The Patriot Entrepreneur (Summer 2009 - Volume 4  Issue 1)

George Mason University

Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a private nonpartisan foundation that works to harness the power of entrepreneurship and innovation to grow economies and improve human welfare.

The foundation has announced that the 2009-10 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program's online Request for Proposal is available. The Kauffman Foundation will award up to fifteen Dissertation Fellowship grants of $20,000 each to Ph.D., D.B.A., or other doctoral students for the support of dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship.

The program is open to students seeking doctoral degrees from accredited U.S. institutions of higher education who are in the process of formulating their dissertation proposals as well as doctoral candidates with recently approved dissertation proposals. It is expected that applicants will complete their dissertation during the 2010-11 academic year.

Visit the Kauffman Foundation Web site for the complete RFP. http://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/kauffman-dissertation-fellowship-program.aspx

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