Fellowship Opportunities for the 2012-2013 Academic Year

Website

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Eligible

Benefits

Summary

Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/apply-us.aspx

Oct. 9, 2012

Eligible: Second and third year Ph.D students only.

Microsoft allows COC to nominate three (3) students per school. These nominations are made by the School Awards Committees. One contact will upload the nomination packets to the Microsoft web site.

Microsoft Graduate Women's Scholarship

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/fellows-women.aspx

Oct. 16, 2012

Eligible: First year women Ph.D. students only.

Microsoft allows CoC to nominate three (3) students per school. These nominations are made by the School Awards Committees. One contact will upload the nomination packets to the Microsoft web site.

IBM Ph.D. Fellowship

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/phdfellowship/

Oct. 30, 2012

Eligible: Ph.D. students who have completed at least one year of study in their doctoral program.

IBM allows each School in CoC to nominate two (2) students from their unit. Each School runs their own nomination process. The faculty member who originally nominated the student uploads the nomination packet to the IBM web site.

Hertz Fellowship

http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/fellowships/fellowshipaward.aspx

Nov. 2, 2012

Eligible: Students of the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America.

The Graduate Fellowship Award is based on merit (not need) and consists of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend.

Soros Fellowships for New Americans

http://www.pdsoros.org/

Nov. 9, 2012

Eligible: New American younger than 31 years.

A New American is classified (in this instance) as a green card holder, naturalized citizen or a child of naturalized citizens younger

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=CISE&from=home

Nov. 13, 2012

Eligible: Applicants must be US citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the US by the application deadline.
Fellowships are awarded to individuals in the early stages of their graduate study.
Applicants are advised to read the entire program solicitation carefully to be sure that the requirements are applicable.

Benefits: Three years of support, $32K annual stipend, and $12,000 tuition allowance.

Fellowship applications must be submitted by the prospective Fellow. Applicants must register with Fastlane (https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp) prior to submitting an application. Confirmation of acceptance in an NSF-approved graduate degree program is required at the time of Fellowship acceptance, by May 1, 2013.

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/index.htm

Nov. 14, 2012

Eligible: (1) All citizens or nationals of the United States.
(2) Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement. (3) Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level.

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GEM Graduate Fellowship

http://www.gemfellowship.org/gem-fellowship

Nov. 15, 2012

Eligible: Must be (1) underrepresented minority, (2) U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident at time of application, (3) Ph.D. student.

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American Association of University Women - American Fellowships

http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

Nov. 15, 2012

Eligible: U.S. citizen or permanent resident, women, in their final year of their Ph.D. program.

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Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future

http://www.facultyforthefuture.net/

Nov. 16, 2012

Eligible: Women; Citizen of a developing country; Wish to pursue a PhD degree or Post-doctoral research in the physical sciences or related disciplines.

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National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Graduate Fellowship

http://www.npsc.org/

Nov. 30, 2012

Eligible: NPSC welcomes applications from any qualified U.S. citizen who has the ability to pursue graduate work at an NPSC member institution (Georgia Tech member).

If you have interned, have been employed or are employed by a government agency or laboratory, ask your mentor or research supervisor to nominate you directly for an NPSC fellowship. Contact NPSC for details.

American Association of University Women - International Fellowships

http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/international.cfm

Dec. 1, 2012

Eligible: Women, non-immigrant U.S. visa, academic career, return to home country.

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SMART Defense Education Program

http://smart.asee.org/

Dec. 14, 2012

Eligible: U.S. citizen at time of application; 18 years of age or older as of August 1, 2013; able to participate in summer internships; in good standing with a min. cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; match discipline listed here: About SMART.

Participants should be willing to accept post-graduate employment with the DoD.

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship

https://ndseg.asee.org/

Dec. 14, 2012
(5:00 PM EST)

Eligible: Applicants Must: be a U.S. citizen, match discipline, be in their first or second year, and have the ability to accept full benefit.

Benefits: 3 years, $31K annual stipend, tuition/fees, $1K health insurance.

Applicants must meet all four requirements in order to be eligible.

Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC)

http://scgf.orau.gov/

Jan. 4, 2013 (11:59 PM EST)

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.

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Facebook Fellowship

http://www.facebook.com/fellowships
or https://www.facebook.com/academics?v=app_4949752878

Jan. 7, 2013

Eligible: Full-time Ph.D students in CS or ECE. Additional awards for minorities and women.

Benefits: 1 year, Tuition and fees, $30K stipend, $5K for travel, $2.5K for personal computer,

Students must be nominated by a faculty member.
Also provides internship opportunities.

Symantec Graduate Fellowship Program

http://www.symantec.com/about/careers/college/fellowship.jsp

Jan 7, 2013 (8:00 AM PST)

Eligible: Must attend a university in a Ph.D. or Master’s program focused on technology research.

Benefits: 1 year (renewable to 2), $25K annual stipend.

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Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP)

https://nreip.asee.org

Jan. 7, 2013 (5:30 PM EST)

Eligible: Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Dual citizens may be accepted at some labs, but not all.

Benefits: $10,750.00 Stipend (paid monthly May-August)

Interested students should contact the individual lab to determine if dual citizens are accepted.
Apply to a maximum of 2 labs, with a 3rd option to choose to be placed at any lab. 
NREIP provides an opportunity for students to participate in summer research at DoN lab.

DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF)

http://www.krellinst.org/csgf/index.shtml

Jan. 8, 2013

Eligible: U.S. citizens or permanent residents, first year grad students.

Benefits: 4 years (renew each year), $36K yearly stipend, all tuition and fees, health insurance, conferences, 12-week research practicum.

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NVIDIA Fellowship

http://www.nvidia.com/content/research/graduate-fellowship-program.html

Jan. 15, 2013

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

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AT&T Labs Fellowship Program

http://www.research.att.com/evergreen/working_with_us/internships.html

Jan 15, 2013

Eligible: Women, under-represented minorities.

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Yahoo! Labs Key Scientific Challenges Program

http://labs.yahoo.com/ksc

Usually opens in mid- Jan. and closes Early March 2013

Eligible: Ph.D students.

Benefits: $5K unrestricted research funding, access to Yahoo datasets, invitation to grad student summit.

Submit proposals to address key scientific challenges in machine learning, search, web information management, security, economics, computational advertising, and green computing.

Google PhD Fellowship

http://research.google.com/university/relations/phd_fellowships.html

Jan for GT
Feb 1
Submit by GT

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 three), tuition and fees (including books), $32K yearly stipend, internship opportunity, invitation to Google Fellowship Forum.

Google allows GT to nominate two students. A committee makes the final decision.
Fellowship recipients will be announced in May of 2013. For more information on previous Google Fellowship recipients, please see Google U.S./Canada PhD Fellowship Recipients.

Google Anita Borg Scholarship

http://www.google.com/anitaborg/

Early Feb

Eligible: Must be a female student enrolled in a graduate program at a university in the United States. Must be enrolled in Computer Science or Computer Engineering Program. Also must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale

Benefits: $10K, invitation to Google Scholars Retreat.

- Women entering their senior year of undergraduate study also eligible.

Intel Ph.D. Fellowship
[Intel presentation]

http://www.intelfellowships.com/

Mid Feb

Eligible: Ph.D. students within 18 months of graduation in CS and ECE. Thesis topic approved. Must have permanent unrestricted right to work in U.S. Not open to students from embargoed or controlled countries (Iran, China, Russia, Ukraine). India is OK.

Benefits: 1 year, full tuition, $24K stipend, $5K travel, internship opportunity.

Intel allows GT to nominate at most 5 students. The School Awards Committees each nominate students for a designee to come up with the final five nominees.

Society of Women Engineers

http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/

Mid
Feb

Eligible: Women only

SWE web page has pointers to many other fellowship programs.

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Graduate Fellowship Program

http://www.src.org/student-center/fellowship/

Feb. 15, 2013

Eligible: Students who are U.S. citizens or have permanent resident, refugee, or political asylum status in the U.S. and are pursuing or planning to pursue a Ph.D. degree relevant to microelectronics under guidance of a GRC-approved faculty member. Must have at least two years to completion of the doctoral degree.

SRC offers doctoral fellowships and master's scholarships through the Global Research Collaboration (GRC) and one doctoral fellowship through the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), the SRC NRI/Hans J. Coufal Fellowship. Students will be performing research under a sponsored research program approved by GRC; and are willing to provide a copy of his/her Ph.D. dissertation to GRC for publication to the SRC website. It is expected that all Fellows will complete their Ph.D. degrees in an area relevant to microelectronics

NRC Research Associates Programs

http://www.national-academies.org/rap

Nov. 1, Feb. 1, May. 1,
2012
Aug. 1, 2013

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.

Before applying, prospective applicants must identify a host federal laboratory where they plan to conduct their research AND have a Research Opportunity (RO) number for the laboratory to which they are applying. (Need these? Go to Getting Started)

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

http://nrl.asee.org/

Open

Eligible: Opportunities at NRL are open to citizens of the United States and to legal permanent residents.

Korean American Scholarship Foundation

http://www.kasf.org/

n/a

Eligible: Korean-American students

ARCS Foundation

http://www.arcsfoundation.org

n/a

Eligible: Phd students