Overseas applicants are welcome to apply, but they will be responsible for the costs of travel between their home country and North America. The grants only cover travel within...
Requirements
Grant recipients must begin Ford Library research within one year of receiving an award notice; acknowledge Foundation support in the resulting publication(s); donate to the Library a copy of the publication(s)
Application materials
application form; a vita; a two or three-page project proposal; three professional references to send supporting letters of recommendation
How to apply
download the application in Microsoft Word format; contact the Ford Library in Ann Arbor for information about holdings related to your project; send the application form, a vita, and a two or three-page project proposal to the Ford Foundation in Grand Rapids by mail or e-mail; Ask three professional references to send supporting letters of recommendation by mail, fax, or e-mail
Important dates
Application deadlines are MARCH 15 and SEPTEMBER 15; Letters of recommendation must be received by the first day of the month after the application deadline (April 1 for the spring round and October 1 for the fall round); The Foundation will notify grant recipients about two months after the deadline
Contact
Stacy Davis, Telephone: 734-205-0563; Jacqueline Poulson, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, 303 Pearl Street, NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, Telephone: (616) 254-0387
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