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<div>Dear Biology undergraduates:</div>
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<div>If you are planning to enter a graduate program in Fall 2007 you
are eligible to apply for the Ford Foundation predoctoral
fellowship.</div>
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<div>Janice</div>
<div><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>From: Brima Wurie
<wurie@MIT.EDU><br>
Subject: 2006 - Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship<br>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:50:47 -0400<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Please forward to interested students in
your department</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#0000FF">Eligibility
Requirements:</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>U.S. citizen or national</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Awards will be made for study in research
- based PhD or ScD programs in selected academic disciplines that will
lead to careers in teaching and research at the college or university
level. Fields eligible for support are:</blockquote>
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Behavioral and Social Sciences
Humanities</blockquote>
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Engineering <span
></span>
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</x-tab>Mathematics</blockquote>
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Physical
Sciences <span
></span
>
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Sciences</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Scores from the Graduate Record
Examinations (GRE) General Test are required.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Stipends and Allowances:</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Annual stipend of $20,000 to the fellow
and an annual institutional allowance of $3,000 to the fellowship
institution in lieu of tuition and fees for three years.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#0000FF">Application
Deadline
date: <span
></span>
November 16, 2006</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
color="#0000FF"> </font> For
further Information and Applications, Contact:</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite
> <span
></span> Fellowship Office</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite
> <span
></span> 500 Fifth Street, NW</blockquote>
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cite
> <span
></span> Washington, DC 20001</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite
> <span
></span> Tel: (202)
334-2872</blockquote>
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cite
> <span
></span> Fax: (202) 334-3419</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite
> <span
></span> E-mail: infofell@nas.edu</blockquote>
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> <span
></span> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>*** See Website for complete eligibility
information:</blockquote>
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cite
> <span
></span
>
http: //national-academies.org/fellowships</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Web-based applications may be filled out
and submitted on-line.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Brima A. Wurie</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Administrator</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Graduate Fellowship and Grant
Programs</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Massachusetts Institute of
Technology</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Graduate Students Office</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>77 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm.
3-138</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Cambridge, MA 02139</blockquote>
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