| FORD FOUNDATION PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS For Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching |
The 2014 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship competition is NOW OPEN and accepting applications.The application deadline date for the 2014 predoctoral fellowship is NOVEMBER 20, 2013.
In 2014, the Ford Fellowship program will award approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships. The predoctoral fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.
Predoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Research Council (NRC) on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Click on the links below to learn more about each aspect of the Predoctoral Ford Foundation Fellowship
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- Predoctoral Eligibility
- Criteria for Selection
- Eligible Fields of Study
- Fellowship Institution
- Previous Graduate Study
- Stipends and Benefits
- Tenure
- Evaluation and Selection of Fellows
- Conditions of the Fellowship
Predoctoral Eligibility
Eligibility to apply for a predoctoral fellowship is limited to:
- All citizens, nationals, and permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card) of the United States, and individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, 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),
- 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 (dissertation-required), program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a non-proprietary U.S. educational institution,
- Individuals who require a minimum of three years study to complete their Ph.D./Sc.D. degree as of the 2014 fall semester, and
- Individuals who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.
Receipt
of the fellowship award is conditioned upon each awardee providing
satisfactory documentation that he or she meets the eligibility
requirements.
Criteria for Selection
The following will be considered as positive factors in choosing successful candidates:
- Evidence of superior academic achievement
- Degree of promise of continuing achievement as scholars and teachers
- Capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds
- Sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and an ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching, and scholarship at the college and university level
- Likelihood of using the diversity of human experience as an educational resource in teaching and scholarship
- Membership in one or more of the following groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding:
- Alaska Natives (Aleut, Eskimo or other Indigenous People of Alaska)
- Black/African Americans
- Mexican American/Chicanas/Chicanos
- Native American Indians
- Native Pacific Islanders (Hawaiian/Polynesian/Micronesian)
- Puerto Ricans
Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs that include the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, cultural studies, earth sciences, economics, engineering, ethnic studies, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religious studies, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies. Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as African American studies and Native American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social justice. Research-based fields of education are eligible if the major field of study is listed above and is used to describe the Ph.D. or Sc.D. program of the applicant (e.g., sociology of education, anthropology and education.
The complete list of eligible fields of study supported at the predoctoral level of the fellowship program is available here: Eligible Fields of Study List.
Individuals
enrolled in the following practice-oriented programs will not be
supported: administration, audiology, business, consumer studies,
curriculum development, education policy, human resource management,
exercise physiology, filmmaking, fine arts, guidance, kinesiology,
leadership, library and information science, management, nursing,
occupational health, performing arts, personnel, physical education,
physical therapy, public health, rehabilitation science, speech
pathology, social welfare, social work, and teacher education. In
addition, awards will not be made for work leading to terminal master’s
degrees, the Ed.D. degree, the degrees of Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.)
or Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), or professional degrees in such areas
as medicine, law, and public health, or for study in joint degree
programs such as the M.D./Ph.D., J.D./Ph.D., and M.F.A./Ph.D. This
program does not support the Ph.D. portion of a dual-degree
program. Interdisciplinary areas of study that have major content in
ineligible fields listed above will not be included in the competition.
Fellowships are tenable at any fully accredited, nonprofit U.S. institution of higher education offering a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in the eligible fields of study. All arrangements for acceptance into a doctoral program at the chosen institution are the responsibility of the applicant. An applicant need not be accepted by the chosen institution at the time of application.
Previous Graduate Study
Predoctoral
fellowships are intended for individuals who are currently enrolled or
plan to enroll in an eligible Ph.D. or Sc.D. program by the fall 2014
term. The 2014 predoctoral fellowships competition is open to the
following individuals:
- Undergraduates in their senior year who plan to be enrolled in their Ph.D. or Sc.D. program beginning with the fall 2014 term,
- Individuals who have completed undergraduate study,
- Individuals who have completed some graduate study, and
- Annual stipend: $20,000
- Award to the institution in lieu of tuition and fees: $2,000
- Expenses paid to attend at least one Conference of Ford Fellows
- Access to Ford Fellow Liaisons, a network of former Ford Fellows who have volunteered to provide mentoring and support to current fellows.
Fellowship recipients must begin the first year’s tenure on September 1, 2014, and must remain on tenure full-time for the academic year. After the first year of fellowship tenure, fellows may choose to defer funding for up to two years. All three years of support must be used within a five-year period.
Applications will be evaluated by panels of distinguished scholars selected by the National Academies. The panels will use academic records, essays, letters of recommendation, the application itself, and other appropriate materials as the basis for determining the extent to which candidates meet the eligibility requirements and the selection criteria. Review panels may also look at additional factors such as the suitability of the proposed institution for the applicant's plan of graduate study and the likelihood that the applicant will have at least three years remaining before they would receive the Ph.D. including at least one year of course work.
Predoctoral
fellows are required to enroll full-time in a program leading to a
Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in an eligible field of study. Students enrolled
in a terminal master’s program will not be supported. Those who accept a
predoctoral fellowship must agree to the stipulations in the Terms of
Appointment for Ford Foundation Fellows that accompanies the award
letter. In addition, Ford Fellows must agree to participate in regular
updates of the Directory of Ford Fellows, as well as periodic surveys
designed to demonstrate the impact of this program.
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