Hi SCS faculty and students: The IBM fellowship call for this year has been announced. As in previous years, each department within SCS will select up to three students to nominate. Each unit in SCS runs their own nomination process (internal deadlines vary), you will hear from your department head or PhD program director. The faculty member who originally nominated the student uploads the nomination packet to the IBM web site. --Anupam ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: PhDFellow Date: Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:32 PM Subject: External: Announcing the 2019 Two-Year Worldwide IBM PhD Fellowship Program Dear Faculty Colleague: IBM is pleased to announce the 2019 Two-Year Worldwide IBM PhD Fellowship for the academic years of 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. Strong collaboration with faculty, students and universities is vital to IBM. The IBM PhD Fellowship Program advances this collaboration by recognizing and supporting exceptional PhD students who want to make their mark in promising and disruptive technologies. Focus areas include the following topics of particular interest: · AI / Cognitive Computing · Blockchain · Cloud Computing · Data Science / Big Data / Analytics · Internet of things · Quantum Computing · Security Since the creation of the IBM PhD Fellowship Program in 1951, we have supported thousands of PhD Fellowship students -- with more than 700 students supported over the past 10 years alone. The 2019 IBM PhD Fellowship includes: In the US, fellowship recipients while in school will receive a stipend for living expenses, travel and to attend conferences ($35,000 for 2019-2020 and $35,000 for 2020-2021). Fellowship recipients will also receive $25,000 toward their education in 2019-2020. Outside the US, fellowship recipients while in school will receive a competitive stipend for living expenses, travel and to attend conferences for the two academic years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. Fellowship stipends vary by country. Students should have three years remaining in their graduate program at the time of nomination. For example, nominees that are enrolled in a four year graduate program should have completed two years of their graduate program as of summer 2019 in order to benefit the most. All IBM PhD Fellowship awardees are matched with an IBM mentor according to their technical interests and are encouraged to participate in an internship at least once while completing their studies. Students receiving a comparable fellowship from another company or institution during the same academic period may not be eligible for an IBM PhD Fellowship. We have received many outstanding and exceptional candidates from universities all over the world in the past and encourage universities to submit nominations September 20 - October 25, 2018. For more details go to www.ibm.com/university/phdfellowship. The IBM PhD Fellowship program also supports our long-standing commitment to workforce diversity and encourages nominations of women, minorities and all who contribute to that diversity. We look forward to receiving your department's nominations. Please spread the word. For further information, see your IBM contact, visit the website above, or contact phdfellow@us.ibm.com. Thank you. IBM PhD Fellowship Awards IBM Global University Programs www.ibm.com/university/phdfellowship