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Application Deadline: February 10, 2008 - Sophomores
('10s) who are US citizens or US permanent residents may apply.
MMUF
2008 Application Guidelines
MMUF 2008
Program Application
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program is the centerpiece of The
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s initiatives to increase diversity in the faculty
ranks of institutions of higher learning. The MMUF program is
administered by over a hundred campus coordinators at 34 institutions and a
consortium of 39 historically black colleges and universities within the
membership of the United Negro College Fund.
The fundamental objective of MMUF is to increase the number of minority
students, and others with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial
disparities, who will pursue PhDs in core fields in the arts and
sciences. The program aims to reduce over time the serious
underrepresentation on the faculties of individuals from certain minority
groups, as well as to address the attendant educational consequences of these
disparities.
The program serves the related goals of structuring campus environments so
that they will be more conducive to improved racial and ethnic relations, and
of providing role models for all youth.
MMUF aims to achieve its mission by identifying and supporting students of
great promise and helping them to become scholars of the highest
distinction.
For more information, please contact:
Professor Richard Wright, MMUF Program Director, and Orvil Dryfoos Professor
of Geography and Public Affairs
646-3523, or by Blitzmail ("Richard Wright")
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
Program Web site
Mellon-Designated
Fields of Study
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