McKnight Doctoral Fellowships

http://www.fefonline.org/mdf.html

Established in 1984, the FEF’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program has increased the number of African Americans who have earned Ph.D.’s in historically underrepresented, crucial disciplines where African Americans have not historically enrolled and completed degree programs. The FEF has awarded more than 750 Fellowships to African Americans and Hispanics pursuing Ph.D.’s, and the Program enjoys an impressive near 80% retention rate. More than 300 Fellows have graduated with Ph.D.’s, in an average completion time of 5.5 years.

THE AWARD:

Up to 50 Fellowships are awarded annually to study at one of nine participating Florida universities. Each award provides annual tuition up to $5,000 (tuition above this amount is waived by the participating institution) for each of three academic years plus an annual stipend of $12,000. (An additional two years of support at this same level is provided by the participating institution.) The award also includes a comprehensive system of academic support. Each annual renewal is contingent upon satisfactory performance and normal progress toward the Ph.D. degree.

PURPOSE:

The McKnight Doctoral Fellowship program is designed to address the under-representation of African American and Hispanic faculty at colleges and universities in the state of Florida by increasing the pool of citizens qualified with Ph.D. degrees to teach at the college and university levels. As a by-product, it is expected that employment opportunities in industry will also be expanded.

PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES:

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Florida Atlantic University

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida International University

Florida State University

University of Florida

University of Miami

University of Central Florida

University of South Florida

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Black Male Achievement (BMA) Fellowship

http://www.echoinggreen.org/bma-fellowship

The Open Society Black Male Achievement (BMA) Fellowship, powered by Echoing Green, is an innovative partnership between the Open Society Foundations and Echoing Green, dedicated to improving the life outcomes of black men and boys in the U.S. It is the first fellowship program in the world for social entrepreneurs who are starting up new and innovative organizations in the field of black male achievement.

The 2012 and 2013 BMA Fellows are currently hard at work building innovative solutions to the barriers facing black men and boys in the United States: generating new ideas and best practices in the areas of education, family, and work, such as initiatives related to fatherhood, mentoring, college preparatory programs, community-building, supportive wage work opportunities, communications, and philanthropic leadership.

The 2014 BMA Fellowship will be awarded to individuals or partners representing up to eight organizations who will receive:

A stipend of $70,000

A health insurance stipend

A yearly professional development stipend

Leadership development and networking gatherings

Access to technical support and pro bono partnerships to help grow their organization and a dedicated Echoing Green portfolio manager

A community of like-minded social entrepreneurs and public service leaders, including Open Society Foundations and the Echoing Green network of nearly 600 Fellows at Large working all over the world.

*Info courtesy of the Florida Education Fund

and Open Society Black Male Achievement Fellowship websites*