From: David Williams <wildavid@isr.umich.edu>
To: Medical Sociology List  <medsoc@csf.colorado.edu>
Subject: FW: Univ of Mich Postdoctoral Fellowship (fwd)
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 97 16:24:00 EDT
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The University of Michigan


RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAM ON POVERTY,

THE UNDERCLASS AND PUBLIC POLICY


                Postdoctoral Fellowships, 1998-1999


Purposes


 To provide outstanding American minority scholars the opportunity to

spend a year or two conducting research and pursuing extensive training.

 To expand knowledge in all the social sciences on a broad range of

issues related to poverty and public policy.

 To encourage interdisciplinary research through course work, research

and faculty interaction.


Postdoctoral Fellowship


Fellows will participate in the year-long seminar on Poverty, the

Underclass and Public Policy under the direction of Sheldon Danziger,

Professor of Social Work and Public Policy, and Mary Corcoran, Professor

of Political Science, Public Policy and Social Work.  During this tenure,

fellows will conduct their own research.  Fellows will receive stipends of

$37,000 per calendar year, beginning as early as July 1, 1998, but no

later than September 1, 1998.  Applicants must have completed their Ph.D.

by August 1, 1998.


Sponsorship


Fellowships are sponsored by the University of Michigans Research and

Training Program on Poverty, the Underclass and Public Policy.  Funds are

provided by the Ford Foundation.


Priority will be given to proposals that would benefit from resources

available at the University of Michigan and from interaction with

affiliated faculty.


Selection Procedures


Preference will be given to scholars who are engaged in poverty research

and who received the Ph.D. after 1992.  Applicants must be American

citizens and members of a minority group.  All proposals will be reviewed

by a selection committee composed of nationally recognized scholars.


Application Deadline:  January 13, 1998

Award Notification:    March 31.1998


For further information and application materials, please contact

Program on Poverty, the Underclass and Public Policy

540 E. Liberty, Suite 202

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI  48l04

(313) 998-8515

(313) 998-8516 (FAX)