(http://www.kauffman.org)
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced today that the
2012-2013 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program's online Request
for Proposals is available now through Sept. 19, 2012. 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 138 world-class scholars," said
Robert J. Strom, Ph.D., director of Research & Policy at the
Foundation. "We are eager to see the contributions that this new group
of Fellows will make to the important field of entrepreneurship."
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 2013-2014
academic year.
Graduate students interested in applying for the Kauffman Dissertation
Fellowship Program can find the Request for Proposals online at
http://www.kauffman.org/kdfp/(http://www.kauffman.org/kdfp/). All
proposals must be submitted via the online application by 5:00 p.m.
Central on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Please direct all questions to
kdfp@kauffman.org(mailto: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.
About the Kauffman FoundationThe Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a
private nonpartisan foundation that works to harness the power of
entrepreneurship and innovation to grow economies and improve human
welfare. Through its research and other initiatives, the Kauffman
Foundation aims to open young people's eyes to the possibility of
entrepreneurship, promote entrepreneurship education, raise awareness
of entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and find alternative pathways
for the commercialization of new knowledge and technologies. In
addition, the Foundation focuses on initiatives in the Kansas City
region to advance students' math and science skills, and improve the
educational achievement of urban students, including the Ewing Marion
Kauffman School, a college preparatory charter school for middle and
high school students. Founded by late entrepreneur and philanthropist
Ewing Marion Kauffman, the Foundation is based in Kansas City, Mo. and
has approximately $2 billion in assets. For more information, visit
www.kauffman.org(http://www.kauffman.org/), and follow the Foundation
on www.twitter.com/kauffmanfdn(http://www.twitter.com/kauffmanfdn) and
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