: three years

Fields of Study: research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs; practice oriented degree programs are not eligible for support.