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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">For Your Information.<BR><FONT
size=2><B>FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY<BR></B>Applications are now being accepted for
the </FONT><FONT size=2><B>2009 Ford Foundation <BR>Diversity Fellowships
Program for Achieving Excellence in College and <BR>University Teaching.
<BR></B><BR>Full eligibility information and on-line <BR>applications are
available on the National Academies Web site at: <BR></FONT><A
href="http://nationalacademies.org/fellowships"><FONT
size=2>http://nationalacademies.org/fellowships</FONT></A><FONT size=2>
<BR> <BR>Eligibility Requirements: <BR>U.S.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT size=2> citizen or national; Planning a career in
teaching and research <BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><FONT size=2>at the college or university level in a
research-based field of <BR>science, social sciences, or
humanities<BR>Stipends and Allowances: Predoctoral--$20,000 to the fellow,
<BR>institutional allowance of $2,000 for three years;
<BR>Dissertation--$21,000 for one year; Postdoctoral--$40,000 for one
<BR>year, $1,500 employing institution allowance, to be matched by
<BR>employing institution; Awardees have expenses paid to attend one
<BR>Conference of Ford Fellows; Approximately 60 predoctoral, 35
<BR>dissertation, and 20 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford
<BR>Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the
<BR>National Academies<BR> <BR>Application Deadline Dates:
Predoctoral: November 14, 2008 <BR></FONT><FONT size=2><B>Dissertation:
November 28, 2008 Postdoctoral: November 28, 2008<BR></B>For further
information, contact:<BR>Fellowships Office, K576 National Research Council of
the National <BR>Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC
20001<BR>Phone: (202) 334-2872 Fax: (202) 334-3419 E-mail:
infofell@nas.edu<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><BR><FONT
size=2>Janice S. Robinson<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT
size=2>Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs<BR>General
Counsel<BR>Assistant Professor in Higher Education<BR>Teachers College, Columbia
University<BR>525 West 120th Street Box 220<BR>New York, NY 10027<BR>(212)
678-3732 Fax: (212)678-3201</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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