[Counselor_Educ] Fwd: Fellowship Opportunity: Ford Foundation

Tracy Leinbaugh leinbaug at ohio.edu
Wed Oct 3 13:04:37 EDT 2012
Tracy Leinbaugh, PhD, NCC, PCC- S
Associate Professor of Counselor Education
Department of Counseling and Higher Education
The Patton College
Ohio University

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> From: "Male'-Brune, Roxanne" < male-bru at ohio.edu 
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> Date: October 3, 2012 9:28:19 AM EDT 
> To: "Male'-Brune, Roxanne" < male-bru at ohio.edu 
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> Subject: Fellowship Opportunity:  Ford Foundation 
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> Please disseminate to interested students. 
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> Students can request proposal assistance by contacting Roxanne Male’-Brune, male-bru at ohio.edu. 
 
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> Deadline:  Nov. 14, 2012 
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>  http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_048001 
 
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> Purpose: 
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> Ford Foundation Fellowship awards are offered at the Predoctoral, Dissertation and Postdoctoral levels across several disciplines.  Awards are made to individuals who have (1) demonstrated superior academic achievement, (2) are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, (3) 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. 
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> The program offers 3-year predoctoral and one-year dissertation fellowships. 
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> Eligibility: 
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> ·         US citizen or US national, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation 
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> ·         be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level. 
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> ·         Senior UG about to pursue or graduate student pursuing study in a research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs; practice oriented degree programs are not eligible for support. 
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> Criteria for Selection: 
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> The following will be considered as positive factors in choosing successful candidates: 
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> 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: 
> o    Alaska Natives (Aleut, Eskimo or other Indigenous People of Alaska) 
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> o    Black/African-Americans 
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> o    Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos 
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> o    Native American Indians 
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> o    Native Pacific Islanders (Hawaiian/Polynesian/Micronesian) 
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> o    Puerto Ricans 
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> Eligible Fields: 
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> American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies. 
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> 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. The complete list of eligible fields of study supported at the predoctoral level of the fellowship program is available here: Predoctoral Fields (.pdf). 
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