WHAT IS MFP?
The ASA Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) has existed since 1974 and just celebrated its 35th anniversary year (and cohort of trainees) with special events and sessions in both Boston and San Francisco. For the 2010-11 MFP Fellowship award year, MFP is generously supported by annual contributions from Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociologists for Women in Society, the Association of Black Sociologists, the Southwestern Sociological Association, and numerous individual ASA members.

WHO CAN APPLY?

• Applicants can be new or continuing graduate students of sociology, who are enrolled in a program that grants the Ph.D. Applications may be for study in any sub-area or specialty in sociology.
• Applicants must be members of an underrepresented minority group in the U.S. (e.g. Blacks/African-Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians or Pacific Islanders, or American Indians/AlaskaNatives).
• Applicants must also be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals of the U.S., or have been lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS?

• Application deadline is January 31st; notifications are made by April 30th.
• Fellowship is awarded for 12 months and typically renewable for up to 3 years total. Tuition and fees are arranged with the home department.
• Fellows are selected each year by the MFP Advisory Panel, a rotating, appointed group of senior scholars in sociology.

For more information, visit www.asanet.org and click on “Funding,” or contact the ASA Minority Affairs Program at minority.affairs@asanet.org, or 202-383-9005 x322 for application materials or to ask a question.