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=== Ford Foundation Fellowship Program ===
The foundation began awarding postdoctoral fellowships in 1980 to increase the diversity of the nation's academic faculties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inaugural Senior Ford Fellows Conference Report |url=https://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/pgasite/documents/webpage/pga_081750.pdf}}</ref>  In 1986, the foundation added predoctoral and dissertation fellowships to the program. The foundation awards 130 to 140 fellowships annually, and there are 4,132 living fellows.{{When|date=May 2023}} The [[University of California, Berkeley]] was affiliated with 346 fellows at the time of award, the most of any institution, followed by the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] at 205, [[Harvard University]] at 191, [[Stanford University]] at 190, and [[Yale University]] at 175.  The 10-campus [[University of California]] system accounts for 947 fellows, and the [[Ivy League]] is affiliated with 726.<ref>{{cite web| title=Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs| url=https://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/index.htm| publisher=National Academies| access-date=2022-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Directory of Ford Foundation Fellows| url=https://nrc58.nas.edu/FordFellows20/Directory_Ford30/ModulePage.aspx?Nav=Home| publisher=National Academies| access-date=2022-04-12}}</ref> In 2022, the foundation announced that it would be sunsetting the program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ford Foundation Sunsets Diversity Fellowships |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/ford-foundation-sunsets-diversity-fellowships-70551 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=The Scientist Magazine® |language=en}}</ref>