CONFERENCE OF FORD FELLOWS Newly awarded Ford Foundation Fellows are invited to attend the annual Conference of Ford Fellows. It is a unique national conference of a select group of high-achieving scholars committed to diversifying the professoriate and using diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Fellows can engage in the following activities: - Networking with peers and senior Ford Fellows
- Face-to-face conversations with university and academic presses
- One-on-one mentoring
- Publication and career advancement workshops
- Strategies to complete the dissertation
- Planning an academic career
- Proposal, grant-writing, and research funding advice
- Oral and poster presentations with supportive comments and critiques from colleagues
- Opportunities to interact with established and emerging scholars in diverse fields
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