Contact:
Lacey Graverson, 816-932-1116, lgraverson@kauffman.org, Kauffman Foundation
Program will award grants of $20,000 each to 15 doctoral scholars
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 24, 2010 - The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced today that the 2010-2011 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program’s online Request for Proposals is available now through Sept. 15, 2010. The Kauffman Foundation will award up to 15 Dissertation Fellowship grants of $20,000 each to Ph.D., D.B.A. or other doctoral students for the support of dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship.
"Since its establishment in 2003, the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program has awarded fellowships to 108 world-class scholars," said Robert J. Strom, Ph.D., director of Research & Policy at the Foundation. "The study of entrepreneurship has immediate applications for policymakers, educators, service providers and entrepreneurs, and we look forward to the 2010-2011 Fellows' contributions to this exciting field."
This competitive program is open to students seeking doctoral degrees from accredited U.S. institutions of higher education. This program is intended for students who are in the process of formulating their dissertation proposals as well as doctoral candidates with recently approved dissertation proposals. It is expected that applicants will complete their dissertations by the conclusion of the 2011-2012 academic year.
Graduate students interested in applying for the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program can find the Request for Proposals online at www.kauffman.org/kdfp/. All proposals must be submitted via the online application by 7 p.m. Central on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Please direct all questions to kdfp@kauffman.org.
Recipients may use the grant to pay for costs associated with their dissertation, including data collection and analysis, databases, specialized hardware/software and travel.