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This page lists fellowship opportunities for SCS students for the 2011-2012 academic year. Please send any updates or corrections to me at droh@cs.cmu.edu. Note: Some fellowships require an internal nomination process by either SCS or individual SCS units. If we don't specifically mention an internal nomination process, then assume that students can apply directly. Deadline legend: |
| Name | Deadline [internal] |
Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Siebel Scholars Program | July 7 | Internal nomination process: Each year, Reid Simmons heads an SCS committee that awards five (5) SCS students a Siebel fellowship for their final year of graduate study. Eligible: Students who will be entering their final year of graduate study. Previous winners: Andrew Chambers, Luis Pedro Coelho, Preethi Raju, Stephanie Rosenthal, Robert Simmons. |
| Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship | Oct 6 | Internal nomination process: Microsoft allows SCS to nominate three (3) students. These nominations are made by the SCS fellowship committee. The SCS fellowships coordinator uploads the nomination packets to the Microsoft web site. Eligible: Second and third year Ph.D students only. In 2012, 12 students were selected from 198 nominations nationwide. Previous winners: Julia Schwartz (2012), Richard Peng, Yuandong Tian, Chris Harrison, Dafna Shahaf, Jean-Francois Lalonde, Edith Law. |
| Microsoft Graduate Women's Scholarship | Oct 6 | Internal nomination process: Microsoft allows SCS to nominate three (3) students. These nominations are made by the SCS fellowship committee. The SCS fellowships coordinator uploads the nomination packets to the Microsoft web site. Microsoft selects about 10 students each year. Eligible: First year female Ph.D. students only. Previous winners: Yubin Kim (2012), Jamie Morgenstern, Gabriella Marcu, Dafna Shahaf. |
| VMWare Graduate Fellowship | Oct 14 | Internal nomination process: VMWare allows CSD to nominate two (2) students. These nominations are made by the CSD fellowships committee. The CSD fellowships coordinator submits the nomination packets to VMWare. VMWare typically selects a couple of students from the nationwide applicants. Eligible: full-time Ph.D students. |
| Hertz Fellowship | Oct 31 | Eligible: Students of the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America. |
| IBM Ph.D. Fellowship | Nov 1 | Internal nomination process: IBM allows each unit in SCS to nominate three (3) students from their unit. Each unit runs their own nomination process. The faculty member who originally nominated the student uploads the nomination packet to the IBM web site. Eligible: Ph.D. students who have completed at least one year of study in their doctoral program. Previous winners: Yi Zhang, Amar Phanishayee, Ravishankar Krishnaswamy, Tawanna Dillahunt, Sunyoung Kim. |
| National Research Council of the National Academics | Nov 1, Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1 | Eligible: This is an umbrella program that primarily exists to help U.S. government labs find postdoctoral researchers. Must have a Ph.D. before beginning tenure. |
| Soros Fellowships for New Americans | Nov 1 | Eligible: A New American (a green card holder or naturalized citizen if born abroad; a child of naturalized citizens if born in this country). Not yet 31 years old, as of the application date. |
| Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching | Nov 14 | Eligible: Limited to (1) All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation, (2) Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), (3) Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level. |
| NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) | Nov 15 | Eligible: U.S. citizens or permanent residents, Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States by the application deadline. Benefits: Three years of support, $30K annual stipend, $12,000 tuition allowance. |
| GEM Graduate Fellowship | Nov 15 | Eligible: Must be (1) underrepresented minority, (2) U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident at time of application, (3) Ph.D. student. |
| American Association of University Women - American Fellowships | Nov 15 | Eligible: U.S. citizen or permanent resident, female, final year of Ph.D. program. |
| National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Graduate Fellowship | Nov 30 | Eligible: NPSC welcomes applications from any qualified U.S. citizen who has the ability to pursue graduate work at an NPSC member institution. |
| Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future | Nov 30 | Eligible: Be a woman; Be a citizen of a developing country; Wish to pursue a PhD degree or Post-doctoral research in the physical sciences or related disciplines. |
| SMART Defense Education Program | Dec 1 | Eligible: A U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or older as of August 1, 2011, able to participate in summer internships at DoD laboratories, willing to accept post-graduate employment with the DoD, a student in good standing with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0. |
| American Association of University Women - International Fellowships | Dec 1 | Eligible: Female, non-immigrant U.S. visa, academic career, return to home country. |
| NVIDIA Fellowship | Dec 8 | Eligible: Students must have already completed their first year of Ph.D. level studies. Must have majors in CS, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering or a related area. Benefits: 1 year, $25K |
| Facebook Fellowship | Dec 16 | Eligible: Students must be nominated by a faculty member. Full-time Ph.D students in CS or ECE. Adding additional awards for minorities and women. Benefits: 1 year, Tuition and fees, $30K stipend, $5K for travel, $2.5K for personal computer, internship opportunity. Facebook selects about 10 students from over 300 candidates. Previous winners: Hyeontaek Lim (2012), Michelle Mazurek (2012), Laden Kolar. |
| National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship | Dec 16 | Eligible: There are four eligibility requirements: U.S. citizenship, discipline match, first or second year grad student, and the ability to accept full benefit. You must meet all four requirements in order to be eligible. See the web page for details. Benefits: 3 years, $31K annual stipend, tuition and fees, $1K for health insurance. Previous winners: Elie Krevat. |
| Symantec Graduate Fellowship Program | Dec 18 | Eligible: Ph.D students doing technology research. Benefits: 1 year (renewable to 2), $25K annual stipend. |
| Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) | Jan 3 |
Eligible: Applicants must be U.S. citizens and either a first or second year graduate student, or an undergraduate senior at the time of applying. Benefits: Three years, $35K stipend, $5K travel/equipment, $12.5K tuition. |
| Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) | Jan 6 | Eligible: Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Dual citizens may be accepted at some labs, but not all. Interested students should contact the individual lab to determine if dual citizens are accepted. |
| DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF) | Jan 10 | Eligible: U.S. citizens or permanent residents, first or second year grad students. Benefits: 4 years (renewed each year), $36K yearly stipend, all tuition and fees, health insurance, yearly conferences, 12-week research practicum. Previous winners: Sarah Loos, Cyrus Omar. |
| AT&T Labs Fellowship Program | Jan 15 | Eligible: Women, under-represented minorities |
| Yahoo! Labs Key Scientific Challenges Program | Jan 20 - Mar 9 | Eligible: Ph.D students. Submit proposals to address key scientific challenges in machine learning, search, web information management, security, economics, computational advertising, and green computing. Benefits: $5K unrestricted research funding, access to Yahoo datasets, invitation to grad student summit. Previous winners: Jason Wiese, Nan Li, Vijay Vasudevan, Moira Burke, Pinar Donmez, Yi Zhang, Polo Chau, Jaime Arguello. |
| Google PhD Fellowship | Feb 1 [Jan 6 CSD] |
Internal nomination process: Google allows CMU to nominate two students. Each unit in SCS (except CompBio) nominates one (1) student. Other departments on campus nominate as well. A CMU committee makes the final decision. Eligible: Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD in the research areas represented by the fellowships. Must have completed classes by the time the fellowship starts. Cannot already have another fellowship. Benefits: Two years (possible extension to three), tuition and fees (including books), $32K yearly stipend, internship opportunity, invitation to Google Fellowship Forum. Previous winners: Abe Othman (2011), Moira Burke, Han Liu. |
| Google Anita Borg Scholarship | Feb 6 | Eligible: Be a female student entering her senior year of undergraduate study or be enrolled in a graduate program at a university in the United States. Be enrolled in Computer Science or Computer Engineering Program. Benefits: $10K, invitation to Google Scholars Retreat. Previous winners: Moira Burke, Samreen Anjum, Anna Molsky. |
| Intel Ph.D. Fellowship
[Intel presentation] |
Feb 17 [Jan 6 SCS] |
Internal nomination process: Intel allows CMU to nominate at most 5 students. The ECE and SCS fellowship committees each nominate 3-5 students, and Randy and Ed downselect to come up with the final five nominees. Eligible: Ph.D. students within 18 months of graduation in CS and ECE. Thesis topic defined and approved. Must have permanent unrestricted right to work in U.S. Not open to students from embargoed or controlled countries (e.g, Iran, China, Russia, Ukraine). India is OK. Benefits: 1 year, full tuition, $24K stipend, $5K travel, internship opportunity. Previous winners. Michael Papamichael (2012), Michele Goodstein, Mark Palatucci, Tunji Ruwase. |
| Semiconductor Research Corporation Graduate Fellowship Program | Feb 15 | Eligible: U.S. citizens or have permanent resident, refugee, or political asylum status in the U.S. Are pursuing or planning to pursue a Ph.D. degree with research relevant to microelectronics under the guidance of a GRC-approved faculty member. | Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship | Feb 15 | Eligible: Teams of two (2) Ph.D. students submit innovative research ideas. See the web page for the list of specific topic areas. Both team members must be enrolled in the PhD program. Benefits: $50K to each team member. |
| Society of Women Engineers | Feb 15 | Eligible: Women only; web page has pointers to many other fellowship programs. |
| A. R. Zipf Fellowship | Mar 30 | Eligible: Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. |
| Naval Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | Apps accepted anytime | Eligible: Opportunities at NRL are open to citizens of the United States and to legal permanent residents. All permanent residents must have their green card at the time of application. |
| Korean American Scholarship Foundation | n/a | Eligible: Korean-American students |
| Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation | n/a | Eligible: Phd students |