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Google 2005 Anita Borg Scholarships

$10,000 scholarships for female students in the computer sciences during the 2005-2006 academic year. Two scholarships will be awarded to undergraduates, and two to graduate degree (master's or Ph.D. level) candidates. Fields of study limited to computer science, computer engineering or related field

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Minority Dissertation Fellowship

The American Anthropological Association invites minority doctoral candidates in anthropology to apply for a dissertation writing fellowship of $10,000. The annual AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship is intended to encourage members of ethnic minorities to complete doctoral degrees in anthropology, thereby increasing diversity in the discipline and/or promoting research on issues of concern among minority populations. Dissertation topics in all areas of the discipline are welcome. Doctoral students who require financial assistance to complete the write-up phase of the dissertation are urged to apply. A nonrenewable dissertation fellowship of $10,000 will be provided annually to one anthropology graduate student.

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Dissertation Fellowship

Fifty $20,000 Awards offered to support women doctoral candidates who are citizens or permanent residents of the U.S and are completing dissertations in all fields of study except for engineering.

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Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship

Twenty $30,000 fellowships awarded offered to support women scholars on research leave from accredited institutions. Fields of study include the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

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International Fellowship

$20,000 Fellowship for full-time study or research to graduate and postgraduate women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

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Selected Professions Fellowship – Engineering Dissertation Award

$20,000 award to women doctoral candidates in engineering entering the final stages of writing their dissertations who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited institutions during the fellowship year.

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Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy

Annual award to honor a woman postdoctoral scholar whose research is in astronomy or related fields.

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Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars

Award honors an untenured post-doctorate woman scholar who has a record of exceptional early professional accomplishments and demonstrates promise of future distinction. The award is open to women in all disciplines.

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Minority Fellowship Program

Annual award those who have advanced to candidacy and successfully defended their PhD/EdD dissertation research proposal. Applicants must work full time on their dissertation and course requirements. This program is targeted for members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education (e.g., African Americans, American Indians, Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Native Pacific Islanders, Filipino Americans, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans). Award is to enhance the competitiveness of outstanding minority scholars for academic appointments at major research universities by supporting them conducting research and by providing mentoring and guidance towards completion of their doctoral studies. Field of study limited to education research. Fields of study are open.

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Academic Year Fellowship

Annual need-based awards to support American Indian and Alaskan Native graduate students in Master's, Doctoral, and professional degree programs in any field.

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Summer Fellowship

$4,000 to $6,000 annual awards to support American Indian and Alaskan Native graduate students in any Masters, Doctoral, or Professional fields of study.

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A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship

$2,000 Annual award to assist talented American Indian/Alaskan Native students in meeting the financial demands of attending college or graduate school in fields of study limited to engineering, science, mathematics, physical science, medicine, or natural resources.

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EPA Tribal Lands Environmental Science Scholarship

$4,000 Annual scholarship to enhance the overall learning experience for students in environmental science, environmental studies or engineering disciplines and empower tribal communities and governments with qualified environmental professionals that, in turn, empower the environmental management capacity of Tribal Nations. Fields of study include environmental science, environmental studies or engineering disciplines.

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General Motors Engineering Scholarship

$3,000 Annual award to assist talented American Indian / Alaskan Native students in meeting the financial demands of attending college or graduate school. Engineering fields. Preference is given to electrical, industrial or mechanical engineering majors.

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Minority Doctoral Fellowships

$12,000 Annual award to enable more minority (Black, Native American, Pacific Island, or of Hispanic ethnic origin) students to enter and to move ahead in the accounting profession and at academic institutions; to increase the number of CPA role models who can influence positively the career decisions of college students. Field of study limited to accounting. Students must be applying (or already accepted) for full-time study in a doctoral degree program with a concentration in accounting. Preference is given to applicants who are CPAs and active members of AICPA.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellowship Program: Clinical Research Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

This program supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides 3-5 year fellowships to masters prepared nurses committed to pursuing doctoral study on minority psychiatric-mental health and substance abuse issues. The major aim of the MFP Program is to address the Nation's need for doctorally educated nurses who represent America's ethnic/minority populations.

Recipient List: Current, Alumni

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellowship Program: Clinical Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Fellowship Program offers post-doctoral fellowships in substance abuse and mental health research to recent minority PhD Fellows with exceptional promise, to provide them with opportunities to advance the scientific literature in their areas of specialties. It is also a chance for the Fellow to publish manuscripts from their dissertations. The goal of the Fellowship is to help to reduce and eliminate substance use and abuse, promote mental health, prevent mental disorders, and lessen disability, co-morbidity and relapse.

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The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship

This $25,000 fellowship is designed to support an outstanding African-American graduate student attending any Ph.D. granting institution in the United States, in any field of knowledge. There is no restriction on where the fellow resides.

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Minority Fellows Program

$4000 per year plus $2000 increments each year. Annual award to identify, encourage, and aid prospective African-American, Native American and Latino/a political science graduate students.

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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Fellowship

Annual program to support doctoral training in mental health and substance-abuse services, to promote culturally competent mental health and substance-abuse services for ethnic minority populations, and to increase the number of ethnic minority psychologists providing services to ethnic minority populations. Fields of study limited to psychology, including clinical, counseling, and school psychology, and related areas of psychology when the training prepares the student to provide services to ethnic minority populations.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

The goal of the Postdoctoral MHSAS Fellowship Program is to encourage and facilitate the postdoctoral development of psychologists who maintain a professional focus on research related to mental health and substance abuse services for ethnic minorities. The program seeks to improve the research, clinical, and policy base for culturally competent mental health and substance abuse; increase the number of ethnic minority mental health and substance abuse service clinicians, researchers, and policy-makers focusing on ethnic minority populations, and increase knowledge and awareness of issue related to ethnic minority mental health and substance abuse treatment.

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Mental Health Research (MHR) Fellowship

A federally funded program to support doctoral training in mental health research to increase the number of psychologists with expertise in psychological or mental health research or prevention related to ethnic minority populations; to increase the number of under-represented minorities in the area of mental health research and prevention related to ethnic minority populations; and to increase the general knowledge and research of issues related to ethnic minority mental health and psychological well-being.

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HIV/AIDS Research Fellowship

Annual award to increase the number of psychologists with expertise in HIV/AIDS prevention and research related to ethnic minorities, increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the area of mental health research and HIV/AIDS research and prevention, and to increase the general knowledge of issues related to ethnic minority mental health and treatment. Fields of study limited to psychology with a specialty in HIV/AIDS research related to ethnic minority populations.

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Substance Abuse Research Fellowship

An annual program to support doctoral training in Substance Abuse Research (SAR) and prevention: 1) To increase the number of psychologists with expertise in SAR and prevention related to ethnic minority populations. 2) To increase the number of under-represented minorities in the area of SAR research and prevention related to ethnic minority populations. 3) To increase the general knowledge and research of issues related to ethnic minority mental health and treatment. Students from the complete range of psychology disciplines are encouraged to apply so long as their training and research interests are related to mental health and substance abuse. Clinical, counseling, and school psychology students must demonstrate they will receive substantive training in substance abuse research.

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Minority Fellowship Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Neurosciences

The fellowship goals are to increase ethnic/racial diversity among neuroscience researchers with a special emphasis in increasing the numbers of under-represented ethnic minorities and to increase numbers of neuroscientists whose work is related to the federal initiative to eliminate health disparities. All disciplines related to neuroscience.

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Minority Fellowship Predoctoral Fellowships in the Neurosciences

Annual award to support minority students pursuing careers in neuroscience research in all disciplines related to neuroscience. This program is not intended for students pursuing doctoral degrees with a primarily clinical focus (e.g., MD or PsyD).

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Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) Clinical Training Fellowship

The fellowship is an annual award to increase the number of ethnic minorities who complete doctoral degrees in psychology and thus improve the quality of mental health treatment and research issues of concern among ethnic minority populations.

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Graduate Fellowship for Ethnic Minorities

$6,000 fellowships are designed to encourage African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American students who have been accepted into a program of doctoral studies in the field of criminology and criminal justice.

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Robert D. Watkins Minority Graduate Fellowship

$19,000 Annual fellowship that encourages students to continue and complete their research project in the microbiological sciences. The goal of the fellowship is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities completing doctoral degrees in the microbiological sciences. Field of study limited to Microbiological Sciences.

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Minority Fellowship Program

Annual 12-month stipend of $22,772 and payment of tuition at the fellow's educational institution awarded to support the development and training of minority sociologists in mental health. The program seeks to attract talented minority students interested in mental health issues and to facilitate their placement, work, and success in doctoral degree programs in the U.S. Funded by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. Field of study limited to Sociology.

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AT&T Labs Fellowship Program

AT&T Labs Fellowships are available to outstanding minority and women students who are pursuing PhD studies in computer and communications-related fields.

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Holly A. Cornell Scholarship

Annual $5,000 award to encourage and support outstanding female and minority students pursuing advanced training in the field of water supply and treatment. The award honors the memory of Holly A. Cornell, co-founder of CH2M Hill, Inc. Fields of study limited to those related to water supply and treatment, especially in physical sciences and engineering.

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Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Students

The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, a grant-making program of the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC, annually offers the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship. Through this program, the Fund seeks to introduce a diverse group of students to issues relating to philanthropy, voluntarism, and nonprofit organizations. The scholarship, which is based on academic excellence and need, is open to both undergraduate and graduate minority students.

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Special Excellence Scholarship

"Annual $18,000 scholarship award for qualified Alaska Native original enrollees to Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (and their direct lineal Descendants) with exceptional academic achievement and community service experience, offered as encouragement to students to attend outstanding colleges and universities in the U.S. Open to students enrolled full-time in a four-year undergraduate or graduate degree program with preference given in the fields of business, education, math, sciences, health services, and engineering."

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Excellence Annual Scholarship

$9,000 Merit scholarships for qualified Alaska Native original enrollees to Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (and their direct lineal Descendants)with outstanding academic and community service experience accepted or enrolled full-time in a four-year undergraduate degree or graduate degree program. Fields of study not specified.

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Achievement Annual Scholarship

$7,000 Merit scholarships for qualified Alaska Native original enrollees to Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (and their direct lineal Descendants) with exceptional academic promise accepted or enrolled full-time in a two-year or four-year undergraduate degree or graduate degree program. Fields of study not specified.

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Scholarship Award

$5,000 Annual award to provide partial support to Latino graduate students who have a strong commitment to the Latino community, a history of leadership and public service, and a desire to continue contributing to the community. Open to students in all fields of study.

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Public Policy Fellowship Program

Public Policy Fellowship Program offers recent Latino college graduates and currently enrolled graduate students interested in public policy the opportunity to gain hands-on work experience in Washington, DC. Participants select their own placements from such diverse environments as congressional offices, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and Washington based media.

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Kell-Munoz Fellowship for Diversity in Museum Professions

Annual 10-month fellowship program awarded to a graduate student of Latino or Hispanic origin in the United States to work in the Museum's award-winning Education Department. This offers the Fellow the opportunity to take part in the interdisciplinary exchange between various departments including Communications, Development, and Exhibitions. The Fellow will work on specific projects and assist the Program Coordinator for Adult Audiences as needed. Fields of study are limited to candidates should have a commitment to working in museums. Candidates with experience or training in arts administration, art history, education, communications, museum studies, design, or architecture are eligible to apply. Candidates should be familiar with office procedures. Computer skills are essential.

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Provost's Diversity Fellowship

Annual fellowship award program to support continuing Cornell University doctoral students whose ethnicity is African-American, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Pacific Islander, Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Afro-Caribbean, African, or "other Hispanic."

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Provost's Academic Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship

To increase the number of scholars who are members of ethnic and racial groups historically under-represented in higher education who will contribute to academic diversity and excellence at Cornell University and in American higher education by providing a two-year research, teaching, and mentoring experience. Fields of study are open.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Minority Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Research

This fellowship is designed to enable ethnic minority postdoctoral students to undertake active, productive careers in research related to mental health; mental illnes; and substance prevention, treatment, and abuse. Furthermore, our goal is to expose ethnic minority scientists to state‑of‑the‑art research and cutting-edge science, and to strengthen their commitment to research in their chosen specialty area.

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Cesar E. Chavez Dissertation Fellowship

The Cesar E. Chavez Dissertation Fellowship supports a U.S. Latina/o scholar for a year-long residency at Dartmouth College. The Fellowship offers an opportunity for a scholar who has completed all other Ph.D. requirements to finish his or her dissertation with access to the outstanding library, computing facilities, and faculty of Dartmouth College. The fellow will be expected to complete his or her dissertation during the tenure of the fellowship and to participate in selected activities with undergraduate students.

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Charles A. Eastman Dissertation Fellowship for Native American Scholars

Annual program to increase the number of Native American faculty in American higher education by supporting Native American scholars in completing the dissertation, through a year-long residency at Dartmouth College. Fields of study include any discipline or area taught in the Dartmouth undergraduate Arts and Sciences curriculum.

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Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowships for African-American Scholars

Annual program to increase the number of African-American faculty in American higher education by supporting African-American scholars in completing the dissertation. Fellows are awarded a year-long residency at Dartmouth College. Fields of study include any discipline or area taught in the Dartmouth undergraduate Arts and Sciences curriculum.

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African-American Graduate Fellowships

Annual awards to support outstanding African-American doctoral students who have made significant contributions to science and/or engineering research at the graduate level. There is one application form for five different awards. Fields of study include chemistry, chemical engineering, and life sciences.

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The Marie Tharp Visiting Fellowship for Women

The ADVANCE Program of the Earth Institute at Columbia University awards $30,000 to several Marie Tharp Fellowships each year to promising women scientists to provide an opportunity for women scientists to conduct research in geosciences, the social sciences, engineering, and the environmental health sciences. Fellows will be appointed Visiting Scientists at the Earth Institute.

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Sylvia Taylor Johnson Minority Fellowship in Educational Measurement

Annual program to provide research opportunities in the field of educational research to postdoctoral scholars belonging to minority groups for one year of independent research at ETS in Princeton, N.J. Fields of study include those related to ETS programs, such as psychology, education, teaching, psychometrics, statistics, literacy, policy research, computer science, linguistics, educational technology, minority issues, etc.

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The Five College Fellowship for Minority Scholars Program

$30,000 annual award to fund for one year and enable Fellows to complete their dissertation, to encourage their interest in college teaching, and to acquaint them with the five colleges. Each Fellow is hosted within an appropriate department or program at one of the five colleges. These consist of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith and the U. Mass. Amherst. Field of study are open.

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Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship

$17,000 awarded to minority students enrolled or plan to enroll in a Ph.D. or Sc. D. in fields of study limited to anthropology, archaeology, art 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, and urban planning.

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Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities

$21,000 Annual award to increase the presence of under-represented minorities on the nation's college and university faculties, to enhance diversity on campus, and to address the persistent effects of past discrimination. With this award, the Ford Foundation supports doctoral scholars in completing their dissertations. Fields of study include behavioral sciences; literature & languages; history, philosophy, & religion; social sciences; education; life sciences; chemistry; earth sciences; physics & astronomy; engineering, mathematics, and computer sciences.

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Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities

$40,000 Annual award to increase the presence of under-represented minorities on the nation's college and university faculties, to enhance diversity on campus, and to address the persistent affects of past discrimination. Fellows are supported for one year of research and scholarship free from their normal professional duties. Fields of study include life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, engineering sciences, behavioral and social sciences, education, and the humanities.

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North American Doctoral Fellows Program

The North American Doctoral Fellows Program is open to talented doctoral students traditionally underrepresented in the fields of religion or theology who already are enrolled in programs leading to the Ph.D. or Th.D. degree and nearing the end of their studies.

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Doctoral Fellows Program

To increase the number of qualified African American candidates engaged in doctoral programs of religious or theological studies, and to identify new strategies for the recruitment of these candidates; establish partnerships with graduate programs and theological schools to strengthen their efforts toward the recruitment and support of these students; provide opportunities for intellectual stimulation and encouragement through conferences, mentoring, and peer relationships; and undertake assessment of how racial/ethnic minority doctoral candidates are best supported in their work and the factors that contribute to successful completion of their programs.

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Dissertation Fellows Program

To increase completion rates of African American students enrolled in Ph.D. or Th.D. programs in religious or theological studies;     collaborate with graduate programs in identifying and supporting students at this most crucial juncture of their studies; and offer doctoral students special opportunities for scholarly exchange and peer contacts, as well as assistance in the enhancement of writing and research skills.

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Ph.D. Engineering Fellowship Program

"The objective of this program is to offer doctoral fellowships to underrepresented minority students who have either completed or are currently enrolled in a master's in engineering program. Fields of study in engineering including, but not limited to aeronautical, aerospace, agricultural, bioengineering, biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, industrial, manufacturing, materials, mechanical, metallurgical, nuclear, petroleum, structural and systems. Minimum $14,000 academic year stipend for 5 years."

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Ph.D. Science Fellowship Program

The goal of this program is to increase the number of minority students who pursue doctoral degrees in the natural science disciplines -- chemistry, physics, earth sciences, mathematics, biological sciences, and computer science. Applicants to this program are accepted as early as their junior undergraduate year, as well as candidates currently enrolled in a Master's of Engineering program and working professionals. Fields of study include, but not limited to aerospace, analytical chemistry, anatomy, automotive, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, genetics, information systems, inorganic chemistry, materials science, mathematics, operations research, organic chemistry, pharmacology, physics, physiology, and research and development. Minimum $14,000 academic year stipend for 5 years

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Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities

$17,000 Annual fellowship awards to increase the presence of under-represented minorities on the nation's college and university faculties, to enhance diversity on campus, and to address the persistent effects of past discrimination. The Ford Foundation supports minority doctoral scholars in professions with long-standing under-representation. Fields of study include Behavioral sciences; literature & languages; history, philosophy, & religion; social sciences; life sciences; chemistry; earth sciences; physics & astronomy; engineering, mathematics, and computer sciences.

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Consortium for a Strong Minority Presence at Liberal Arts Colleges - Dissertation Fellowships

Salary awards to assist minority scholars completing their dissertations and provide them with first-hand experience teaching at liberal arts colleges.

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Consortium for a Strong Minority Presence at Liberal Arts Colleges - Postdoctoral Fellowship

Salary awards to assist minority scholars in the early stages of their careers and produce a pool of minority scholars who will have firsthand experience teaching at liberal arts colleges.

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Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

$50,000 Annual fellowship award intended to expand the number of under-represented minorities entering academia and to position Yerby scientists and policy analysts in roles of leadership, teaching, research, public service, and national health policy. Fields of study include those related to human health issues.

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Jeanne Humphrey Block Dissertation Award

Up to $5,000 annual award to support women doctoral students studying the psychological development of women and girls. Priority is given to projects drawing on the resources of the Murray Research Center, a national repository of social and behavioral sciences data for the study of lives over time, with a special focus of the lives of women. Fields of study limited to social and behavioral sciences with focus on sex and gender differences or some developmental issue of particular concern to American women or girls.

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HSF/Pfizer, Inc. Graduate Fellowship Program

$10,000 Annual awards to provide partial financial support to Hispanic students in graduate programs. Includes a paid internship at Pfizer's N.Y.C. headquarters for the summer following the first year of academic support. Fields of study include: biostatistics, economics, medicine, business administration, electrical engineering, public health, computer engineering, epidemiology, computer information systems, and health administration.

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Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study

The fellowship builds on HHMI's Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP), administered by HHMI's Undergraduate Science Education Program, which provides talented undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds with summer research experiences in the labs of HHMI investigators and HHMI professors. The EXROP students are selected by HHMI professors and invited directors of HHMI-funded undergraduate programs at colleges and universities. The competitive Gilliam fellowships provide up to five years of support for a small group of outstanding former EXROP students to pursue a Ph.D. in the biological sciences.

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Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellowships for Dissertation Work

Annual award to African-American, Hispanic-American, or Native American students pursuing a PhD and intent on working in international affairs to promote scholarly examination of political, economic and social issues that affect the security, well-being and dignity of the peoples of the world. Fellowships support work which will develop knowledge and understanding essential to the resolution of fundamental international issues. Fields of study include social sciences, particularly: history, economics, political science, and international relations.

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Luis Donaldo Colosio Fellowship

Annual award that allows a young Mexican researcher who is interested in international, interdisciplinary research and public policy to spend from 6 to 12 months at IIASA working with scholars from around the world. The fellowship honors Colosio's dream of harnessing the science of the North to address the problems of the South. Fields of study include economics, risk analysis, atmospheric and earth sciences, global change studies, applied mathematics, statistics, systems analysis, environmental policy and engineering, forestry, remote sensing, geography, physics, chemistry, ecology, international law, energy studies, water resources, political science, and other relevant fields of study.

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Fellowships for Field Research

To provide financial support for doctoral candidates to pursue dissertation field work in South Korea from 3 months to one year. Fields of study include humanities, social sciences, culture and arts.

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L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science U.S. Fellowship

$ 20,000 each to postdoctoral researchers who are pursuing studies and research in chemistry, immunology, earth science, epidemiology, and medical field research.

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Native American Congressional Internship Program

$1,200 Annual award to provide Native Americans with practical experience (via an internship in Washington D.C.) in the legislative process, congressional matters and governmental proceedings that specifically relate to Native American issues. Fields of study are open to students with an interest in public policy and government.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Minority Ph.D. Program

Financial support to underrepresented minority students who are beginning their doctoral work in engineering, natural science and mathematics.

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Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences

Annual fellowship program to support Ph.D.-track students in the physical sciences and related engineering fields, with special emphasis on supporting women and minority students who have been under-represented, historically, in the research community. Fields of study include astronomy, chemistry, computer science, geology, materials science, mathematical sciences, physics, and engineering fields, including chemical, computer, electrical, environmental, and mechanical.

Recipient List: 2002, 2003, 2004

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students

Annual program to support minority graduate students for up to five years in PhD or equivalent research degree program, combined M.D./PhD program or other combined professional or research doctoral degree programs. Fields of study limited to biomedical and behavioral sciences.

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Women in Engineering and Computer and Information Science (WECS)

$30,000 awards are for women who intend to pursue graduate research degrees in Engineering or Computer and Information Science and Engineering as detailed by NSF guidelines.

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Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities

Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) and the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) offer Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities in an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the U.S. These fellowships support training and research at the postdoctoral level in a host institution in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences supported by NSF.

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Minority Graduate Fellowship Program

A fellowship for three years of graduate study to ethnically underrepresented students in the sciences or in engineering leading to master's or doctoral degrees in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and most social sciences, and in the history and philosophy of science. Awards are also made for work toward a research-based Ph.D. in science education that requires a science competence comparable to that for Ph.D. candidates in those disciplines.

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Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program

$20,000 Annual award to recognize outstanding scholarship and encourage independent graduate research in marine biology, maritime archaeology or oceanography particularly by women and members of minority groups. Fields of study include oceanography, marine biology or maritime archaeology.

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Frances C. Allen Fellowships

$8,000 Annual fellowship or assist women of Native American heritage in pursuing an academic program beyond the undergraduate degree and who are working on a project appropriate to the collections of the library. Open to any graduate or pre-professional field; particularly the humanities and social sciences.

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Monticello College Foundation Fellowship for Women

This award is designed for a post-doctoral woman at an early stage of her academic career whose work gives clear promise of scholarly productivity and who would benefit significantly from six months of research, writing, and participation in the intellectual life of the Library. The applicant's topic should be related to the Newberry's collections; preference will be given to proposals particularly concerned with the study of women. The tenure of this fellowship is six months with a stipend of $15,000.

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Student Research Participation

$31,200 Annual award to give students from historically black colleges and universities opportunities to participate in research relating to science and engineering at one of several national laboratories. Fields of study include physical sciences, engineering, computer science.

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President's Graduate Fellowship

$30,000 Annual award to increase the pool of minority and women faculty members who hold the terminal degree in critical academic areas. Financial support is provided in exchange for an agreement by the fellows to subsequently serve three years in a tenure-track position at Old Dominion. Fields of study include early childhood education, speech pathology, special education, math/science education, engineering management, computer science, psychology, business, public administration and health sciences.

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Huggins-Quarles Award

$1,000 - $2,000 award is given annually to one or two graduate students of color at the dissertation research stage of their Ph.D. program.

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Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship

Annual award to support unmarried women scholars 25 to 35 years of age who already hold the Ph.D. or who have completed all Ph.D. requirements except for the dissertation. Must be conducting original research either in Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology, or in French language or literature, in alternate years.

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Faculty for the Future Fellowship

Fellowships available to women from developing and emerging economies who are preparing for Ph.D. or postdoctoral study in the physical sciences, engineering, and related disciplines to pursue advanced graduate study at top universities in their disciplines abroad. Awards range from $25,000 to $50,000 per year and are renewable.

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Katrin H. Lamon Fellowship

This program is designed to enable Native American scholars, either pre- or post-doctoral, to complete book-length manuscripts or doctoral dissertations in anthropology and related disciplines, including history, American studies, and sociology.

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Latino Studies Fellowship

The Latino Studies program offers awards to U.S. Latino/a predoctoral and postdoctoral students or senior scholars to pursue research related to Latino history, art, and culture using Smithsonian resources. Fellowship appointments are for up to twelve months with the opportunity to spend up to a third of the time in the field but not at the home institution. Predoctoral fellowships offer a stipend of $17,000 per year plus allowances. Postdoctoral and senior fellowships offer a stipend of $30,000 plus allowances.

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Mellon Predoctoral Research Grant

$5,000 Awarded to doctoral students in Mellon designated fields that held the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship at a participating college or university. Fields of study include American and English literature, anthropology, art history, computer science, demography, earth sciences, ecology, classics, history, foreign languages, geology, literatures (including area studies), musicology, philosophy, religion, and sociology.

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Dissertation Grants

Dissertation Grants provide graduate students who are ready to complete the PhD with up to $20,000 for one year to finish the dissertation. Awards are competitive and administered by the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation. Fields of study include American and English literature, anthropology, art history, computer science, demography, earth sciences, ecology, classics, history, foreign languages, geology, literatures (including area studies), musicology, philosophy, religion, and sociology.

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Frederick Douglass Institute: Teaching Scholars Program

The State System of Higher Education (SSHE) for Pennsylvania offers summer teaching opportunities to Masters degree, doctoral, or ABD graduate students entering the final year of terminal degree programs and preparing to be college teachers. This program is designed to give graduate students from historically underrepresented and underserved populations teaching experience and to explore employment opportunities within a university setting, which is committed to cultural diversity. Selected scholars will teach and/or co-teach one course during one of the two 5-week Summer Sessions. Fields of study are open.

Recipient List: 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001

SUNY: Underrepresented Graduate Fellowship Program

$10,000 annual award to provide underrepresented graduate students access to outstanding programs in the state university system. Fields of study include those leading to the master's or doctorate degree are covered.

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Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program

$16,000 Annual fellowship program to increase the number of women, minorities, and people with disabilities participating in math, science, engineering, and technology disciplines of interest to NASA. Fields of study include aeronautics/aerospace, astronomy, bioengineering, biology, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, life sciences, materials sciences, mathematics, meteorology, physical sciences, physics, and science education.

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UNCF-Pfizer Postdoctoral Fellowships

Annual program to support the career development of minority postdoctoral scholars in fields of biomedical research by funding appointments for 12 to 24 months at academic and non-academic research institutions in the U.S. Fields of study limited to biomedical research and related fields.

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United Negro College Fund (UNCF)/ Merck Science Initiative: Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships

Up to $30,000 annual award to increase the number of African Americans in the pipeline of biomedical science education and research. Fields of study limited to biological and Physical Sciences.

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Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellowship

$35,000 awarded to minority postdoctoral fellows in under-represented graduate and professional areas.  Awardees are expected to pursue an individualized program of advanced training in research and to participate in research, teaching and service to the University, to their profession and to the community.  Specifically, Fellows should take a lead role in designing, developing and implementing research programs that contribute to the unit's overall graduate education and research mandates.

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Postdoctoral Fellowship for Women

$35,000 awarded to postdoctoral women fellows who apply for study in under-represented fields including, but not limited to, engineering, life sciences and physical sciences.

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Chancellor’s Gus T. Ridgel Fellowship for Underrepresented Minority Americans

$10,000 is awarded to underrepresented, ethnic minority U.S. citizens who are African American, Alaskan Native, Mexican American, Native American or Puerto Rican. The nominee must be a first-time MU graduate student accepted to full-time doctoral study in the fall or a continuing MU graduate student who will begin working toward a higher degree in the fall semester.

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Erskine A. Peters Dissertation Year Fellowship

$25,000 annual fellowship to support African-American ABD doctoral candidates for one year during the completion of their dissertation work. The goals are to allow the students to devote their full energies on their dissertation and to simultaneously experience life at a major Catholic research university.

Recipient List: 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

Access to Education Scholarships

USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships offer financial support to full-time graduate students with economic need. Up to 50 percent of the awards are targeted to members of ethnic-minority groups or individuals with physical disabilities. Fields of study are open.

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Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship on Race, Crime, and Justice

This fellowship was established to encourage scholars of diverse backgrounds to work and publish in this important field at the intersection of the social sciences and law. Through this fellowship, the Mellon Foundation and the Vera Institute hope to diversify the voices in the field and thus develop a more balanced perspective on the complex questions of race, crime, and justice. One fellow is selected each year and given the opportunity to work on a project of his or her design for two years.

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Vietnamese Education Foundation Fellowship Program

VEF provides U.S. graduate study fellowships to the most talented Vietnamese students in science and technology. Recipients are Ph.D. candidates and recent university graduates, including young college faculty. Fields of study include physical science, natural science environmental science, medicine, mathematics, engineering, and information technology.

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Millender Fellowship

$28,000 Annual fellowship to assist minority men and women in achieving distinguished accomplishment in public service- oriented careers. Fellows are assigned to high- level responsibilities with top executives in Detroit area organizations in public, private, and non- profit areas. Fields of study are open to those related to social services and public service (i.e. law, political science, business and/or public administration).

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Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships for Minority Graduate Students

$26,000 annual award to encourage able minority students to pursue careers in college teaching. The Bolin Fellowships enable two minority graduate students to devote the bulk of their time during the academic year to the completion of dissertation work. Fields of study limited to humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, or behavioral sciences.

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Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

$18,000 award candidates for Ph.D. or Th.D. degrees in doctoral programs at graduate schools in the United States to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or religious), dissertations might consider the ethical implications of foreign policy, the values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature.

Recipient List: 2004, 2003

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Xerox Technical Minority Scholarships

Annual award to provide partial financial support to ethnic minority students in technical sciences and engineering disciplines. Fields of study limited to chemistry; chemical, civil, computer, electrical, imaging, mechanical, optical, and software engineering; information management; physics; and materials science.

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National Education Foundation/Graduate Scholarship

Available to graduate women working on a professional degree, masters, doctoral or enrolled in post-doctoral study. Awarded for full-time study for one academic year (Fall-Spring).

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Amelia Earhart Fellowship Program

$6,000 Annual award to women pursuing a Ph.D./doctoral degree in aerospace-related sciences and aerospace-related engineering and who demonstrate a superior academic record .

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