Spencer Foundation -  Dissertation Fellowships

The goal of the Spencer Foundation is to support research that gives
promise of yielding new knowledge about education, in any of its many
forms, in the United States and abroad. The foundation assists studies
with a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to
this end.

Dissertation Fellowships for Research Related to Education: The Spencer
Foundation seeks to encourage, through its Dissertation Fellowships,
a new generation of scholars from a variety of fields to undertake
research relevant to the improvement of education.

Eligibility: Applicants must be candidates for the doctoral degree in 
	any field of study at a graduate school in the U.S. Dissertation 
	topics must concern education and all pre-dissertation 
	requirements must be completed by June 1, 2001.

Grant period: Twelve months

Stipend: A $20,000 award will be given to support completion of the
	dissertation. This amount must be expended within the time limit 
	of two years and in accordance with the work plan provided by the
	candidate in the application.

Deadline: Requests for application materials must be received 
	  by October 6, 2000. Application materials must be submitted
	  by mail and postmarked by October 18, 2000.

Contact:  Spencer Dissertation Fellowships 
	  The Spencer Foundation 
          875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3930
          Chicago, IL 60611-1803
          Tel. (312) 337-7000
	  Web: http://www.spencer.org


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gigsGSAS@nyu.edu                                             [spencer]