The McKnight Doctoral Fellowship program is designed to address the underrepresentation of African American and Hispanic faculty at colleges and universities in the state of Florida by increasing the pool of citizens qualified with Ph.D. degrees to teach at the college and university levels. Each award provides annual tuition up to $5,000 for each of three academic years plus an annual stipend of $12,000. An additional two years of support at this same level is provided by the participating institution. An applicant must hold a minimum of a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university. Since this program is intended to increase enrollment in Ph.D. programs, currently enrolled doctoral students are not eligible to apply. The Fellowship will be awarded only to persons who intend to seek Ph.D. degrees in one of the disciplines in the Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Business or Engineering. In those doctoral programs which require entry at the master's level prior to acceptance at the doctoral level, institutional verification will be required. Eligible fields of study include any field in the Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Health Sciences, Nursing, or the Visual and Performing Arts. Fellowships are especially encouraged in, but not limited to, the following disciplines: Agriculture, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Marine Biology, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology. Three recommendations from three individuals who can speak to the applicant's academic potential to complete the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program are required. Please visit the fellowship's website for more information.