Each fall, the APSA Diversity Fellowship Program (DFP) awards fellowships to students applying to doctoral programs in political science. Each spring, the program also offers fellowships to graduate students in the pre-dissertation stage of their doctoral program. Fall cycle applicants must be undergraduate seniors, graduates, or students enrolled in a master's program who plan to apply for a PhD in political science. Spring applicants must be 1st or 2nd year PhD students in good standing in a political science program. All applicants must be engaged in or planning to pursue political science research and scholarship primarily focused on race, ethnicity, gender, systemic racism, LGBTQ politics, disability politics, indigenous politics, or tribal sovereignty and governance. They must also be a US citizen, US national, US permanent resident (holder of a Permanent Resident Card), or an individual granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) at the time of application. Applicants must also be able to demonstrate an interest in teaching and potential for research in political science. Three letters of recommendation must be submitted. First generation students/scholars and individuals from the following historically under-represented racial/ethnic groups such as African Americans, Asian and Asian Pacific Americans, Latinos/as, American Indians or Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and scholars of MENA descent are strongly encouraged to apply. Please visit the fellowship's website for more information.