The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is accepting applications for the 2020 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs. Eligibility and online application information are available on the Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs website.

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.

Eligibility Requirements:

U. S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) program, political asylees, and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation
Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), and
Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based field of science, social science, or humanities

Eligibility includes individuals with current status under the DACA Program, as well as individuals whose status may have lapsed but who continue to meet all the USCIS guidelines for DACA available here.

Stipends:

Predoctoral–$24,000 per year for three years
Dissertation–$25,000 for one year
Postdoctoral–$45,000 for one year

Awardees will have expenses paid to attend at least one Conference of Ford Fellows. Approximately 70 predoctoral, 36 dissertation, and 24 postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded.

Application Deadline Dates:

Predoctoral: December 17, 2019 (5:00 PM EST)
Dissertation: December 10, 2019 (5:00 PM EST)
Postdoctoral: December 10, 2019 (5:00 PM EST)

Supplementary Materials receipt deadline for submitted applications is January 7, 2020 (5:00 PM EST)

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely yours,
H. Ray Gamble
Director, Fellowships Office
500 5th Street NW, Keck 531
Washington, DC 20001

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine sponsors awards for postdoctoral and senior researchers at participating federal laboratories andaffiliated institutions. These awards include generous stipends ranging from $45,000 – $80,000 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients, and higher for additional experience.Limited graduate level awards are also available. These awards provide the opportunity for recipients to do independent research in some of the best-equipped andstaffed laboratories in the U.S. Research opportunities are open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign nationals.

Four annual review cycles:

November:Opens September 1; Closes November 1
February:Opens December 1; Closes February 1
May:Opens March 1; Closes May 1
August: Opens June 1; Closes August 1

Applicants should contact prospective Research Adviser(s) at the lab(s) prior to the application deadline to discuss their research interests and funding opportunities.

Thank you for your assistance. For more information:

Phone: 202-334-2760

Email: rap@nas.edu

Web: www.nas.edu/rap

Sincerely yours,

H. Ray Gamble
Director, Fellowships Office
500 5th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001