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The mission of Founder Region Fellowship is to advance the status of women. View History of Program. This will be accomplished through financial support to women in the last year of their doctoral degree. A by-product of this support is affirmation of the importance of the recipient's work and value as an individual. Our hope is to support women who are working in fields that have great social importance to the world or are under-represented by women. We hope that the recipient's work will reflect and further Soroptimist ideals. We believe that these women will become a strong voice for all women.
Founder Region Fellowship offers grants to women enrolled in graduate schools within the boundary of Founder Region who have advanced to candidacy and are entering into the last year of their doctoral programs. These grants-in-aid are proffered to assist women in the completion of their doctoral degrees.
The Fellowships are announced and formally presented at the annual Founder Region Spring Conference. The grant requirements are:
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Competition is open to any outstanding graduate woman who is working toward a doctoral degree, preferably in the last year of study but permissibly during the last two years provided she has advanced to candidacy. She must be enrolled in a graduate school within Founder Region; including the Northern California counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, the State of Hawaii, and the U. S. territories of Guam and The Marianas.
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Candidates must submit to the Fellowship President. a completed application with supporting materials (as described in the application), applications to be postmarked not later than the 1st of February. The forms are available on this website or may be obtained through the dean of the applicant's graduate school or by emailing the Fellowship President.
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- Candidates considered for final selection will be required to appear for a personal interview on a date requested by the Fellowship board.
- March 12, 2011 if in Hawaii
- March 26 or 27, 2011 in California
- The awards are announced and formally presented on April 29, 2011 at the annual Founder Region Spring Conference.
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