<div dir="ltr">Nice article Lillie...superstar!!!<div>Sadly, <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/09/20/ford-foundation-end-diverse-fellowship-program ">2023 will be the last year Ford Fellowships are offered</a> (with just a limited # of awards to be made in 2024). </div><div>New and continuing fellows will be supported to the end of their fellowship terms. </div><div><a href="https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/index.htm">App deadlines</a> for 2023 below.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p style="color:rgb(74,72,73);font-family:arial,verdana;font-size:12px;text-align:center"><font class="gmail-BigTitle" style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">2023 Competition Dates<strong><br></strong></font><strong><br>Online Application Portal Status: </strong><span style="color:rgb(51,153,102)"><strong>OPEN</strong></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong><br></strong></span><strong><br>2023 Dissertation and Postdoctoral application deadlines</strong><br>December 8, 2022<br>5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)<strong><br><br>2023 Predoctoral application deadline</strong><br>December 15, 2022<br>5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) </p><p style="color:rgb(74,72,73);font-family:arial,verdana;font-size:12px;text-align:center"><strong>Supplementary Materials deadline for submitted applications</strong><br>January 5, 2023<br>5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) <br><br><strong>Notification of 2023 awards:</strong><br>TBD</p></div><div>Molly</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 8:48 PM Erin Dickman <<a href="mailto:erinbabich@gmail.com" target="_blank">erinbabich@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">So awesome! Go Lillie!!!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 4, 2022, at 5:58 PM, Susan Soltau <<a href="mailto:ssoltau13570@gmail.com" target="_blank">ssoltau13570@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Yeah!!!!! Huge Congrats to Lillie!!!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 4, 2022, at 5:26 PM, Dannise Ruiz <<a href="mailto:dannise.ruiz@gmail.com" target="_blank">dannise.ruiz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Great!! Congratulations Lillie!! <br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 4, 2022, at 6:24 PM, Jason Sexton <<a href="mailto:jsexton2@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">jsexton2@ucmerced.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Story on Lillie! Congrats!</div><div><br></div><div>Jay<br></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Brenda Ortiz</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:bortiz@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">bortiz@ucmerced.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 4:11 PM<br>Subject: Published: Environmental Systems Student Earns Prestigious Ford Fellowship<br>To: Amber Flores <<a href="mailto:amberflores@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">amberflores@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Amy Bigg <<a href="mailto:abigg@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">abigg@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Antonio Aguilar Muniz <<a href="mailto:aaguilarmuniz@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">aaguilarmuniz@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Brad de la Cruz <<a href="mailto:brad.delacruz@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">brad.delacruz@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Breanna Wright <<a href="mailto:bwright3@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">bwright3@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Brenda Ortiz <<a href="mailto:bortiz@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">bortiz@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Carla Spain <<a href="mailto:cspain@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">cspain@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Chris Abrescy <<a href="mailto:cabrescy@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">cabrescy@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Chris Luna <<a href="mailto:cluna@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">cluna@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Danielle Armedilla <<a href="mailto:darmedilla@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">darmedilla@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Desiree Lopez <<a href="mailto:dlopez298@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">dlopez298@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Dreu Thao <<a href="mailto:dthao@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">dthao@ucmerced.edu</a>>, Liz Lippincott <<a href="mailto:elippincott@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">elippincott@ucmerced.edu</a>>, E. 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