Open to: Seniors and current graduate students with at least three years remaining to complete their PhD as of Fall 2020
Award type: Academic
Area(s) of study: All fields leading to a PhD (not including practice-oriented programs)
Award criteria: Academic achievement; diversity
Award provides: Three-year tuition grant and annual stipend of $27,000
Open to international students: No
Institutional Support or Endorsement Required: No
Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks 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. Applicants must have demonstrated superior academic achievement, including honors or other awards, capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds, and sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy
Emory endorsement is not required for this award. For more information and to apply, visit http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/index.htm.