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McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program

Program Overview

  • FEF's McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program has awarded more than 1600 Fellowships and increased the number of African Americans and Hispanics who have earned Ph.D.'s in crucial disciplines where members of underrepresented groups have not historically enrolled and completed degree programs. The Program enjoys an impressive retention rate of over 87%, and our Fellows boast an average Ph.D. time-to-degree of 5.5 years.

Benefits

  • Established in 1984, the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program predates many pipeline initiatives specifically geared to URM doctoral students to prepare them to enter the professoriate. Although this program serves colleges and universities in Florida, many other programs (e.g., SREB Doctoral Scholars Program) have used this model as a standard to develop their programmatic structures.

Program Contact

  • Phyllis Reddick
  • fef@fefonline.org

Location

  • Southeast
  • Florida
  • 201 E Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33602, USA
201 E Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33602, USA

Type Of Program

Audience

  • Graduate

Discipline(s)

  • Humanities

  • Social/Behavioral Science

  • STEM

History

Established

1984

Individuals Served

  • > 10,000

Notable Alumni

Robin Brooks, PhD (assistant professor, Africana studies, University of Pittsburgh) and Jonathan Gayles, PhD (professor and chair of African American studies, Georgia State University)

Research, Roles & Responsibilities

Research Components

  • Funding to attend professional development sessions/coursework

  • Mentored research experience(s)

  • Program sponsored (in-house) professional development sessions/ coursework/workshops

  • Stipend/compensation

Involvement

  • All our fellows are required to participate in the following professional development activities: writing and publication workshops, grant writing, strategic plan development, conflict resolution workshops, organize conference panels related to their research, write and present conference papers, serve as professional discussants on conference panels, and present their research to general audience. We promote and foster collaboration on research projects and engage in network building. All of our programming activities provide opportunities for all of our fellows regardless of their race and gender to participate fully in our programming activities. All of our role model and mentoring activities are provide by individual from diverse back grounds

Involvement Practices/Activities

  • Creation Of A Safe Space/ Climate/Environment

  • Development Of Academic Sense Of Belongingness (E.G. Meetings With Doctoral Scholars, Peer Researchers, Exchanges At Academic Conferences)

  • Orientation (E.G. Reviewing Norms, Expectations, Structures, Goals, And/Or Protocols)

Voice

Mentoring Components

  • Mentees Are Allowed To Attend Events With Mentors (I.E. Dinners, Social Events, Conferences, Retreats)

  • Mentees Are Shown Academic Customs, Pitfalls, Departmental Politics And Taboos

  • Mentor Recognizes The Value Of Mentee

    (I.E. Co-Authorship, Graduate School/Employment References)

  • Mentors Are Peers Of Program Participants (Near-Peer, Tiered Peer, Etc.)

  • Mentors Exchange Social Displays Of Scientific Knowledge And Practices

  • Mentors Provide Regular Scheduled Meetings With Mentees

  • Mentors Provide Support With Goal Setting And Or Career Planning

Empowering Activities

  • Academic Recognition (I.E. Research Credibility, Prestige)

  • Coaching

  • Feeder Pathways

    (E.G. Existing Partnerships With Programs At Similar Or Next Level Of The Academic Pipeline)

  • Knowledge Transfer To The Community (E.G., Parents, Peers, Stakeholders)

  • Mentoring Opportunities

  • Publication Opportunities

Past Participant Decision Making

  • Other

Expectation

Evaluation Methods

  • Annual Performance Report

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  This material is based upon work partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. and 1818458 and 2010676. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed on this site are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation

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