Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter

The Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter is an annual dissertation award given to doctoral students to support dissertation research and writing on an aspect of the United States political process and public policy in the last half of the 20th century. The award provides $5,000 to support the recipient's dissertation research. A key requirement of this award is that the awardee must conduct a portion of their research at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This award is designed to facilitate access to the archival resources at the Ford Library while supporting advanced doctoral research in fields related to American politics, history, and public policy during the Ford era and beyond.