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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> Howley, Aimee<br><b>Subject:</b> Announcing 2013 Jack Kent Cooke Dissertation Fellowship<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><em><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-style:normal">Dear </span></em><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Aimee<em><span style="font-style:normal">,<u></u><u></u></span></em></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-style:normal">I write to send you material related to the <b>Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Dissertation Fellowship</b> and to request your help in bringing it to the attention of others.</span></em><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> In <b>this third year</b>, we will <b>award four Fellowships of up to $25,000</b> to support advanced doctoral candidates in a variety of fields, including education and the social sciences. All candidates must have successfully completed all pre-dissertation requirements, including defense of their dissertation proposals.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">At the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, we assist high-achieving low-income students, from middle school to graduate school, in reaching their full potential through education. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">We have created the dissertation fellowships for doctoral candidates who are researching the population of student we serve</span></b><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> in order to advance our understanding of the factors and contexts that help low-income students to overcome personal adversity and challenging socioeconomic circumstances to excel academically. We plan to use this knowledge to design programs and interventions that will help more low-income students identified as high-achieving in their primary and secondary school years to sustain their achievement levels through college and beyond.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Although applicants must be candidates for a doctoral degree at a graduate school in the United States, they need not be US citizens. Please note that the applicants' graduate study may be in a diverse range of academic disciplines (e.g., policy studies, economics, psychology, education) but <b>their topic must be tied to the Foundation’s mission: Advancing the education of exceptionally promising students with financial need.<u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">You were identified in our outreach efforts as someone who could help us tap the rich applicant pool we seek. We hope you can help our endeavor by sharing this information regarding the fellowship within your networks, both fellow faculty and eligible graduate students. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Links to the application requirements and guidelines are posted on our website; the application and other materials must be submitted by <strong>February 4, 2013</strong>. Recipients will be notified in<b>May 2013. </b>Please visit </span><a href="http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/jack-kent-cooke-dissertation-fellowship-award/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/jack-kent-cooke-dissertation-fellowship-award/</a> <span style="font-family:Cambria,serif">to learn about the Fellowship as well as when and how to apply.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-style:normal">Thank you in advance for your assistance.</span></em><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><em><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-style:normal">Best Regards,</span></em><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><em><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-style:normal">Barbara Schmertz, Ph.D.</span></em><em><span style="font-style:normal"><u></u><u></u></span></em></p>
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