Fields eligible for support include education, educational psychology, sociology of education, cognitive neuroscience, and interdisciplinary study that addresses the latest scholarship on the learning process. Scholars, researchers, policymakers, education practitioners, librarians, and statisticians may all apply. The Fund supports the education of women from developing countries who are committed to improving the lives of women and children in their home countries. Applicants must be women at least 25 years of age, candidates for undergraduate or graduate degrees, and committed to returning to their countries within 2 years of receiving the grant. Previous grant recipients have studied in fields such as agriculture, urban planning, civil engineering, education, forestry, journalism, nursing, nutrition, pediatrics, public administration, public health, social sciences an social work.
Preference goes to applications for seed money.
Invited proposals are due February 1, 2000.