Welcome to the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Home Page
Important News
The 2009 fellowships competition program announcements are NOW AVAILABLE. Please click on the links below to access the individual program announcements for each of the three levels of the fellowship competition. The online fellowship application will be available sometime in early September 2008. Please continue to monitor this page for updated information as it becomes available.
For information regarding fellowship program goals and eligibility requirements, please read the Predoctoral, Postdoctoral, and Dissertation program announcements.
The 2008 Awardees and Honorable Mentions page is currently available.
RSS
In order to help build a growing sense of community and to keep the public aware of the incredible impact of the Ford Fellows, the Fellowships Office has created a RSS feed for broadcasting news.
The RSS feed can be accessed here.
A HTML (web) based version of the feed can be viewed here.
If you would like to learn about RSS please use this link.
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Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
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.
The Fellowship makes the following annual awards
Eligibility Requirements
- All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation.
- Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement
- Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level,
- Individuals enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a U.S. educational institution, and
- Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.
For more details about eligibility or the application process please choose the appropriate Fellowship link under Ford Fellowship Programs on the left.
Networking and Mentoring
The Conference of Ford Fellows provides valuable opportunities for networking and mentoring. The 2008 Conference of Ford Fellows will be held on September 19-20, 2008 in Washington, DC. Keynote speakers include Dr. Rosita Worl, President of the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Dr. Richard Tapia, Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering at Rice University, and Dr. Beverly Tatum, President of Spelman College. The draft agenda is now available. Further information, abstracts, and bios of participants will appear on this site in the near future.
The 2007 Conference of Ford Fellows was held on October 5 and 6, 2007 in Irvine, CA. The Keynote Speaker was Donna J. Nelson. The Final Agenda , abstracts from the Presentations by Fellows, the Academic Exchange Sessions and the Poster Session are still available here, as well as Short bios of moderators and speakers.
Directory of Ford Fellows
The Fellowships Office maintains a searchable Directory of Ford Fellows with contact information for many of the 2,400 current and previous Ford Fellowship awardees. This database assists Fellows in maintaining professional contacts and allows universities and other institutions to conduct job and expertise searches for highly trained and talented academics from diverse backgrounds .
The Ford Fellows Listserv is a networking tool provided to Ford Fellows to communicate ideas, announce milestones reached in their professional career and to post currently available employment opportunities. Participation in the listserv is available to Ford Fellows only. To request access to the listserv please use the link provided in the left margin of the directory page.
Regional Liaisons and Coordinating Officials
A number of former Ford Fellows have now volunteered to serve as Regional Liaisons. Fellows may contact liaisons in their region if they have any questions, problems, or concerns.
A list of the Coordinating Officials for current Ford Fellows and the Guide for Coordinating Officials are available.
Excellence Through Diversity
Excellence Through Diversity is a tribute to Ford Fellows and their achievements.
Ford Fellows Fund
Through the Ford Fellows Fund, fellows assist the Ford Foundation and the National Research Council in awarding additional fellowships.
Contact Information:
Fellowships Office, Keck 576
National Research Council
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-334-2872
web site: http://national-academies.org/fellowships
e-mail: mailto:infofell@nas.edu
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