Here is a fine post-doc opportunity. LCHC would welcome applicants and I am
sure the same is true all over xmca.
mike
---- >> (4) Applications Invited for Ford Foundation Predoctoral >> Fellowships for Minorities 2002 >> >> Deadline: November 19, 2001 >> >> To increase the presence of underrepresented minorities on >> the nation's college and university faculties, to enhance >> diversity on campuses, and to address the persisting >> effects of past discrimination, the Ford Foundation offers >> predoctoral fellowships to members of six minority groups >> whose underrepresentation in the professoriate has been >> severe and long-standing. The fellowship program >> identifies individuals with demonstrated ability and >> provides them the opportunity to engage in graduate study >> leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of >> Science (Sc.D.) degree. It is expected that these >> scholars will then inspire other students of color to >> pursue an academic career in teaching and research. >> >> Approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships will be awarded >> in a national competition administered by the National >> Research Council of the National Academies on behalf >> of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to those >> individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, >> have demonstrated superior scholarship and show the >> greatest promise for future achievement as scholars, >> researchers, and teachers in institutions of higher >> education. A complete list of eligible fields of study is >> available at the program's Web site. >> >> To be eligible, applicants must be citizens or nationals >> of the United States and must be a member of one of the >> following groups: Alaska Natives (Eskimo or Aleut); >> Black/African Americans; Mexican Americans/Chicanas/ >> Chicanos; Native American Indians; Native Pacific >> Islanders (Polynesian/Micronesian); or Puerto Ricans. >> >> For complete program guidelines on this as well as other >> National Academies fellowship programs, visit the National >> Academies Web site. >> >> Contact: >> Fellowship Office-FF, TJ-2041 >> National Research Council >> 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW >> Washington, DC 20418 >> Tel: (202) 334-2872 >> E-mail: infofell@nas.edu >> >> RFP Link: http://national-academies.org/fellowships >> >> For additional RFPs in Education visit: >> http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml >> >>
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