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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_171940">http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_171940</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=bigtitle><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'>FORD FOUNDATION POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP</span></b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'>Eligibility to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship is limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#4A4849;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>All U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program</span><sup><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1</span></sup><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, political asylees, and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation, <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#4A4849;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#4A4849;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, and <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#4A4849;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Individuals awarded a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>no earlier than December 6, 2011 and no later than December 6, 2018 </span></strong>in an <a href="http://nrc58.nas.edu/FordApplicants20/ExtRpts/FieldCodeList.aspx" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0066CC'>eligible research-based field</span></a> from a U.S. institution of higher education.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'>1</span></sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'>Eligibility includes individuals with current status under the DACA Program, as well as individuals whose status may have lapsed but who continue to meet all the USCIS guidelines for DACA available </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/archive/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca#guidelines"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0066CC'>here</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'>.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'>Receipt of the fellowship award is conditioned upon each awardee providing satisfactory documentation that he or she meets the eligibility requirements.</span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><br><span class=bigtitle>HOW TO APPLY</span></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><br>Follow the steps below to prepare and submit an application for a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.<br style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'>Read through the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#4A4849'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><a href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047960" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0066CC'>Postdoctoral Fellowship Fact Sheet</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#4A4849'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><a href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_166319" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0066CC'>Postdoctoral Application Instructions</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'>Familiarize yourself with <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_050530" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0066CC'>Navigating the Online Application</span></a>.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><a href="https://nrc58.nas.edu/InfoFord20/Home/SignIn.aspx?c=FordApplicants"><span style='color:#0066CC'>Start an application here</span></a>.</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'>Applicants should note that it is their responsibility to ensure that all application components--including all supplementary materials--have been entered, uploaded, and submitted by the specified deadlines.</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4849'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>