This year the program will award approximately 36 dissertation fellowships, 24 postdoctoral fellowships, and 60 predoctoral fellowships. Fellowships are tenable at any fully-accredited, non-proprietary (not for profit) U.S. institution of higher education. An applicant need not be accepted by the chosen institution at the time of application. The application deadline is Monday, November 10, 2016. Additional details are available at
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
Ford Foundation Post Doctoral Fellowships
Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowships
Discovering nature's molecular potential