For details about each component of the application, see the website.
You must submit five copies of the application documents. Collate all the documents in the order below, make five double-sided copies, and staple each copy. (Do not submit the original documents, which will not be double-sided.)
1) Summary Form
2) Research Plan
3) Resume
4) Graduate Transcript - Ph.D.
5) Graduate Transcript - Masters
6) Undergraduate Transcript - Baccalaureate
7) Other Transcripts (e.g., summer school)
The transcripts may be copies that you make. If so, also submit (not stapled into the collated material) one official original copy of each transcript. When copying the transcripts, do not include the "back" if it is used to describe the grading system -- copy only pages that show coursework and degrees awarded.
In addition, you must submit in signed, sealed envelopes,
1) a reference letter (using the AWIS form) from your thesis adviser (five copies are requested on the form)
2) a second reference letter (using the AWIS form) from a professor or research adviser (five copies are requested on the form)
All five copies of each letter may be placed in one signed and sealed envelope.
*In addition, submit one copy of a brief biographical statement.
*If you wish receipt of your application to be acknowledged, enclose a stamped, self-addressed POSTCARD (do not enclose an envelope) with the application.
All application materials must be sent in one package, including reference letters and original transcripts (which should be in sealed, signed envelopes).

* Application form (https://oas.soros.org/pds/)

* Submit two essays on specified topics (1,000 word maximum for each)
* Submit 1-2 page resume

* up to 5 pages of appropriate "exhibits" (see application for description)
* Three recommendation letters are required.  (see application instructions for details)

* submit institutional status form (available on website)
* Transcripts from the applicant's undergraduate institution and from his/her graduate institution if applicable
* Submit documentary evidence that the applicant meets the New American definition as of the application deadline
* Submit GRE or other aptitude test scores by first week of December

Submit via email.
* A curriculum vitae including current contact information, primary disciplinary of dissertation work, educational background, professional experience, publications (completed and in progress), and honors and awards received.
* Dissertation Summary. A 3-page summary (limit: 3 pages, single-spaced, 1-inch margins, including graphics, but not including references) of the dissertation research covering: 1) the problem and purpose; 2) the theoretical significance and hypotheses; 3) the methods, including research design and data collection plan; 4) data analysis plan; and 5) anticipated findings, including theoretical and applied significance. This will be read by people in multiple disciplines, so discipline-specific jargon should be minimized.
* A narrative proposal for the fellowship award, including use to which funds will be put, relevance to the dissertation research (especially linking to hazards research), and importance of the work (limit: 3 pages, single-spaced, 1-inch margins, including graphics, but not including references).
* Budget for expenditure of funds requested (not to exceed $10,000), including a summary page and a budget justification for the following categories: equipment, travel, participant support (for qualitative research), and materials and supplies.
* Schedule for conduct and completion of work.
* Agreement of dissertation advisor. The letter should affirm the advisor's commitment to oversee the student and his or her completion of the proposed dissertation research, and testify that the student is prepared, according to the requirements of that particular academic department, to conduct the dissertation research. This should be submitted with the entire packet, not separately.
* Advisor's brief curriculum vitae (limited to 2-pages), including current contact information.
* Dissertation prospectus approval form signed by the entire committee. The entire prospectus should not be submitted, simply the approval form.
* Names of two potential referees.

Online application available at:
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/applyonline.html
- Personal information, contact information, educational background (names of all institutions attended, years attended, degrees received), list of any honors, awards, fellowships, employment, and publications,
- Statement of previous research (two-page limit, double-spaced)
- Annotated bibliography (two to three sentences for no more than ten key items),
- Abstract of dissertation (one-page limit)
- Essay explaining the plan and timeline for completing the dissertation and describing the applicant's long-range career goals (three-page limit, double-spaced, avoid technical jargon)

- Personal statement (not to exceed two pages, double-spaced) that describes the applicant’s background and experience and commitment to the goals of the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program by addressing all of the following that apply:

• • the applicant’s capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds
  • the applicant’s sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching and scholarship at the college or university level
  • the applicant’s likelihood of using the diversity of human experience as an educational resource in teaching and scholarship, and
  • Membership in one or more of the following groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding:
  • • Alaska Natives (Aleut, Eskimo or other Indigenous People of Alaska)
    • Black/African Americans
    • Mexican American/Chicanas/Chicanos
    • Native American Indians
    • Native Pacific Islanders (Hawaiian/Polynesian/Micronesian)
    • Puerto Ricans

- Names and contact information of four professors who will upload a letter of reference on your behalf (two reference letters are required).