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16. Foundation Grants and Fellowships

Foundations provide support in many fields. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has awarded fellowships for graduate study since 1945. The family of awards currently administered by this foundation includes the Mellon Fellowships in the humanities, an award providing a combination of tuition grant and stipend support; the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships for the study of ethical and religious values; the Rural Policy Fellowships; the Research Grants In Women's Studies; the Woodrow Wilson Administrative Fellows Program for placement of young M.B.A.'s at colleges serving minority and disadvantaged students; and the Spencer Dissertation Year Fellowships for research related to education. Anyone interested in these programs should contact by mail at CN 5281, Princeton, NJ, 08543-5281, or call 609-452-7007 for more information. See related links:
www.woodrow.org
www.woodrow.org/mellon
www.woodrow.org/newcombe
www.woodrow.org/womens-studies
www.woodrow.org/phd/practicum

The Fulbright Program is well known for its support of graduate study and research abroad. There are a number of awards for graduate study and advanced research, including postdoctoral fellowships for American scholars and non-U.S. scholars. For further information, contact the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 11 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20036; or, the Office for Sponsored Programs or the Office of the Graduate School at The University of Alabama. www.iie.org/fulbright/ 

The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowships are awarded to aid in the education of qualified students, particularly those in the engineering and applied sciences. Non-U.S. citizens may apply, provided they furnish proof of their intent to become U.S. citizens by the time they would begin their tenure as fellows. The recipient must agree to relinquish all other fellowships awarded. Awards are not based on need. Currently the fellowship includes a stipend of $10,000 per academic year, plus tuition and fees not to exceed $6,000. The fellowships are renewable. Application forms may be obtained by writing Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, P.O. Box 2230, Livermore, CA 94550. www.hertzfndn.org 

The Ford Foundation Fellowships for Minorities, including Postdoctoral Fellowships, Predoctoral Fellowships, and Dissertation Fellowships for minorities. For additional information on aid from foundations, please refer to The Foundation Directory; 11th edition, edited by Loren Renz (New York: Foundation Center, 1987), with supplement. It gives detailed information on U.S. foundations, with brief descriptions of their purposes and activities. http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/
 

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