Opportunity
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Award Info:
One-year stipend: $50,000
Each Fellow is expected to begin tenure on June 1 (for 12 months) or September 1 (for 9 or 12 months) of the year in which the award is received. Postdoctoral fellowships may not be deferred or delayed.
Description:
Eligibility to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship is limited to:
All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card); individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program; Indigenous individuals exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794; 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);
Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in the U.S.; and
Individuals who have completed all the requirements for a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree, including successful defense of the dissertation, no earlier than December 10, 2013 and no later than December 10, 2020 in an eligible research-based field from a U.S. institution of higher education.