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TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

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For developing countries, and especially the Least Developed Countries, PhD scientists help build a foundation for scientific strength and human prosperity. TWAS offers between 100 - 160 PhD fellowships a year at some of the most respected institutions in the developing world. These fellowships are hosted in Brazil, China, India, Pakistan and South Africa.  

The results for the 2022/2023 NRF-TWAS PhD fellowships are available  here .

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• Applicants are encouraged to apply for the preliminary acceptance letter as early as possible, even before the opening date of the call. Only Acceptance letters dated the same year as the year of application are eligible.
• Please be advised that applicants may apply for only one programme per calendar year in the TWAS and OWSD portfolio. Applicants will not be eligible to visit another institution in that year under the TWAS Visiting Professor programmes. One exception: The head of an institution who invites an external scholar to share his/her expertise under the TWAS Visiting Professor programmes may still apply for another programme.

TWAS and the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India, offer fellowships to young foreign scientists from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in physical sciences

• S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

The International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) — comprising the H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry and the Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular and Drug Research in Karachi, Pakistan — and TWAS offer fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in chemical and biological sciences.

• International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, Pakistan

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology in India, and UNESCO-TWAS established a fellowship programme for foreign scholars from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in biotechnology.

• Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) and TWAS have established a sandwich fellowship programme for foreign scholars from developing countries in the South who wish to pursue part of their research toward a PhD in a field of the natural and related applied sciences, in departments and laboratories of public and private universities of Türkiye (Turkey) and TÜBİTAK Research Centers and Institutes.

• Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye

The Lahore University of Management Sciences, (LUMS), Pakistan — and TWAS offer fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in Natural Sciences and Engineering.

According to an agreement between the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS/UNESCO) for the advancement of science in developing countries, up to 40 students/scholars from developing countries will be sponsored to study in China for doctoral degrees for up to 4 years

• Chinese Academy of Sciences
• The Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO)

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India and UNESCO-TWAS have established a number of fellowships for foreign scholars from developing countries, who wish to pursue research toward a PhD in emerging areas of science and technology, for which facilities are available in CSIR laboratories and institutes.

• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India

Under this scheme, PhD scholarships are awarded to promising candidates from LDCs. Applicants must have obtained their MSc in an area relevant to the topics under the umbrella of climate change – which is a broad and interdisciplinary field– or they must obtain the MSc degree by December 2022.

• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

UNESCO-TWAS has partnered with the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMSTECH) for TWAS-COMSTECH Science in Exile Fellowship Programme for displaced and refugee scholars and scientists. This PhD Fellowship Programme aims to provide displaced and refugee scholars and scientists, who have not yet found a safe and long-term host country, to pursue doctoral studies in Pakistan, at institutions members of the COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence.

• Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the OIC (COMSTECH)

Fellowships for women scientists from Science and Technology Lagging Countries (STLCs) to pursue their PhD in the sciences in another country in the South. The call for applications is open and will close on 19 April 2022.

• Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World

Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship

Region: Global

For eligible students at universities globally pursuing research aligned to Microsoft Research areas of focus.

Update : Microsoft Research has paused our call for proposals/nominations for the 2023 calendar year. We are exploring new avenues to invest in our academic partnerships and bring together students and researchers to collaborate, share knowledge, and pursue new research directions.

To learn more about the recently announced Microsoft Research AI & Society Fellows program , uniting eminent scholars and experts to collaborate on research at the intersection of AI and society, visit our program page .

The Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship is a global program that identifies and empowers the next generation of exceptional computing research talent. Microsoft recognizes the value of diversity in computing and aims to increase the pipeline of talent receiving advanced degrees in computing-related fields to build a stronger and inclusive computing-related research community. We currently offer PhD fellowships in Asia-Pacific, Canada and the United States, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Latin America, Australia and New Zealand.

Over the last two decades, the Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship program has supported over 700 fellows around the world, many of whom have gone on to work at Microsoft. Others have gone on to perform pioneering research elsewhere within the technology industry or accept faculty appointments at leading universities.

See your region for details, instructions, and answers to common questions.

• Asia-Pacific
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• Canada & United States
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We are always looking for the best and brightest talent and celebrate individuality. We invite and encourage candidates to come as they are and do what they love.

The Microsoft Research 2022 Global PhD Fellowship recipients were announced in October 2022. Meet all the 2022 PhD Fellowship recipients on our “ 2022 Fellows ” page or hear about what this opportunity means to a few PhD fellows from around the globe below.

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Postdoctoral and Graduate Fellows: Academic Year 2023–24

The NBER coordinates fellowship programs for PhD students and post doctoral researchers supported by several federal and foundation funders. Calls for most fellowships are posted in the fall, with closing dates in December. During academic year 2023-24, the NBER is providing fellowship support for graduate students studying the economics of aging and health, behavioral macroeconomics, consumer financial management, gender in the economy and retirement and disability policy research. It is also offering postdoctoral research support for study of aging and health, diversity in economics, economics of the aging workforce, fiscal policy, infrastructure economics, racial and ethnic disparities in economic outcomes, and retirement and disability policy research and transportation economics.

2022-2023 Fellowship Recipients

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Postdoctoral Fellows

Aging and health research, supported by the national institute on aging and nber.

Riley League is focusing on the role of administrative burdens in shaping the delivery, cost, and outcomes of health care in the United States.

Parker Rogers is analyzing how government healthcare regulations affect innovation and the affordability and quality of healthcare products and services.

Diversity in Economics

Supported by nber.

Kadeem Noray is studying the extent to which educational institutions and tech firms overlook talented individuals from under-represented groups, and how selection processes can be improved.

Economics of an Aging Workforce

Supported by the alfred p. sloan foundation.

Allison Cole is studying how firms make decisions about the design of employer-sponsored retirement plans and how these plans affect the career decisions of workers.

Infrastructure Economics

Léa Bou Sleiman is focusing  on the welfare effects of transportation policies that promote efficient infrastructure utilization, such as congestion pricing in urban areas. 

Long-Term Fiscal Policy

Supported by the peter g. peterson foundation.

Ricardo Filipe Duque Gabriel is studying the political costs of tightening fiscal policy and pursuing austerity measures. 

Patrick Kennedy is focusing on the efficiency and equity implications of major US tax policies.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Economic Outcomes

Supported by the alfred p. sloan foundation.

Jermaine Toney who received his PhD from the New School for Social Research and is an assistant professor (on leave for the fellowship year) at Rutgers University  plans to analyze the impact of historic federal redlining and private racial restrictions in residential communities on the contemporary provision of mortgage credit.

Retirement and Disability Policy Research

Supported by the us social  security administration.

Roger Prudon is examining the impact of inadequate provision of mental health treatment on later-life outcomes such as education, employment, and receipt of disability benefits. 

Transportation in the 21st Century

Supported by the us department of  transportation .

Adam Steven Harris is studying transportation economics, including the role of long-term relationships between shippers and carriers in the US trucking industry. 

Graduate Fellows

Anthony Bald is studying the health and welfare of school-aged children and the supply of healthcare workers in historical perspective.

Theodore Caputi is studying behavioral aspects of public health, such as drug use, violence, and crime, and their effects on economic outcomes.

Woojin Kim is examining the extent of political differences in medical practice across the United States and the impact of the increasingly polarized political climate.

Steven Lee is studying behavioral factors that drive take-up of health care, including vaccines and alternative medicine.

Dean Li is studying the effects of outsourcing, technological change, and consolidation on healthcare labor markets and healthcare delivery.

Kelsey Moran is studying the factors influencing hospital provision of charity care as well as the effects of health information exchange on patients and organizations.

Ilana Salant is studying the economics of long-term and post-acute care, with a specific focus on home-based care.

Connie Xu is researching topics at the intersection of labor and health economics, with a focus on innovation, the healthcare and life sciences workforce, and the economics of science.

Behavioral Macroeconomics

Michael Cai is developing a semi-structural approach to estimating macroeconomic models, which accommodates wide classes of non-rational expectations.

Mateo Velásquez-Giraldo is studying how survey measures of macroeconomic beliefs can help explain life-cycle consumption and portfolio decisions.

Matteo Saccarola is doing research on belief formation over inflation, exchange rates, and prices, using a combination of survey experiments and applied microeconomics.

Consumer Financial Management

Supported by the institute of consumer money management.

Benedict Guttman-Kenney is researching how technological innovation unraveled US credit card information sharing.

Jing Xian Ng is using lenders’ requirements that borrowers purchase private mortgage insurance to study the determinants of household consumption and saving behavior.

Charlie Rafkin is researching the effects and design of transfer programs for low-income households, with a particular focus on assistance for households facing eviction.

Gender in the Economy

Supported by the bill and melinda gates foundation.

Savannah Noray is studying the determinants of female labor supply and women's occupation choices.

Lindsey Uniat is studying the macroeconomic implications of changes in female labor force participation in the United States during the latter half of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on technology adoption.

Akanksha Vardani is studying how providing home coownership to women in India impacts their empowerment.

Marai Hayes is studying the effects of childhood health on later-life earnings and retirement wealth as well as the interaction between childhood health and racial disparities in wealth.

Johnny Huynh is studying the impact of disability compensation on military veterans’ well-being.

Sarah Kotb is studying the design of public health insurance programs and its effects on welfare and public spending.

Cesia Sanchez is investigating how economic shocks experienced by early-career workers affect the retirement decisions of their parents.

The Top 10 Most Popular Fellowships of 2023

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1. IDEAS Fellowship

The IDEAS Fellowship is a two-year, cohort-based program designed to incubate and accelerate the next generation of connected leaders advancing IDEAS: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Social Justice in their workplaces and communities. In year one, fellows attend 8-12 hours per month remotely/virtually, and in year two, fellows are placed at a partner organization. Fellows attend an in-person orientation and receive mentorship, professional coaching with industry leaders, skill-building intensives, and a monthly stipend of $1,000.

2. Bellagio Center Residency Program

The Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center Residency Program offers academics, artists, policymakers, and practitioners an opportunity to spend 4 weeks of focused time to complete a specific project in a group setting at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Bellagio Italy, Lake Como. Projects can be based on any topic but must demonstrate clear social impact and charitable purpose. The residency offers a shared community experience of up to 15 scholars, artists, or practitioners worldwide. Residents can bring a partner or significant other to join the residency for all or a portion of their stay, and travel funding is available when there is a financial need.

3. Fulbright U.S. Student Program for Study/Research

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program for Study/Research provides funding for post-graduate students and professionals to pursue graduate study and individually designed study/research projects during one academic year (9-12 months) in a country outside of the United States. Applicants create their projects and will typically work with advisers at foreign universities or other institutes of higher education. The study/research awards are available in approximately 130 countries. Undergraduate and graduate students must apply through their institution ; professionals and former students can apply through their alma mater or At Large .

Interested in this fellowship? Read our interview with Fulbright U.S. Student Program Study/Research fellow Tyler Pugeda .

4. Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity

The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program is a 1-year non-residential part-time fellowship for early and mid-career professionals from anywhere in the world currently engaged in health-related work and leadership roles or a position with leadership potential. The program aims to combat the life-limiting disparities in health and health care worldwide through training and mentorship. The program involves five weekly in-person meetings globally, bi-weekly 90-minute online sessions led by AFHE faculty, and 12-16 hours of monthly self-directed learning and mandatory attendance and engagement in coursework. All related educational experiences and travel expenses are covered.

5. Echoing Green Fellowship

The Echoing Green Fellowship is a full-time, 18-month fellowship that provides funding, training, mentorship, and support for social innovators, visionary leaders, and changemakers working to improve the world through their organizations. The fellowship provides an $80,000 stipend, leadership development, wellness, and well-being support, expert support and resources, and virtual and in-person convenings. Fellows can be based anywhere in the world and must be the primary decision-makers for the organization. Organizations can be structured as nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid. Black, Indigenous, and people of color who are committed to upending structural oppression and creating change in their communities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Interested in this fellowship? Read our interview with Echoing Green fellow Juliana Gutiérrez .

6. Samvid Scholars Program

The Samvid Scholars Program is a two-year program for changemakers and future leaders who aim to positively change the community around them. Scholars become part of a cohort where they participate in summer conferences, bi-monthly small-group discussions, and virtual events for professional development. They also review $50,000 each year to lessen the financial burden of pursuing a postsecondary or professional degree. To be eligible, students must be in their first year and in one of the following graduate programs: MD, MBA, JD, MPP/MPA, MPH, and MS/MA in social sciences or STEM.

7. W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship in Support of Diversity and Inclusion

The W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship, established in 2023 through collaboration between the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University and The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), is designed to enhance diversity and inclusion in polling research. Open to graduate students currently enrolled in a U.S. college or university who identify as members of underrepresented racial or ethnic minority groups in polling research, the fellowship focuses on creating introductory-level instructional materials for public opinion survey research. Fellows, who receive a $5,000 stipend and complimentary AAPOR membership, engage in online activities, including weekly discussions with leaders in polling research.

8. Google Public Policy Fellowship

The U.S. Google Public Policy Fellowship is a year-round, one-semester fellowship for students interested in Internet and technology policy. Fellows work closely with a mentor at a host organization, contributing to the public dialogue while exploring their professional interests. Regardless of major or degree program, eligible candidates are encouraged to apply, provided they showcase a commitment to Internet and technology policy, along with excellent academic records and skills in analysis, communication, research, and writing. Stipends are $12,000 for full-time fellows and $6,000 for part-time fellows.

Be sure to read fellowship winner Marianna Elvira’s tips for your own Google Public Policy Fellowship application!

9. Women’s International Study Center (WISC) Fellowships

The Women’s International Study Center (WISC) offers fellowships designed to inspire and empower women across various disciplines. One-month residences are provided to writers, artists, scholars, scientists, professionals, innovators, and entrepreneurs to create projects aligned with WWISC’sfocus areas. These include the arts, sciences, cultural preservation, business, and philanthropy. Applicants can be at any career stage and must submit proposals relevant to women’s interests and experiences.

Watch our interview with Dr. Mi’Jan Tho-Biaz , who won not only the WISC Fellowship, but many others as well!

10. Obama Foundation Leaders Program

The Obama FFoundation’sLeaders program is a transformative initiative dedicated to inspiring, empowering, and connecting changemakers across the globe to foster enduring positive change within their communities and regions. Tailored for emerging leaders aged 24-45, the program transcends borders and sectors, bringing together individuals from diverse nations and territories. This comprehensive program encompasses practical skill-building for social change, leadership coaching, critical issue discussions, and small-group support. Leaders gain a profound understanding of how values-based leadership enhances their ability to effect change and are inspired to take decisive action, armed with new ideas and skills. Fellows also become part of a dynamic global alumni community of nearly 900 active changemakers.

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The 2023 IBM PhD Fellowship Award Program received hundreds of applications from 59 universities in 14 countries. Applications were reviewed by eminent technologists from across IBM. The award recipients demonstrated academic excellence as well as provided innovative, exceptional research proposals.

Congratulations to the 2023 IBM PhD Fellowship awardees!

Sajant Anand

University of California-Berkeley United States

Georgia Institute of Technology United States

Princeton University United States

Ankita Gupta

University of Massachusetts at Amherst United States

Taylor Olson

Northwestern University United States

Megha Srivastava

Stanford University United States

Zhanghao Wu

Lijun Zhang

Ishtiyaque Ahmad

University of California Santa Barbara United States

Lauren Alvarez

North Carolina State University United States

University of Washington United States

Fabia Athena

Yufeng Bright Ye

Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States

Zana Bucinca

Harvard University United States

Catherine Chen

University of California, Berkeley United States

Ching-Yao Chuang

Cora Coleman

University of California San Diego United States

Yangruibo Ding

Columbia University in the City of New York United States

Surbhi Mittal

Indian Institute of Technology IIT Jodhpur India

Yongmo Park

University of Michigan-AnnArbor United States

Charvi Rastogi

Carnegie Mellon University United States

Stefan Sack

Institute of Science and Technology Austria Austria

Fangzheng Xu

Ahmed Alquraan

University of Waterloo Canada

Syrine Belakaria

Washington State University United States

Eyal Ben-David

Technion Israel Institute of Technology Israel

Tianlong Chen

University of Texas at Austin United States

Shehzaad Dhuliawala

ETHZ - Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland

Scott Freitas

Gabriel Gusmao

Geraud Nangue Tasse

Wits University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa

Vikram Narayanan

University of California-Irvine United States

Simbarashe Nyatsanga

University of California-Davis United States

Abhairaj Singh

Technische Universiteit Delft Netherlands

Yudai Suzuki

Keio University Japan

Silvana Trindade

Universidade Estadual de Campinas Brazil

Pheona Williams

Howard University United States

Amani Ahmad Al-Ahmadi

King Saud University Saudi Arabia

Atri Bhattacharyya

EPFL - Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland

Stanley Alex Breitweiser

University of Pennsylvania United States

Penn State University United States

Andrew Cullen

Imperial College of Science Technology Medicine London United Kingdom

Alessandro de Palma

University of Oxford United Kingdom

Michael Hersche

Boston University United States

Saurabh Jha

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States

Jungo Kasai

University of Washington, Seattle United States

Corey Lammie

James Cook University Australia

Theodor Lundberg

University of Cambridge United Kingdom

Sujaya Maiyya

University of California, Santa Barbara United States

Prakash Murali

Jonas Pfeiffer

Technische Universitat Darmstadt Germany

Sharon Qian

Nidhi Rathi

Indian Institute of Science India

Eddie Schoute

University of Maryland, College Park United States

Eli Schwartz

Tel Aviv University Israel

Arthur Selle Jacobs

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil

Gunjan Singh

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology India

Congratulations 2019 IBM PhD Fellows!

Manaar Alam

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Charlotte Boettcher

Harvard University

University of California, Berkeley

Ignacio Cases

Stanford University

ETHZ - Federal Institute of Technology Zuric

Dennis Grishin

Vojtech Havlicek

University of Oxford

Waseda University

Marios Kogias

EPFL - Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Ellis Michael

Unniversity of Washington, Seattle

Nikolaos Papadis

Yale University

Anupam Sanghi

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Stacey Truex

Georgia Institute of Technology

Ellen Vitercik

Carnegie Mellon University

Pengcheng Yin

Congratulations 2018 IBM PhD Fellows!

Zakaria Aldeneh

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Sarath Chandar Anbil Parthipan

University of Montreal

Saikrishna Badrinarayanan

University of California, Los Angeles

Maynard Marshall Ball

Columbia University

Shang-Tse Chen

Michael Coblenz

Snigdha Das

Hagit Grushka-Cohen

Ben-Gurion University

Rishab Goyal

University of Texas at Austin

Josiah Hanna

University of New South Wales

Amir Kafshdar Goharshady

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Eleftherios Kokoris-Kogias

Chun-Liang Li

Tongyang Li

University of Maryland, College Park

Chaoxuan Ma

University of California, San Diego

Clemens Rosenbaum

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Sailik Sengupta

Arizona State University

Chad Spensky

University of California, Santa Barbara

Hasini Urala Liyanage Dona Gunasinghe

Purdue University

Cornell University

University of California, Davis

Congratulations 2017 IBM PhD Fellows!

Iftekhar Ahmed Oregon State University

Umair Ahmed Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Kanpur

Khalid Al Khatib Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Arturs Backurs Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Radu Baltean-Lugojan Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London

Sarah Adel Bargal Boston University

Maruf Bhuiyan Yale University

Tathagata Chakraborti Arizona State University

Michael Coblenz Carnegie Mellon University

Gal Dalal Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Jose Manuel del Pino Fernández Universidad Europea de Madrid

Tesca Fitzgerald Georgia Institute of Technology

Shruti Gandhi North Carolina State University

Badih Ghazi Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ahmed Elgohary Ghoneim University of Maryland College Park

Hagit Grushka-Cohen Ben-Gurion University

Hui Guan North Carolina State University

Zhiting Hu Carnegie Mellon University

Oana Inel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Cristina Kadar ETHZ - Federal Institute of Technology Zürich

Elias Khalil Georgia Institute of Technology

Eleftherios Kokoris-Kogias EPFL - Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Jie Liu Lehigh University

Pengfei Liu Fudan University

Huoran Li Peking University

Jiajia Li Georgia Institute of Technology

Eduardo Luz Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Lingjuan Lyu University of Melbourne

Keisuke Maeda Hokkaido University

Pascal Nieters Universität Osnabrück

Sikhar Patranabis Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Kharagpur

Liat Peterfreund Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Max Plauth Universität Potsdam

Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar Iowa State University

Ankur Sarker University of Virginia

Nandakumar Sasidharan Rajalekshmi New Jersey Institute of Technology

Neha Sengupta Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Delhi

Sonia Soubam Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-D)

Emma Strubell University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Harish Sukhwani Duke University

Uttam Thakore University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Michael Võssing Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Robert Walecki Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London

Yichen Wang Georgia Institute of Technology

Zhe Wan University of California-Los Angeles

Yong Yang Peking University

Jialun Yin Tsinghua University

Theodore Yoder Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wenting Zheng University of California-Berkeley

Shuo Zhou University of Melbourne

Congratulations 2016 IBM PhD Fellows!

Jun Araki Carnegie Mellon University

Masoud Badiei Khuzani Harvard University

Mossaab Bagdouri University of Maryland College Park

Silvina Caino Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - University Carlos III, Madrid

William Candela Pontifícia Universidade Católica

Dai Wang-Zhou Nanjing University

David Dov Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Anca Dumitrache Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Vrije University, Amsterdam

Glauber Gonçalves Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Nanbo Gong Yale University

Soehnke Grams Universität Koblenz-Landau - University of Koblenz-Landau

Jia Tong Peking University

Mark Law Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London

Changchang Liu Princeton University

Bernhard Loitsch Technische Universität München - Technical University of Munich

Mario Lucic ETHZ - Federal Institute of Technology Zürich

Suman Kalyan Maity Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Kharagpur

Lee Martie University of California-Irvine

Kuldeep Meel Rice University

Mahya Mirzaei Poueinag University of Technology, Sydney

Tanushree Mitra Georgia Institute of Technology

Thien Nguyen New York University

Deepak Mishra Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Delhi

Gianluca Panici University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bruno Umbria Pedroni University of California-San Diego

Alexander Ponomarenko Higher School of Economics

Neelam Prabhu Gaukar Iowa State University

Cosmin Radoi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Mrinmaya Sachan Carnegie Mellon University

Joshua San Miguel University of Toronto

Thomas Schlegl Medizinische Universität Wien - Medical University of Vienna

Ioannis Sfakianakis University of Crete, Heraklion

Christian Stab Technische Universitãt Darmstadt - Technical University of Darmstadt

Pailla Tejaswy University of California-San Diego

Shay Vargaftik Technion Israel Institute of Technology

Tim Waizenegger Universitãt Stuttgart - University of Stuttgart

Sean Wilner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Christine Wolf University of California-Irvine

Bin Xu Cornell University

Noga Zaslavsky Hebrew University

Xiao Zhang Xi'an Jiaotong University

Rong Zhu Harbin Institute of Technology

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Debajyoti Kar, Indian Institute of Science

Jamie Tucker-Foltz, Harvard University

Joakim Blikstad, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Mahdieh Labani, Macquarie University

Rehema Hamis Mwawado, University of Rwanda

Uddalok Sarkar, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata

Computational Neural and Cognitive Sciences

Gizem Özdil, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Sreejan Kumar, Princeton University

Bridget Chak, University of Chicago

Li-Wen Chiu, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Md. Saiful Islam, University of Rochester

Rutendo Jakachira, Brown University

Tsai-Min Chen, National Taiwan University

Wenhao Gao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Human Computer Interaction

Brianna Wimer, University of Notre Dame

Emily Kuang, Rochester Institute of Technology

Eunkyung Jo, University of California - Irvine

Georgianna Lin, University of Toronto

Gustavo Pacheco Santiago, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Marcelo Marques da Rocha, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Yulia Goldenberg, Ben Gurion University

Zixiong Su, The University of Tokyo

Machine Learning

Berivan Isik, Stanford University

Blake Bordelon, Harvard University

Cristhian Delgado Fajardo, University of Otago

Denish Azamuke, Makerere University

Fuzhao Xue, National University of Singapore

Heinrich Pieter van Deventer, University of Pretoria

Imane Araf, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Itamar Franco Salazar Reque, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Jihoon Tack, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Julliet Chepngeno Kirui, Strathmore University

Krystal Dacey, Charles Sturt University

Laura Smith, University of California - Berkeley

Marcos Paulo Silva Gôlo, ​​Universidade de São Paulo

Melisa Yael Vinograd, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Miriam Rateike, Saarland University

Mitchell Wortsman, University of Washington

Natalia Gil Canto, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Nicolás Esteban Valenzuela Figueroa, Universidad de Chile

Omprakash Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

S. Durga, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Strato Angsoteng Bayitaa, C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences

Yiding Jiang, Carnegie Mellon University

Yifan Zhang, National University of Singapore

Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision

Antoine Yang, National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria)

Astitva Srivastava, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad

Chen Yu, National University of Singapore

Ethan Tseng, Princeton University

Matheus Viana da Silva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Sunghwan Hong, Korea University

Sungyeon Kim, Pohang University of Science and Technology

Vincent Milimo Masilokwa Punabantu, University of Cape Town

Yanxi Li, The University of Sydney

Yosef Gandelsman, University of California - Berkeley

Ziqi Huang, Nanyang Technological University

Mobile Computing

Ke Sun, University of California - San Diego

Kyungjin Lee, Seoul National University

Natural Language Processing

Allahsera Auguste Tapo, Rochester Institute of Technology

Cheng-Han Chiang, National Taiwan University

Liunian Li, University of California - Los Angeles

Sarah Masud, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi

Sumanth Doddapaneni, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Zhiqing Sun, Carnegie Mellon University

Privacy and Security

Jiayuan Ye, National University of Singapore

Miranda Wei, University of Washington

Neha Jawalkar, Indian Institute of Science

Yihui Zeng, Arizona State University

Programming Technology and Software Engineering

Aaditya Naik, University of Pennsylvania

Thanh Le-Cong, The University of Melbourne

Quantum Computing

Diego Hernando Useche Reyes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Elies Gil-Fuster, Free University of Berlin

Juan David Nieto García, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Lia Yeh, University of Oxford

Structured Data and Database Management

Zezhou Huang, Columbia University

Systems and Networking

Jennifer Switzer, University of California - San Diego

Jiaxin Lin, University of Texas at Austin

Jinhyung Koo, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology

Maurine Chepkoech, University of Cape Town

Qinghao Hu, Nanyang Technological University

Anjali Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Shunhua Jiang, Columbia University

Shyam Sivasathya Narayanan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Venkata Naga Sreenivasulu Karnati, Indian Institute of Science

Yang P. Liu, Stanford University

Aditi Jha, Princeton University

Klavdia Zemlianova, New York University

Devon Jarvis, University of the Witwatersrand

Emily Schwenger, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Reihaneh Torkzadehmahani, TU Munich

Xin Liu, University of Washington

Qian Niu, Kyoto University

Karthik Mahadevan, University of Toronto

Meena Muralikumar, University of Washington

Nika Nour, University of California - Irvine

Pang Suwanaposee, University of Canterbury

Ryan Louie, Northwestern University

Tiffany Li, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Zhongyi Zhou, The University of Tokyo

Eunji Kim, Seoul National University

Hayeon Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Julius von Kügelgen, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

Kaloma Usman Majikumna, Euromed University of Fes, Morocco

Lily Xu, Harvard University

Maksym Andriushchenko, EPFL

Pierre Marion, Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris

Shashank Rajput, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Sheheryar Zaidi, University of Oxford

Sindy Löwe, University of Amsterdam

Tan Wang, Nanyang Technological University

Xiaobo Xia, University of Sydney

Yixin Liu, Monash University

Efthymios Tzinis, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Elizabeth Ndunge Mutua, Strathmore University

Haipeng Xiong, National University of Singapore

Jianyuan Guo, University of Sydney

Jiawei Ren, Nanyang Technological University

Juhong Min, Pohang University of Science and Technology

Liliane Momeni, University of Oxford

Qianqian Wang, Cornell University

Shuo Yang, University of Technology Sydney

Tahir Javed, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Wei-Ting Chen, National Taiwan University

Yuming Jiang. Nanyang Technological University

Yu-Ying Yeh, University of California - San Diego

Binbin Xie, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Clara Isabel Meister, ETH Zurich

Julia Mendelsohn, University of Michigan

Sachin Kumar, Carnegie Mellon University

Saley Vishal Vivek, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Swarnadeep Saha, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Shuyi Wang, The University of Queensland

Thong Nguyen, National University of Singapore

Ussen Kimanuka, Pan African University Institute For Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation

Amy Elizabeth Gooden, University Kwazulu-Natal

Promise Ricardo Agbedanu, University of Rwanda

Alexander Bienstock, New York University

Daniel De Almeida Braga, Universite Rennes 1

Gaurang Bansal, National University of Singapore

Nicolas Huaman Groschopf, Leibniz University of Hanover

Simon Spies, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems

Ilkwon Byun, Seoul National University

Margaret Fortman, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Oscar Higgott, University College London

Sam Gunn, University of California - Berkeley

Recommender Systems

Jessie J. Smith, University of Colorado - Boulder

Wenjie Wang, National University of Singapore

Nikolaos Tziavelis, Northeastern University

Humphrey Owuor Otieno, University of Cape Town

Jiarong Xing, Rice University

Shweta Pandey, Indian Institute of Science

Sunil Kumar, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi

Yang Zhou, Harvard University

Yujeong Choi, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Daniel Mutembesa, Makerere University

Kevin Tian, Stanford University

Prerona Chatterjee, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Sampson Wong, The University of Sydney

Santhoshini Velusamy, Harvard University

Sruthi Gorantla, Indian Institute of Science

Wenshuo Guo, University of California, Berkeley

Malvern Madondo, Emory University

Steffen Schneider, University of Tübingen

Nalini Singh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Roman Koshkin, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Vishwali Mhasawade, New York University

Anupriya Tuli, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology - Delhi

Chia-Hsing Chiu, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Dennis Makafui Dogbey, University of Cape Town

George Hope Chidziwisano, Michigan State University

Harmanpreet Kaur, University of Michigan

Srishti Palani, University of California, San Diego

Amir-Hossein Karimi, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

Anastasia Koloskova, EPFL, Lausanne

Anirudh Goyal, University of Montreal

Daniel Kang, Stanford University

Elena Fillola, University of Bristol

Emmanuel Chinyere Echeonwu, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

Gal Yona, Weizmann Institute of Science

Hae Beom Lee, KAIST

Jaekyeom Kim, Seoul National University

Logan Engstrom, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Piyushi Manupriya, Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad

Qinbin Li, National University of Singapore

Shen Li, National University of Singapore

Shubhada Agrawal, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Theekshana Dissanayake, Queensland University of Technology

Tianyuan Jin, National University of Singapore

Yun Li, The University of New South Wales

Andrea Burns, Boston University

Fangzhou Hong, Nanyang Technological University

Haibin Wu, National Taiwan University

Jogendra Nath Kundu, Indian Institute of Science

Kelvin C.K. Chan, Nanyang Technological University

Sanghyun Woo, KAIST

Sara El-Ateif, National School For Computer Science (ENSIAS)

Soo Ye Kim, KAIST

Tewodros Amberbir Habtegebrial, Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Xinlong Wang, The University of Adelaide

Xueting Li, University of California, Merced

Zhiqin Chen, Simon Fraser University

Byungjin Jun, Northwestern University

Soundarya Ramesh, National University of Singapore

Derguene Mbaye, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop

Eya Hammami, LARODEC

Haoyue Shi, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Kalpesh Krishna, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Peter Hase, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rochelle Choenni, University of Amsterdam

Chandan Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur

Kevin Loughlin, University of Michigan

Teodora Baluta, National University of Singapore

Yuqing Zhu, University of California, Santa Barbara

Aishwarya Sivaraman, University of California, Los Angeles

Jenna Wise, Carnegie Mellon University

Alicja Dutkiewicz, Leiden University

Hsin-Yuan Huang, California Institute of Technology

Mykyta Onizhuk, The University of Chicago

Sayantan Chakraborty, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Brian Kundinger, Duke University

Yiru Chen, Columbia University

Yu Meng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Zheng Wang, Nanyang Technological University

Aishwariya Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur

Alireza Farshin, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Erika Hunhoff, University of Colorado Boulder

S. VenkataKeerthy, Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad

Soroush Ghodrati, University of California, San Diego

Yejin Lee, Seoul National University

Jan van den Brand, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Mahsa Derakhshan, University of Maryland, College Park

Sidhanth Mohanty, University of California, Berkeley

Computational Neuroscience

Connor Brennan, University of Pennsylvania

Abdelkareem Bedri, Carnegie Mellon University

Brendan David-John, University of Florida

Hiromu Yakura, University of Tsukuba

Manaswi Saha, University of Washington

Muratcan Cicek, University of California, Santa Cruz

Prashan Madumal, University of Melbourne

Alon Brutzkus, Tel Aviv University

Chin-Wei Huang, Universite de Montreal

Eli Sherman, Johns Hopkins University

Esther Rolf, University of California, Berkeley

Imke Mayer, Fondation Sciences Mathématique de Paris

Jean Michel Sarr, Cheikh Anta Diop University

Lei Bai, University of New South Wales

Nontawat Charoenphakdee, The University of Tokyo

Preetum Nakkiran, Harvard University

Sravanti Addepalli, Indian Institute of Science

Taesik Gong, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Vihari Piratla, Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay

Vishakha Patil, Indian Institute of Science

Wilson Tsakane Mongwe, University of Johannesburg

Xinshi Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology

Yadan Luo, University of Queensland

Benjamin van Niekerk, University of Stellenbosch

Eric Heiden, University of Southern California

Gyeongsik Moon, Seoul National University

Hou-Ning Hu, National Tsing Hua University

Nan Wu, New York University

Shaoshuai Shi, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Yifan Liu, University of Adelaide

Yu Wu, University of Technology Sydney

Zhengqi Li, Cornell University

Xiaofan Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Anjalie Field, Carnegie Mellon University

Mingda Chen, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Shang-Yu Su, National Taiwan University

Yanai Elazar, Bar-Ilan

Julien Gamba, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Shuwen Deng, Yale University

Yunusa Simpa Abdulsalm, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Adriana Sejfia, University of Southern California

John Cyphert, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Amira Abbas, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Mozafari Ghoraba Fereshte, EPFL

Yanqing Peng, University of Utah

Huynh Nguyen Van, University of Technology Sydney

Michael Sammler, Saarland University, MPI-SWS

Sihang Liu, University of Virginia

Yun-Zhan Cai, National Cheng Kung University

Aidasadat Mousavifar, EPFL Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Peilin Zhong, Columbia University

Siddharth Bhandari, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Soheil Behnezhad, University of Maryland at College Park

Zhe Feng, Harvard University

Caroline Haimerl, New York University

Mai Gamal, German University in Cairo

Catalin Voss, Stanford university

Hua Hua, Australian National University

Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, University of Melbourne

Abdulsalam Ometere Latifat, African University of Science and Technology Abuja

Adji Bousso Dieng, Columbia University

Anshul Mittal, IIT Delhi

Blake Woodworth, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Diana Cai, Princeton University

Francesco Locatello, ETH Zurich

Ihsane Gryech, International University Of Rabat, Morocco

Jaemin Yoo, Seoul National University

Maruan Al-Shedivat, Carnegie Mellon University

Ousseynou Mbaye, Alioune Diop University of Bambey

Rendani Mbuvha, University of Johannesburg

Shibani Santurkar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Takashi Ishida, University of Tokyo

Chenxi Liu, Johns Hopkins University

Kayode Kolawole Olaleye, Stellenbosch University

Ruohan Gao, The University of Texas at Austin

Tiancheng Sun, University of California San Diego

Xuanyi Dong, University of Technology Sydney

Yu Liu, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Zhi Tian, University of Adelaide

Naoki Kimura, University of Tokyo

Abigail See, Stanford University

Ananya Sai B, IIT Madras

Byeongchang Kim, Seoul National University

Daniel Patrick Fried, UC Berkeley

Hao Peng, University of Washington

Reinald Kim Amplayo, University of Edinburgh

Sungjoon Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Ajith Suresh, Indian Institute of Science

Itsaka Rakotonirina, Inria Nancy

Milad Nasr, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Sarah Ann Scheffler, Boston University

Caroline Lemieux, UC Berkeley

Conrad Watt, University of Cambridge

Umang Mathur, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Amy Greene, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Leonard Wossnig, University College London

Yuan Su, University of Maryland at College Park

Amir Gilad, Tel Aviv University

Nofar Carmeli, Technion

Zhuoyue Zhao, University of Utah

Chinmay Kulkarni, University of Utah

Nicolai Oswald, University of Edinburgh

Saksham Agarwal, Cornell University

Emmanouil Zampetakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Manuela Fischer, ETH Zurich

Pranjal Dutta, Chennai Mathematical Institute

Thodoris Lykouris, Cornell University

Yuan Deng, Duke University

Ella Batty, Columbia University

Neha Spenta Wadia, University of California - Berkeley

Reuben Feinman, New York University

Human-Computer Interaction

Gierad Laput, Carnegie Mellon University

Mike Schaekermann, University of Waterloo

Minsuk (Brian) Kahng, Georgia Institute of Technology

Niels van Berkel, The University of Melbourne

Siqi Wu, Australian National University

Xiang Zhang, The University of New South Wales

Abhijeet Awasthi, Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay

Aditi Raghunathan, Stanford University

Futoshi Futami, University of Tokyo

Lin Chen, Yale University

Qian Yu, University of Southern California

Ravid Shwartz-Ziv, Hebrew University

Shuai Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Shuang Liu, University of California - San Diego

Stephen Tu, University of California - Berkeley

Steven James, University of the Witwatersrand

Xinchen Yan, University of Michigan

Zelda Mariet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Machine Perception, Speech Technology, and Computer Vision

Antoine Miech, INRIA

Arsha Nagrani, University of Oxford

Arulkumar S, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras

Joseph Redmon, University of Washington

Raymond Yeh, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Shanmukha Ramakrishna Vedantam, Georgia Institute of Technology

Lili Wei, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Rizanne Elbakly, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

Shilin Zhu, University of California - San Diego

Anne Cocos, University of Pennsylvania

Hongwei Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Jonathan Herzig, Tel Aviv University

Rotem Dror, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Shikhar Vashishth, Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore

Yang Liu, University of Edinburgh

Yoon Kim, Harvard University

Zhehuai Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Imane khaouja, Université Internationale de Rabat

Aayush Jain, University of California - Los Angeles

Gowtham Kaki, Purdue University

Joseph Benedict Nyansiro, University of Dar es Salaam

Reyhaneh Jabbarvand, University of California - Irvine

Victor Lanvin, Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris

Erika Ye, California Institute of Technology

Lingjiao Chen, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Andrea Lattuada, ETH Zurich

Chen Sun, Tsinghua University

Lana Josipovic, EPFL

Michael Schaarschmidt, University of Cambridge

Rachee Singh, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Stephen Mallon, The University of Sydney

Chiu Wai Sam Wong, University of California, Berkeley

Eric Balkanski, Harvard University

Haifeng Xu, University of Southern California

Motahhare Eslami, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Sarah D'Angelo, Northwestern University

Sarah Mcroberts, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Sarah Webber, The University of Melbourne

Aude Genevay, Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris

Dustin Tran, Columbia University

Jamie Hayes, University College London

Jin-Hwa Kim, Seoul National University

Ling Luo, The University of Sydney

Martin Arjovsky, New York University

Sayak Ray Chowdhury, Indian Institute of Science

Song Zuo, Tsinghua University

Taco Cohen, University of Amsterdam

Yuhuai Wu, University of Toronto

Yunhe Wang, Peking University

Yunye Gong, Cornell University

Avijit Dasgupta, International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad

Franziska Müller, Saarland University - Saarbrücken GSCS and Max Planck Institute for Informatics

George Trigeorgis, Imperial College London

Iro Armeni, Stanford University

Saining Xie, University of California, San Diego

Yu-Chuan Su, University of Texas, Austin

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Peace Scholar Fellowship Program

USIP's Peace Scholar Fellowship program awards non-residential fellowships to PhD candidates enrolled at U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics related to conflict management, peacebuilding and security studies. Since 1988, the program has supported the dissertations of 408 scholars, many of whom have gone on to distinguished careers in research, higher education, and policy making.

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This program partners with the Minerva Research Initiative to support additional fellowships. Currently, the program awards up to 18 fellowships per year, and awards support both research and writing stages of work on dissertations.

Applications from members of groups traditionally under-represented in the field of international relations, peace and conflict studies, security studies, and other related academic disciplines, as well as diplomacy and international policymaking, are strongly encouraged.

2024-2025 Request for Applications

USIP seeks applications from Ph.D. candidates with high-quality, policy relevant research that will deepen understanding about conflict management, peacebuilding and other applicable security-related studies. USIP strongly prefers applications closely related to the USIP Issue Areas and/or research priorities of the Minerva Research Initiative .

Special consideration will be given to proposed research in the following areas*:

• Strategic rivalry
• Global shocks and fragility
• The American approach to peacebuilding

*See the USIP FY’24 Congressional Budget Justification for more information about the Institute’s key priorities and initiatives.

Registration and Application Process

Applying for the Peace Scholar Fellowship competition is a two-step process.

REGISTRATION:  All applicants must have registered for this competition even if you have registered previously for another USIP competition.

APPLICATION: After completing the registration, applicants must prepare and submit a complete application. USIP does not provide status updates on submitted applications at any time.

Important Dates

• Registration opened: Thursday, September 7, 2023
• Registration closed: Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 4:00PM EDT
• Application deadline: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 4:00PM EDT
• Letters of reference due: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 4:00PM EDT

Application Requirements

Applications will be selected based on the strength of the proposed research and its potential to make original contributions to the field by addressing one of the key initiatives or research priorities listed in the links above.

Applications that are not relevant to the priorities or issue areas of USIP or the Minerva Research Initiative will not be considered for the competition.

Peace Scholar Fellowship Details

USIP funds up to 18 Peace Scholars for a 10-month, non-residential fellowship. Peace Scholars receive stipends of up to $20,000 paid directly to the individual in three tranches. Peace Scholar awards may not be deferred.

Peace Scholars are required to participate in an annual workshop, in-person in Washington, D.C. in Fall 2024. The Peace Scholar is required to submit a copy of their completed and committee approved dissertation to USIP at [email protected] .

For more information, see the Peace Scholar Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Please direct questions about usage of USIP’s online application system to [email protected] .

Online Application

All application materials must be submitted on FLUXX.

The application includes the following sections:

• A confirmation of your eligibility, must be a Ph.D. candidate enrolled at a U.S. university.
• Your personal and contact information
• Letters of recommendation
• Bibliography
• Curriculum Vitae
• Optional links to publications

Questions for the 2024-2025 USIP Peace Scholar Fellowship application

Applicants are required to complete the four sections below.

Contribution. What is innovative about the research? What unique contribution will the project make towards advancing the fields of conflict management, peacebuilding and related security studies? How does your research enhance USIP’s and/or Minerva’s understandings of the social, cultural, behavioral and/or political forces that shape the issues and dynamics of conflict? (2,500 characters)

Relevance. State how your dissertation intersects with the USIP mission, and/or the Minerva Research Initiative mission. Describe the relevance of your project to the theory, policy or practice of the fields of conflict management, peacebuilding and related security studies. Applications that are not relevant to the priorities or issue areas of USIP or the Minerva Research Initiative will not be considered for the competition. (2,500 characters)

Research Integrity. Explain how you will analyze the research evidence to test your hypotheses or answer your projects’ defining questions. Describe your methodologies. Describe how your research findings will be generalizable across time, geopolitical regions, and/or other socio-cultural domains. Will your findings have predictive value? What is the broader significance of your project and what will be the likely lessons learned? (2,500 characters)

Work Plan. Provide a timetable indicating the schedule of completion for your dissertation. Indicate which portions of your work (research, data collection, analysis, writing, etc.) are already finished, and which tasks remain to be completed. Please be as realistic as possible, considering the work that can be completed during the course of the fellowship. The Institute expects scholars to complete work described in the timetable or as agreed in subsequent consultation with the program staff. (2,500 characters)

Additionally, applicants must complete the following sections.

Personal Statement. Why are you applying to the USIP-Minerva Peace Scholar Fellowship? Tell us who you are and why you are a great candidate for this fellowship. What do you expect to accomplish after this fellowship? (2,000 characters)

Project Summary.  Clearly and concisely state your dissertation’s hypothesis. Explain its potential contribution to the field of conflict management, peacebuilding and related security studies. Include the specific focus of countries or regions. The summary is a critical part of the application as it is the first item that most reviewers will read to determine the substance and relevance of the project. Avoid jargon. (2,000 characters)

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have additional questions, please email [email protected].

Who may apply for the Peace Scholar fellowship?

The competition is open to Ph.D. candidates enrolled at U.S. universities who have successfully completed all required classwork and comprehensive exams.

Are non-U.S. citizens eligible to be Peace Scholars?

Yes, non-U.S. citizens are eligible to apply. They must be Ph.D. candidates currently enrolled at a U.S. university. Students at international and satellite universities are not eligible.

I am not a Ph.D. candidate, but I would like to apply for the Peace Scholars Fellowship. Am I eligible?

All applicants must be Ph.D. candidates at the time of application. Master’s students or other students pursuing graduate coursework are not eligible to apply.

Is there an age requirement for the Peace Scholar competition?

There is no age requirement for Peace Scholars.

What research topics are eligible for the Peace Scholar Award?

This fellowship supports research that deepens our understanding of conflict management, peacebuilding and security studies. USIP strongly prefers applications closely related to the USIP mission and/or research priorities of the Minerva Research Initiative . Applicants are encouraged to consult USIP’s budget justification to Congress (PDF) where the Institute describes its key priorities and initiatives.

The fellowships cannot support research focused on U.S. domestic issues, however, research on U.S. foreign policy may be eligible for support. Fellowships will not be awarded for dissertation projects that constitute policymaking for a government agency or private organization, focus to any substantial degree on conflicts within U.S. domestic society, or adopt a partisan, advocacy, or activist stance.

For examples of Peace Scholar research that USIP has supported in the past, please see the list of Former Peace Scholars .

What are the requirements of the Peace Scholar Fellowship?

Peace Scholar fellows carry out their fellowship work at their universities or other sites appropriate to their research. Peace Scholars are expected to devote full attention to their work and provide the following:

• Participate in-person at the annual Peace Scholar workshop in Washington, D.C. in the fall;
• Submit quarterly dissertation progress reports to be signed by the dissertation advisor;
• Submit updates for the USIP Peace Scholar seasonal newsletter;
• Participate in two virtual roundtable discussions;
• Submit a copy of your  completed and committee approved dissertation to USIP;
• Submit copies of any other publications, including articles and books, resulting from the fellowship.

What is the timeline for the 2023-24 Peace Scholar Fellowship competition?

• Registration for the Peace Scholar competition opened on Thursday, September 7, 2023, and closed at 4:00 PM EDT on Thursday, November 16, 2023.
• Completed applications are due by 4:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
• Letters of recommendation are due by 4:00 PM EDT Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
• Awards are announced by spring 2024.

How do I apply for the Peace Scholar Fellowship competition?

All applications and documents related to this competition must be submitted in FLUXX. USIP uses the FLUXX Award Application System to manage the Peace Scholar Fellowship competition.

Applying to the Peace Scholar competition is a two-step process.

1. Registering for a FLUXX account

Applicants must first register for a FLUXX account in order to access the application system.

• Open the FLUXX registration page.
• Click "Register for an account" on the right side of the page.
• Select "Peace Scholars" as the competition type.
• Indicate whether you would like to be considered for either a USIP-funded Peace Scholar fellowship or a Minerva-funded Peace and Security Fellowship, or no preference.
• After completing the form, select "Submit Request."

Within two business days, applicants will receive a FLUXX confirmation email containing a username and password.

If you do not receive login credentials within two business days, please email [email protected] .

2. Starting and submitting an application

Once an applicant receives login credentials, they may begin the Peace Scholar application.

• Open the FLUXX application page.
• Enter the username and password sent in the FLUXX confirmation email.
• Click "Draft Applications" in the left toolbar to create a blank draft application.
• Begin entering information in the draft application.
• FLUXX does not auto-save so be sure to save your work often.
• Check your work before submitting your application. Once an application has been submitted, it cannot be edited or changed.

How do I reset my password?

Click the "reset or create password" button on the FLUXX login page.

How many recommendation letters are required?

Two letters of recommendation must be attached to your application in the FLUXX system. One letter must be from your dissertation advisor, and one from a current professor.

When are letters of recommendation due?

Letters of recommendation are due within one week of the application deadline. All letters of recommendation for the 2024-25 Peace Scholar competition must be submitted by 4:00 PM EDT Tuesday, December 5, 2023.

How are letters of recommendation submitted?

Letters of recommendation must be uploaded directly by the applicant’s advisor and professor (recommenders). However, the applicant must send a letter of recommendation request to their references through the FLUXX system. See instructions below.

To send a FLUXX link to thereferences, click the green "+" under the "Reference Letters/Letters of Recommendation" section of the application. Enter the name and email address of each reference. An email with an upload link and instructions on how to submit the letters of recommendation will be sent to the refecerences.

If you or your references experience technical difficulties with FLUXX, please email the Fellowship team at [email protected] .

Is there a deadline to send the letter of recommendation link to my recommenders?

Applicants should send the letter of recommendation link to their dissertation advisor and professor as soon as they begin their application.

Does the link to submit recommendation letters expire?

No, the link does not expire. We recommend contacting your recommenders as soon as you enter their names and email addresses in your application in FLUXX. 

If my references encounters difficulty while submitting their recommendation letter, who should they contact?

If your reference is not able to upload their recommendation letter to the application, they may email the letter, in PDF format, to [email protected] . The name of the applicant should be included in the subject line of the email.

Can I submit my application before my advisor or professor has submitted the recommendation letter?

Yes, applications may be submitted before the recommendation letters are submitted.

How many Peace Scholar Fellowships are awarded each year?

USIP awards up to 18 Peace Scholar Fellowships each year.

What is the duration of the Peace Scholars fellowship?

The Peace Scholar Fellowship last for 10 months, starting on September 1 of each year, and ending on June 30 of the following year.

What is the amount of the award?

Peace Scholar fellows receive a stipend of up to $20,000, paid directly to the fellow in three tranches.

Can this award be combined with other fellowship awards?

A combined amount of $50,000 is the maximum total that a Peace Scholar can receive in fellowship funding from USIP and other funders during the 10-month USIP Peace Scholar Fellowship period. The intent of the fellowship award is for the Peace Scholar fellow to work on their dissertation.

Is it possible to defer the Peace Scholar Fellowship to another year?

No. The fellowship cannot be deferred. It must be used for the year it is awarded.

What is the difference between the USIP Peace Scholar Fellowship and the Minerva Research Initiative Peace and Security Fellowship?

The fellowship requirements, timeline and stipend amount are the same. The only difference is the source of the funding. On your application form please indicate the funding source for which you would like to be considered:

• The USIP Peace Scholar Fellowship,
• Minerva Research Initiative Peace and Security Fellowship, or,
• No preference.  

Where can I find more information on the Minerva Research Initiative?

More information about the Minerva Research Initiative can be found at https://minerva.defense.gov .

What is the difference between the Peace Scholar Fellowship program and the Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship?

USIP's Peace Scholar Fellowship program awards non-residential fellowships to PhD candidates enrolled at U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics related to conflict management, peacebuilding and security studies. The Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship is an eight-month residential fellowship for senior experts across various disciplines.

Current Peace Scholars

Visit the list of current Peace Scholars .

Former Peace Scholars

Visit the list of former Peace Scholars .

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This is the twenty-fourth year that NVIDIA has invited PhD students to submit their research projects for consideration. Recipients are selected based on their academic achievements, professor nomination, and area of research. We have found this program to be a great way to support academia in its pursuit of cutting edge innovation, as well as an ideal avenue to introduce NVIDIA to the future leaders of our industry.

NVIDIA has long believed that investing in university talent is beneficial to the industry and key to our continued growth and success. The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program provides funding in the amount of up to $60,000 per award to PhD students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in accelerated computing and its applications. NVIDIA particularly invites submissions from students pushing the envelope in artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and related fields. We select students each year who have the talent, aptitude and initiative to work closely with us early in their careers. Recipients not only receive crucial funding for their research, but are able to conduct groundbreaking work with access to NVIDIA products, technology and some of the most talented minds in the field. In addition, the Fellowship includes a mandatory in-person summer internship preceding the Fellowship year.

NVIDIA partners with industry leaders to tackle some of the most complex computing challenges. We're creating profound change in fields as diverse as medicine, space exploration, automotive design and film production. We've only scratched the surface of what we can accomplish when we apply our technology to it. We need innovative and talented doctoral students, who aren't afraid of a challenge, to help us tackle these opportunities.

• Graduate Fellows
• 2021 - 2002
• Application
• Students must have already completed their first year of PhD level studies (at the time of application)
• Students must have majors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or a related area
• Students must be engaged in active research as part of their PhD thesis
• Students must be enrolled as a full time active PhD student during the 2025-2026 academic year (9 months) of the award – this means they should not be expecting to graduate sooner than May/June 2026.
• Students must be available to complete an in-person summer internship prior to the start of their Fellowship year at one of NVIDIA's research offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Israel, and Taiwan .
• Students may not be immediate family of a current NVIDIA employee
• Note: The award must be administered through the student's university; payment will be made to the university, not directly to the student

Proposals Will be Evaluated for:

Student quality.

• Letters of recommendation
• Academic performance (GPA) and achievements  

Research quality

• Research results to date
• Research proposal for fellowship
• Publication track record  

Relevance to NVIDIA

• How your work connects to NVIDIA’s primary research domains
• How your research might influence the design, performance or use of future GPUs

Graduate Fellowship Applications Must Include:

• Research summary/thesis proposal - up to 2 pages, plus bibliography (bibliography does not count toward 2 page maximum for proposal)
• Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV) including contact information
• Professor nomination letters (2 letters minimum (must include one from thesis advisor), up to 3 letters maximum -- OK to have nomination letters from non-professors, as long as you have one from your thesis advisor/professor).
• Confirmation of availability for an in-person summer internship

Submission Portal: It is the student's responsibility to ensure that all of these items are submitted prior to the deadline. We are using a Submission Portal in which the student manages their own application. The student must:

• Complete the student profile - start this now; you can go back to the portal repeatedly until you submit the final application
• Complete your application input including research summary thesis proposal and resume (CV)
• Add contacts for the letters of recommendation -- an email will automatically be sent on your behalf to each recommender you add -- be sure to add and notify your professors/recommenders early in the process! Do not wait until close to the deadline!
• Monitor the status of your recommendation letters in the portal -- do not click on the final submission until the recommendation status shows "recommendation uploaded" for each recommendation you are expecting -- the professor deadline has been set 2 days prior to the student deadline to allow the student to ensure all documents are received before submitting -- the deadline for recommendation letters is 3pm Pacific September 11, 2024.
• Communicate with the recommenders to complete their letter upload on time - it is the student's responsibility to ensure their letters are received into the system.
• Submit the final application when all items are complete, and prior to the application deadline: 3pm Pacific September 13, 2024.

Applications for the NVIDIA 2025-2026 Graduate Fellowship Program are Now Open Notifications of final decisions will be emailed by the end of November

Helpful Hints for the Graduate Fellowship Submission: The Research Proposal

The main component of our application evaluation is your research proposal. Here are a few tips that we suggest:

• Our Fellowship Program is a chance for us to get to know some outstanding candidates for whom NVIDIA might be a rewarding place to launch a research career. Tell us what you envision, not only for your PhD thesis research, but what you hope to do with your research once you graduate.
• An in-person summer internship is required as part of the Fellowship. Most of our regular interns don’t fully know what project they will work on until they arrive at NVIDIA; we don’t expect you to have it all mapped out, either, but if you have an idea or a desire for what you would be working on during your 3 to 4 month internship, please share that with us in your proposal.
• The reason we set the minimum bar for submissions as having completed one year of PhD studies is because we know you need time to achieve some results and accumulate a few publications. We look forward to learning what you have done to date.
• Help us to understand the innovative ways you are using GPUs, or how your research might influence the design, performance or use of future GPUs.
• Tell us about the NVIDIA technologies that currently impact your research, and how you are using them.
• Have you ever interned with NVIDIA before? If so, let us know what you worked on during that time.
• Are you working in an area outside the mainstream computer science and engineering areas? Help us connect the dots from your research to NVIDIA’s primary research domains. Relevance to NVIDIA is one of the evaluation criteria.

Helpful Hints for the Graduate Fellowship Submission: The Recommendation Letter

A heavily-weighted component of the application evaluation is the recommendation letter. It is therefore recommended that the candidate afford it the proper attention and effort; here are a few tips that we suggest:

• Your thesis advisor is required, but beyond that, you should select only people who know you well enough to write a strong recommendation for you. A recommendation from a high-profile researcher who barely knows you, or has not worked with you, does not help your application.
• Ask each of your recommenders in person/via email before you send the request from the NVIDIA Grad Fellow portal. Ask them also if they have time to write such a letter by the due date. If they are traveling or focused on another deadline, their letter may be hastily composed and not help your cause. It is also generally OK to ask them directly if they feel comfortable writing a strong recommendation letter. If this is someone you only took a class from a few semesters ago, they might not remember you well enough to write you the kind of recommendation you are seeking – give them a chance to tell you. If that is the case, then thank them and move on to asking someone who knows you better.
• If you are asking a recommender in industry, such as a former boss from a summer internship, you may need to remind them what you’ve been working on since they last worked with you. It always helps if you can stay in somewhat regular touch with such contacts, so that a lot of time doesn’t pass between updates.
• Your recommenders are busy people and cannot always pull off a last-minute request. Give them at least a 2 week notice if possible.
• Be sure to send the request from the submission portal early and double-check with them that they received the email from the system – sometimes the email goes into their spam folder, and it’s harder to find when it’s the day before the deadline. Ask them to please confirm receipt of the email within 24 hours of your sending it from the portal.
• Send them a couple of polite reminders: if you’ve given them 2 weeks, perhaps send a reminder at the one-week mark, and if they still haven’t submitted the letter 3 days prior to the deadline (remember, you can check their letter status on the submission portal), then send them one more reminder.
• Thank them for their recommendation as soon as you see their letter has been submitted!
• Terms and Conditions

The Graduate Fellowship Award must be used to further your research. The amount of the award is based on the individual student's actual costs of stipend, tuition and mandatory fees. The award is an unrestricted gift to be used to further the student’s research over the academic year. We ask that no overhead or indirect costs are charged to the award. Awards are not transferable to another student. Whether it is OK to combine the NVIDIA fellowship with another fellowship depends on several factors -- please contact the NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship for details on this matter. Awards are issued to the university for disbursement, not directly to the student. Amount of the award cannot exceed stipend, tuition, and health insurance. There may also be university-specific restrictions that pertain. Applications include permission to use the student’s submission data for evaluation of a potential fellowship award. Applicants may choose to opt-in for an internship evaluation outside of the fellowship (in the event the applicant is not chosen for an award.) If selected for an award, a completed internship at NVIDIA is required before the Fellowship award year can begin. Immediate family of NVIDIA employees cannot participate.

Graduate Fellowships FAQs

No. There are many ways that Engineering fields can touch NVIDIA, and we are open to considering them.

You should have completed your first year of your PhD program at the time of application. The requirement is not black and white, but the idea is that after one year, there is a track record of research and experience. With no Ph.D. experience, there is very little to judge the student's research on. So, it's certainly fine to apply, but very unlikely to be awarded. Of course, in special situations, there may be enough history to make a compelling application. We suggest you look at the list of past recipients and see whether your application is comparable. If so, then go ahead and apply and see where your application falls in the review process compared to all the other applications.

Our prior fellowship recipients have had track records of multiple publications in top-tier venues of their fields. To be competitive, you should have at least one strong publication.

No. At this time there is no limit on the number of times you can be awarded the NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Award. Keep in mind you can only receive one per year!

No. At this time, there is no limit per University nor is there a limit per graduate team provided the research is different and interesting to NVIDIA.

Yes. You can apply each year you are enrolled full-time until  the year before you complete your PhD. You can follow the same guidelines and application process as any new applicant.

Yes. International students are eligible to apply. Keep in mind, the Graduate Fellowship Award amount may vary by country, region or location, and while NVIDIA has many international offices, we can only support fellowship internships in the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Israel, and Taiwan.

Yes, you can have up to three Professor Nomination Letters. It is OK to have nomination letter(s) from non-professors, as long as you have one from your thesis advisor/professor. Two letters total are required.

We do require at least one Professor Nomination Letter from your thesis advisor plus one additional letter. Please be sure to add your recommendation contacts into the portal early in the process so that your professor(s) have sufficient notice and time to compose and upload their letter. Please remember it is the  student's responsibility  to ensure the professor/other nominations are turned in on time, and following up with them prior to the deadline if they haven't uploaded their letter into the portal.

NVIDIA's Graduate Fellowship Program has a committee of engineers headed by our Chief Scientist, Bill Dally. The committee is comprised of over 80 senior technical staff and managers from research and development groups across the company. This committee reviews all applicants competitively in several review sessions. This is a very intensive process. The entire review process usually takes about 8 weeks.  Unfortunately, many qualified candidates will not be selected due to the high quality of proposals and limited number of awards available.

The goal of covering your stipend in full is to release you from the need to work as a TA/RA or another outside job, and allow you to focus on your research. However, we realize that sometimes part-time jobs provide a benefit to the student other than money, and in those cases as long as the work is beneficial to the progress of your PhD, you remain full-time enrolled at your institution, and a conflict of interest does not exist between NVIDIA and the other entity, this would be acceptable to NVIDIA. If there is any doubt on the conflict of interest, please check with your NVIDIA Fellowship contact.

With GPU technology changing so rapidly, it is next to impossible to do cutting edge research without access to the latest hardware as well as insight into where GPUs are going in the future. The NVIDIA fellowship provided me with not just the hardware necessary to succeed, but also provided me the opportunity to talk with NVIDIA architects to ensure that my research will have an impact far beyond the capabilities of today's GPUs.

NVIDIA's recent innovations in support of high-performance computing have allowed scientists to broaden their computational horizons. In offering the Graduate Fellowship, NVIDIA demonstrates their willingness to collaborate directly with young researchers in order to put even more power in the hands of those scientists. Beyond simply providing funding, the Graduate Fellowship facilitates direct interaction between industry and academia, allowing for faster adoption of innovations across the broader community.

Working alongside NVIDIA has allowed our group to partake in the GPU computing revolution by drastically shortening time-to-discovery, and by popularizing high-throughput computational science. We are truly honored to have NVIDIA's support in both our research and teaching

Apart from being one of the most prominent platforms for showcasing ongoing research across a broad range of research areas, NVIDIA fellowship helps foster a fruitful collaboration between industry and the academia. I am fortunate to be a part of this prestigious program; NVIDIA's support has been extremely encouraging.

The relationship NVIDIA fosters with university researchers through its fellowship program provides a conduit for ideas and technology to flow between academia and industry. In addition to financial sponsorship, the fellowship affords student researchers a unique opportunity to cultivate a dialogue with the finest engineering minds in the industry. As a recipient of the NVIDIA Fellowship, I am grateful that the financial and intellectual support I receive from NVIDIA ensures my research is useful and relevant to the graphics industry at large.

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Fellowships, Awards & Honors: Graduate Students

A year in review of honors and achievements by UW Chemistry graduate students.

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Excellence in Chemistry Graduate Awards

These fellowships were awarded in autumn 2023 and are funded by various donor-supported gift funds as indicated below each awardee’s name.

Fernando Banales Mejia Boris and Barbara L. Weinstein Endowed Chair in Chemistry

Beau Beshires Lewis R. and Joan M. Honnen Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry

King Chiu Rowland Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry

Edison Cummings Kwiram/CCR Fellowship

Anna Duboff Lloyd and Florence West Fellowship in Chemistry

Hannah Halstead Howard J. Ringold Endowed Fellowship Fund

Wenyu Huang Rowland Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry

Royale Irving Paul H. and Karen S. Gudiksen Endowed Fund

Eli Jaffe Benton Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Fellowship

Anna Lin Faculty Endowment for Graduate Study in Chemistry

Kayla Markuson Lloyd and Florence West Fellowship in Chemistry

Lucy Miller Benton Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Fellowship

Kevin Moser Howard J. Ringold Endowed Fellowship Fund

Sena Noaman Lewis R. and Joan M. Honnen Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry

Valencia Parker Larry R. Dalton Term Ph.D. Fellowship in Chemistry

Lauren Peck Arthur G. Anderson Endowed Fund

Ulises Perez Larry R. Dalton Term Ph.D. Fellowship in Chemistry

Pedro Pliego Larry R. Dalton Term Ph.D. Fellowship in Chemistry

Alyssa-Jade Riglos Basil G. and Gretchen F. Anex Endowed Fund

Juan Sanchez Larry R. Dalton Term Ph.D. Fellowship in Chemistry

Nick Serck Niels H. Andersen Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry

Corvo Tran Eugene S. Mindlin Endowed Fellowship Fund

Pedro Vasquez Ritter Endowed Scholarship Fund

Leah Zahn Chemistry Graduate Alumni Fund

Ruby Zhang Dorothy Shimasaki Gilmer Endowed Student Support Fund

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Prizes for Best Ph.D. Thesis

These awards, established in Fiscal Year 2022, recognize doctoral research and carry a $1,000 prize which was disbursed in spring 2024. They were funded by departmental fellowships and endowed funds established by philanthropic support from faculty, friends, and alumni.

Caitlin Cain Gary and Sue Christian Prize for Best Thesis in Analytical Chemistry “Advances in the Chemometric Analysis of Multiway Chromatographic Data to Improve Discovery and Identification”

Kristina Herman B. Seymour Rabinovitch Prize for Best Thesis in Physical Chemistry “Extension of the Many-Body Expansion (MBE) to Periodic Systems: Developing Tools to Analyze and Improve Models of Intermolecular Interactions”

Ben Mitchell George H. Cady Prize for Best Thesis in Inorganic Chemistry “Leveraging Molecular Nanoclusters for Atomistic Insights Into Reactive Interfaces”

Prizes for M.S. Research and Thesis

These awards, established in Fiscal Year 2022, recognize master’s program research and carry a $500 prize which was disbursed in spring 2024. They were funded by the Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Fellowship in Chemistry which Lloyd and Florence West endowed to give back to the university where Lloyd cultivated the necessary tools for his distinguished career and rewarding life.

Emma Coester Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Prize for Excellence in Research

May Constabel Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Prize for Best Thesis “Programmed Temperature Electrospray Ionization (ptESI) for Thermal Cycling of Proteins”

Kim Vu Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Prize for Best Thesis “Computational Studies to Understand Nitrile Imine Reactivity in Photocrosslinking to Peptides in Gas-Phase Ions”

Ting Wang Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Prize for Excellence in Research

Merit Awards

These awards, revised in Fiscal Year 2023, recognize doctoral research and carry a $1,000 prize which was disbursed in spring 2024. They were funded by departmental fellowships and endowed funds established by philanthropic support from faculty, friends, and alumni.

Cem Millik (Organic) Irving and Mildred Shain Endowed Fund in Chemistry

Elizabeth Momoh (Organic) Irving and Mildred Shain Endowed Fund in Chemistry

Hao Nguyen (Inorganic) Ritter Endowed Scholarship Fund

Garrett Santis (Physical) Kwiram/CCR Fellowship

Kathleen Snook (Inorganic) Mary K. Simeon and Goldie Simeon Read Chemistry Research Endowment

Lindsey Ulmer (Analytical) Kwiram/CCR Fellowship

Jiahao Wan (Analytical) Kwiram/CCR Fellowship

Kent Wilson (Physical) Kwiram/CCR Fellowship

Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards

Diversity and inclusivity are integral to excellence and we acknowledge that important work is being done by our students and postdoctoral researchers in this space. These awardees were selected based on nominations submitted to the Diversity and Equity Steering Committee. The $500 prizes were supported by the Martin P. Gouterman Endowed Fund in honor of Professor Gouterman’s activism for the LGBTQ+ community and his legacy to create “a more humane and inclusive scientific enterprise” (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9760–9770). 

Juliette Chisam-Majid Filip Stefanovic

University and External Awards

Hailey Akins Gladys Harrington in honor of Eve Alvord ARCS Endowment (27th)

Jonathan Bersson Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies, NSF Research Traineeship

Tyson Carr Advanced Experience Program Torrance Science Policy Analysis Track

Emma Cave 2023 Leadership in the Promotion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect, ACS Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Recognition Program

Hannah Contreras Advanced Experience Program Torrance Tech Due Diligence Track

Connor Dalton Clean Energy Institute Fellowship

Grant Dixon Clean Energy Institute Fellowship

Andrei Draguicevic Honorable Mention, Renewable Energy Scholarships Foundation

Alexis Glaudin BNSF Scholar, Renewable Energy Scholarships Foundation

Ashlyn Kamin Cascade Energy Scholar, Renewable Energy Scholarships Foundation

Cholpisit "Ice" Kiattisewee 2023 Leadership in Mentoring Award, ACS Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Recognition Program

Jessica Kline Clean Energy Institute Fellowship

Helen Larson Clean Energy Institute Fellowship

Phuong Le Advanced Experience Program Torrance Tech Due Diligence Track

Can Liao Clean Energy Institute Fellowship

Robert Love Clean Energy Institute Fellowship

Lina Mikaliunaite Lithuanian Foundation Scholarship Rising Stars in Measurement Science travel grant, Merck

Elizabeth Momoh Macklin Award

Hao Nguyen First Place: Nano Science, Royal Society of Chemistry International Poster Competition Best Poster, Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals Gordon Research Conference Second Place, Langmuir Graduate Student Award, 98th ACS Colloids & Surfaces Science Symposium

Emily Nishiwaki Advanced Experience Program Torrance Tech Due Diligence Track

Cassandra Padilla NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention

Ulises Perez NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Alyssa-Jade Riglos NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention

Ricardo Rivera-Maldonado Macklin Award

Devin Rollins Clean Energy Institute Fellowship

Morgan Skala Clean Energy Institute Fellowship

Kathleen Snook Advanced Experience Program Torrance Tech Due Diligence Track

Ella Spurlock NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Abby Strominger Mark A. Jones ARCS Endowment (6th)

Eden Tzanetopoulos Advanced Experience Program Torrance Tech Due Diligence Track BNSF Scholar, Renewable Energy Scholarships Foundation

Tammi van Neel Rising Star speaker, AC/DC 2023 (Analytical Chemistry Diversity Colloquium)

Juan Antonio Vazquez Marquez Clean Energy Institute Fellowship

Liam Wrigley Advanced Experience Program Torrance Science Policy Analysis Track

Sarah Zeitler Molecular Engineering and Materials Center Education and Training Fellow

Jing Zhang NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

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Biosecurity game changers fellowship.

Next Generation of Leaders Chosen to be Biosecurity Game Changers, Serve in Key Global Organizations to Shape the Future of the Field

Biosecurity Game Changers Fellowship Program

The Pandemic Center Biosecurity Game Changers and Fellowship Collaborators

A new fellowship at the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health launches with the announcement of the inaugural class of Biosecurity Game Changers, eight individuals who represent the next generation of leaders responsible for preventing and preparing for the worst case health security challenges.

The Brown Pandemic Center is partnering with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance , the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS), Pandemic Action Network (PAN), and the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit (BWC ISU) to provide an operational base for the fellows, selected for their potential to impact and lead in biosecurity and pandemic preparedness and response. The program is informed by consultation with international and normative entities, including the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization Global Health Emergency Corps. 

The year-long fellowship kicks off in September with an in-person meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and a policymaking workshop for early-to-mid-career public health champions, including the fellows. During the year, fellows will collaborate on an operational project with either the Pandemic Center or one of the partner organizations focused on a specific aspect of improving biosecurity, biosafety and/or pandemic preparedness and response. Each fellow will also receive a Brown faculty appointment for the duration of their fellowship.

Game Changers Fellows | 2024

Jon Arizti Sanz

Faith Bagamuhunda

Kelly Elimian

Sana Masmoudi

Sandra Matinyi

Diana Nasike

Thokozani Nyasulu-Liwewe

Edyth Parker

“ The Biosecurity Game Changers Initiative aims to fundamentally change how biosecurity leaders are trained and to help them build the global networks they will need. ”

At the Pandemic Center, this effort is being led by Senior Advisers to the Center and Professors of the Practice Beth Cameron, Ph.D., and Wilmot James, Ph.D.

“Through this fellowship, we aim to facilitate global champions and leaders who have the skills to lean forward faster and effectively to prevent, detect and respond to a worst case biological scenario,” said Cameron. “This fellowship is unique in its placement opportunities across leading and groundbreaking organizations where fellows will learn and build stronger biosecurity bridges among these instrumental organizations,” said Cameron. “I am thrilled that this incredibly impressive group of next generation leaders will join us next year to build this effort and a brighter future.”

Said James: “Working with young leaders on these critical challenges is one of the most meaningful and rewarding things we can do, as they will shape our futures. Using the best expertise, tools, technology and systems we have developed over the course of many epidemics and one pandemic in recent times, tomorrow’s leaders have a special opportunity to prevent and respond to future disasters by making better decisions.”

Fellowship Leaders

Beth Cameron, PhD

Wilmot James, PhD

The Biosecurity Game Changers Fellowship is being implemented by the Pandemic Center in partnership with collaborating institutions focused on solutions at the intersection of biosecurity and global health, including CEPI, IBBIS, the Pandemic Action Network, the BWC Implementation Support Unit, and Gavi. You can learn more about each of our collaborators each fellow is partnered with below.

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is an innovative partnership between public, private, philanthropic and civil organizations. Its mission is to accelerate the development of vaccines and other biologic countermeasures against epidemic and pandemic threats so they can be accessible to all people in need. CEPI has supported the development of more than 50 vaccine candidates or platform technologies against multiple known high-risk pathogens or a future Disease X. Central to CEPI’s pandemic-beating five-year plan for 2022-2026 is the ‘100 Days Mission’ to compress the time taken to develop safe, effective, globally accessible vaccines against new threats to just 100 days.

The International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS) is an independent, international organization dedicated to realizing a world in which bioscience and biotechnology can advance and flourish safely and responsibly. We work collaboratively with global partners to strengthen biosecurity norms and develop innovative tools to uphold them. IBBIS undertakes this work to safeguard science and reduce the risk of catastrophic events that could result from deliberate abuse or accidental misuse of bioscience and biotechnology. We are looking for self-motivated, passionate future leaders who are looking for a stepping stone towards a career in biosecurity. Successful candidates will be offered the opportunity to manage a substantial biosecurity-related project, from start to finish. Our current focus is primarily on gene synthesis screening and have identified a wide range of challenging, rewarding, and highly necessary technical and policy-oriented projects.

Pandemic Action Network (PAN) is a civil society network launched in 2020, now comprising more than 400 partners across sectors from across the world, working to build and sustain political will, enact policies and mobilize resources to ensure humanity is better prepared to stop disease outbreaks from becoming pandemics. Current strategic areas of focus include: networked advocacy to drive equitable access to pandemic countermeasures, sustainable financing to strengthen local and regional pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (pandemic PPR) capacity, systemic reforms—such as through the pandemic agreement—to ensure strong governance and accountability on pandemic PPR and a push for climate-resilient, pandemic-resilient health systems.

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), is a public-private partnership that helps vaccinate more than half the world’s children against some of the world’s deadliest diseases. The Vaccine Alliance brings together developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private sector partners. Since its inception in 2000, Gavi has helped to immunize a whole generation – over one billion children – and prevented more than 17.3 million future deaths, helping to halve child mortality in 78 lower-income countries. Gavi also plays a key role in improving global health security by supporting health systems as well as funding global stockpiles for Ebola, cholera, meningococcal and yellow fever vaccines. After two decades of progress, Gavi is now focused on protecting the next generation, above all the zero-dose children who have not received even a single vaccine shot. The Vaccine Alliance employs innovative finance and the latest technology – from drones to biometrics – to save lives, prevent outbreaks before they can spread and help countries on the road to self-sufficiency

The Biological Weapons Implementation Support Unit (BWC ISU) is part of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and supports the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention. The ISU supports States Parties’ efforts to implement the decisions and recommendations of the review conference, serves as an information exchange point for national implementation, collates national measures to implement all aspects of the Convention, as well as biosafety and biosecurity obligations, assists States Parties in meeting the obligations to translate the BWC into effective domestic measures, provides support and assistance for Confidence-Building Measures, provides support and assistance for obtaining universality of the Convention, and helps coordinate assistant requests.

The Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health works to reduce vulnerabilities and increase resilience to pandemics and other biological emergencies, and the harms they pose to health, peace, security and prosperity. The center seeks to expand knowledge on pandemic preparedness and response capacities through research and put them into practice by actively engaging with decision-makers to enact lasting change.

“ Working with young leaders in this space is one of the most meaningful and rewarding things we can do, as they will shape our futures. Using the best expertise, tools, technology and systems we have developed over the course of many epidemics and one pandemic in recent times, tomorrow’s leaders have a special opportunity to head off future disasters by making better decisions. ”

The Biosecurity Game Changers Fellowship is also in part to consultation with international and normative entities, including the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization Global Health Emergency Corps. See links below to these important supporters to our fellowship. 

• Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Health Organization Global Health Emergency Corps

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NSF 101: EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program

You've likely heard of the U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) , which helps fund graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, opening doors to career paths in academia, industry and beyond. In May 2024, NSF released a new program, the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) , which supports the pool of exceptionally talented individuals who received Honorable Mention from  GRFP within the last three years.

The EGFP awards fund graduate fellowships to new or continuing students, up to $37,000 per student annually, for up to three years of stipends and cost-of-education allowance. The program is supported by each of the eight NSF directorates and the Office of Integrative Activities, with specific topical areas considered for funding by each participating organization. Read the solicitation for details on these topic areas.

• Proposals to EGFP should be submitted by an academic institution within an eligible EPSCoR jurisdiction . 
• Institutions receiving EGFP awards must use the NSF Education and Training Application (ETAP) system to recruit prospective fellows. Institutions will recruit potential fellows from the pool of highly qualified individuals who received Honorable Mention recognition from NSF GRFP no more than three years before the proposal submission deadline.
• Students interested in matching with a potential host institution for EGFP should complete their application in ETAP. To be considered for EGFP, they must have received an Honorable Mention from GRFP. 

Here are a few tips for those interested in applying: 

• Read the solicitation ( NSF 24-588 ) carefully. It is a comprehensive list of instructions that outlines exactly what you need to do to have a successful application.
• Access ETAP . This is required for both the principal investigator and the prospective fellow . 
• Principal Investigators will create EGFP Opportunities in ETAP for prospective fellows to apply to. 
• Prospective fellows can apply to graduate programs that differ from those listed as a field or subfield in their previous GRFP application. However, once enrolled, fellows must remain in a degree program in the same discipline as when admitted by the institution. 

If you have questions about the application process or the program, please email [email protected] .

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Postdoctoral Fellowship (Public Health and Climate Change)

Department:  Population Medicine 

Description of the Area/Topic of Research 

You will join a dynamic, interdisciplinary research team working on an exciting and challenging project to investigate the role of public health in climate health action and, primarily, develop climate change competencies for public health practitioners in Canada. You will lead the groundwork for this project, and the main consensus-building process with experts, to result in a comprehensive but concise list of competency statements. You will liaise with key informants, the national research team, and the international project advisory committee. As a more senior member of the Health by Design Lab research group, you will take on a leadership role, including providing mentorship to trainees who are working on the project.

Description of Lab

The Health by Design Lab is a dynamic research group using design thinking and systems level approaches to understand, research, evaluate, and solve complex public health challenges. We design and assess information and places – and the systems that shape them – to promote health and prevent disease at the population level. Our team conducts applied public health research, advocacy, and knowledge mobilization in health and risk communication, public health competencies, and evidence-based climate adaptation in environmental design. We use mixed methods and interdisciplinary approaches, collaborating with researchers, decision makers, knowledge users, and practitioners across disciplines, including public health, communication, and landscape architecture. The Health by Design Lab is directed by Dr. Jennifer McWhirter and is based in the Department of Population Medicine at the University of Guelph in Canada.

General Outline of Duties 

The incumbent of this position will, under the direction of Dr. Jennifer McWhirter, be responsible for leading the research activities of the project, including but not limited to the following core responsibilities:

• Data collection, management, integration, and analysis
• Conduct an environmental scan, narrative review, key informant interviews
• Manage a consensus-building process and associated engagement sessions, expert input, and online surveys
• Diverse key informant identification and engagement
• Organize and facilitate meetings and consensus-building sessions with diverse groups
• Co-lead project advisory committee
• Write manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals
• Co-supervise Master’s-level trainee(s)
• Help prepare reports and knowledge mobilization products

Student/Employee Supervision:  The candidate will supervise Master's level trainees 

Required Qualifications 

• PhD in public health or related discipline
• Strong qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills
• Strong experience interacting with diverse key informants and stakeholder groups
• Strong leadership experience
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Background in climate change preferred
• Background in competency development research an asset

Start Date:  9/3/2024 

Anticipated Hours/Days of Work (at time of posting):  7 hours/5 days 

Salary Range (Minimum):  $45,000 

Salary Range (Maximum):  $45,000 

Salary Information:

1 year with possibility of extension $53,775 ($45,000 salary + 19.5% benefits)

This lab is a diverse and inclusive research group where everyone feels welcome and respected. Individuals from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Benefits:  https://graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral/benefits-services

Application Requirements

• Cover Letter

Most work can be completed online. Preferably, you will attend some lab and team meetings in person, which will be held in Guelph, Ontario. How to Apply: Candidates who would like to apply for this fellowship opportunity are invited to submit their cover letter along with a resume/CV to Dr. Jennifer McWhirter at [email protected] The position is open until filled.

Supervisor:  Jennifer McWhirter 

Contact Info

Dr Jennifer McWhirter, Associate Professor  [email protected]

Posting Date:  Mon, 08/12/2024

Closing Date:  Mon, 08/26/2024

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Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (DCAF) Round 6

Potential advert date

12 September 2024

• For help with your application contact [email protected]
• For more information about the funding Programme, visit the Programme Page

The Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship (DCAF) scheme funds registered health and care professionals (excluding doctors and dentists) to undertake a PhD by research and, concurrently, to undertake further professional development and practice. The scheme, which runs twice a year is part of the NIHR Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Academic (ICA) Programme.

The DCAF is a three-year award (up to six years part time), of which:

• approximately 80% will be spent working and developing academically,
• approximately 20% will be spent in practice and undertaking professional development. 

We require that applicants have the support of an English health and/or social care provider and an English university and hold a contract of employment with one of these organisations for the hours and duration of the fellowship.

DCAFs are available to health and social care professionals (excluding doctors or dentists) who are registered with an  ICA eligible regulatory body .

The fellowship funds the full cost of:

• PhD tuition fees
• an appropriate research project
• tailored professional and academic training programmes.

Competition timetable

• Competition opens: 1pm on 12 th September 2024
• Competition closes: 1pm on 14 th November 2024
• Interviews for short-listed applicants: 16-17 April 2025
• Start dates of awards: 1 st September 2025

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OWSD deeply regrets to inform all our members and followers that there will be . This is due to global circumstances affecting our funding sources. We are doing our best to secure funding for PhDs in the future, but have no guarantees that the call will be launched next year either.

The Fellowship is offered to women scientists from science- and technology-lagging countries (STLCs) to undertake PhD research in the natural, engineering and information technology sciences at a host institute in another developing country in the Global South.

Please note that an applicant, at the time of application, must NOT have an active research grant or fellowship with The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) or have already submitted an application for a TWAS programme within the same given year. Only one application per year is possible across all TWAS and OWSD programmes. Applicants will not be eligible to visit another institution in that year under the TWAS Visiting Professor programmes.

An exception is made only for the head of an institution who invites an external scholar to share his/her expertise under the TWAS Visiting Professor programmes; she may still apply for another programme .

You can find a list of Frequently Asked Questions   here . Please consult this list before sending questions to the OWSD Secretariat.

The programme is administered with funds generously provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and is offered in partnership with host institutes throughout the developing world.

The general purpose of the fellowship programme is to contribute to the emergence of a new generation of women leaders in science and technology, and to promote their effective participation in the scientific and technological development of their countries.

The specific aims of the fellowship programme are:

• To improve access to educational and training opportunities in science and technology for young and talented women graduates from STLCs.
• To increase the scientific productivity and creativity of women scientists in STLCs.
• To empower a new generation of talented women to assume a leadership role in science and technology.
• To encourage women scientists to contribute to the sustainable development of their home countries.
• To enable women scientist from the South to collaborate and network on a regional and international level.

FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT

Candidates can choose between two study schemes:

• a full-time fellowship (maximum 4 years funding), where the research is undertaken entirely at a host institute in another developing country in the South.
• a sandwich fellowship, where the candidate must be a registered PhD student in her home country and undertakes part of her studies at a host institute in another developing country. The sandwich fellowship is awarded for a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3 research visits at the host institute. The minimum duration of the first visit is 6 months. The total number of months spent at the host institute cannot exceed 20 months. The funding period cannot exceed 4 years. OWSD particularly encourages candidates to consider the sandwich option, which allows them to earn the PhD in their home country while accessing specialist researchers and equipment abroad, at the host institute.

The fellowship support is only provided while the student is on site, at the host institute.

The OWSD fellowship covers:

• A monthly allowance to cover basic living expenses such as accommodation and meals while in the host country
• A modest support allowance to be used at the student's discretion to support their research environment (i.e. personal or family expenses and/or research-related costs)
• A return ticket from the home country to the host institute for the agreed research period
• Visa expenses
• Annual medical insurance contribution
• The opportunity to attend regional science communications workshops, on a competitive basis
• Study fees (including tuition and registration fees) in agreement with the chosen host institute which is also expected to contribute

ELIGIBILITY

The OWSD PhD Fellowship is offered only to women candidates.

1. Candidates must confirm that they intend to return to their home country as soon as possible after completion of the fellowship.

2. Eligible countries

The list of eligible countries is also available here .

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Kingdom of), Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Arab region

Djibouti, Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip), Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen

Asia & the Pacific

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Lao People’s Dem Rep., Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Latin America & the Caribbean

Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay

Formerly, OWSD had a list of eligible countries which included all LDCs and any additional countries in sub-Saharan Africa. With this new list, effective for any fellowship from 2017 onward,  some countries in Africa (including Nigeria) are no longer considered low income  and are therefore no  longer eligible for fellowships support.  Some new countries outside Africa have been added.

The immediate effect is that OWSD Fellowships will now be open to applicants from 47 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) identified by the United Nations, plus 19 countries selected because of their low income levels and specific needs for support in building research capacity. 

We will do our best to work with those countries that are no longer on the list to see if we can provide partnership funding for fellowships in the future.

3. Eligible scientific fields

• Agricultural Sciences
• Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
• Biological Systems and Organisms
• Chemical Sciences
• Computing and Information Technology
• Engineering Sciences
• Mathematical Sciences
• Medical and Health Sciences
• Neurosciences
• Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology

The OWSD PhD Fellowships are granted for PhD studies in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Applications for PhD studies in the Social sciences, Humanities, Arts, or other are NOT eligible.

4. Eligible academic qualification

The minimum qualification is an MSc degree in one of the above listed study fields.

5. Eligible host institutes

• Host institutes must be located in a developing country in the South (not the candidate's home country).
• A list of recommended institutes is available here .
• Other institutes , not included in the link above, will also be considered if they demonstrate appropriate resources and expertise.
• Candidates should identify a host institute outside their home country. They can identify a further two host institutes if desired.
• Candidates who are already on site in the host country will not usually be considered eligible.

An applicant, at the time of application, must NOT have an active research grant or fellowship with  The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)  or have already submitted an application for a TWAS programme within the same given year. Only one application per year is possible across all TWAS and OWSD programmes. An exception is made only for the head of an institution who invites an external scholar to share his/her expertise under the TWAS Visiting Professor programmes; she may still apply for another programme.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR APPLICATION

The official application language is English and therefore all application content generated must be in English. If you are submitting supporting documents (such as degree certificate, acceptance letter or no objection certificate, etc.) in a different language, you must attach at least an informal translation into English and upload it along with the scanned original at the appropriate point in the online application form. Documents without any English translation will not be considered.

We strongly encourage eligible applicants to start gathering all requested documentation as soon as possible; sometimes it takes weeks to receive all relevant letters.

1. PhD research proposal outline

• Candidates must submit a PhD research proposal outline (max 2.000 words) which should be a summarized description of the PhD research proposal.
• Guidelines for writing a good research proposal outline are available here .
• Candidates are invited to study carefully these guidelines and ensure that their proposal is well structured and clear. The project proposal is given particular attention at selection.

2. Degree certificates and transcripts

Candidates must submit copies of:

• all university degree certificates; and
• all university-issued transcripts, indicating all courses and grades.

3. Curriculum Vitae

Candidates must submit their complete CV (including a list of publications, if available).

4. Preliminary acceptance letter

Candidates must submit a preliminary acceptance letter from at least one host institute.

• The letter must be signed by the head of department or by the postgraduate studies coordinator.
• The study starting date on the preliminary acceptance letter must be the year following the application (e.g. if you apply for a fellowship in 2018 the acceptance letter should indicate the starting date as 2019).
• The sample available here must be used for the preparation of this document.

5. Letter of commitment

Candidates must submit a letter of commitment from the prospective host supervisor confirming that the host institute has the resources (e.g. bench fees, laboratory equipment) required to undertake the project.

• The letter should also describe why the host institute is appropriate for the subject of study and confirm the supervisor’s interest in working with the candidate.
• Guidelines for letter drafting are available here .

6. Reference letters

Candidates must submit two reference letters from senior scientists familiar with their work.

• Guidelines for reference letter drafting are available here .
• For SANDWICH candidates only : please note that the home PhD supervisor cannot be one of the two referees.

7. Passport

Candidates must submit a scanned copy of the passport page, which contains personal details (photo, document number etc.).

Candidates applying for a SANDWICH study scheme must, in addition, submit also the following documents:

8. Registration and No objection certificate

• Sandwich candidates must submit the Registration and No objection certificate prepared by the home institute confirming that the candidate is a PhD registered student and that there is no objection to her studying at the chosen host institute abroad.
• The certificate template can be downloaded here and must be completed and signed by the head/director of the home institute.

9. Supporting statement from home supervisor

Sandwich candidates must submit a supporting statement, prepared and signed by the home supervisor on letter-headed paper. The supervisor should:

• state that he/she is willing to support the candidate undertaking part of her studies at the host institute abroad; and
• describe how the research visit abroad will impact/benefit the candidate’s research project.

The online application system will only accept applications complete in all parts, including the required documents. All documents must be uploaded through the online application system. Do not email any document to OWSD unless requested.

The OWSD Secretariat reserves the right to judge an application ineligible if the answers and/or documentation do not correspond to the specific question asked (e.g. blank documents, false certificates, outdated reference letters).

The fellowships are highly competitive and selection is based on scientific competence and merit. The candidate’s project proposal is given particular attention.

The applications will be reviewed by a panel of eminent scientists, appointed and chaired by OWSD.

The Selection Committee’s decision is final and without appeal. It cannot be contested or subject to explanation or justification.

If selected for an OWSD fellowship, kindly note that OWSD must be informed by the awardee of additional/supplementary grants, funds and bursaries that have been awarded in connection with her PhD research programme, specifying the donor, amount, duration and purpose of the grant (which costs are meant to be covered). Any breach of this rule could lead OWSD to cancel the fellowship. If the awardee is recipient of a significant grant, OWSD may decide to reduce the fellowship support accordingly.

To learn more about what the reviewers on the selection committee look for in a quality application, watch the videos below.

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To prepare for the Call for Applications, you might find it helpful to read about one fellow's experience with the application process on her blog, here . You can also watch the video below, where 2015 PhD fellow Kausila Timsina from Bhutan shares her own experience with the fellowship.

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• PDF: OWSD PhD Fellowships - Excellent Application Advice
• PDF: OWSD PhD Fellowships - Full-time Application Sample
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• PDF: OWSD PhD Fellowships - Pamphlet

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ATLANTA, August 20, 2024 — The American Cancer Society (ACS) today announced the creation of the Catalyst awards to grant up to $8 million to early-stage investigators and Post Doctoral Fellowships in the United States. The Catalyst awards are meant to “catalyze” researchers with high scoring, but not yet funded research projects either recently submitted to ACS or the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Through the Catalyst awards, ACS intends to sustain the projects and support investigators as they continue to apply for research grants, including resubmissions of their unfunded proposals. Each award is for one year and $150,000 in direct costs only.

“We are so proud to announce the Catalyst awards and Post Doctoral Fellowship grants. The American Cancer Society has a longstanding commitment to fund impactful cancer research and invest in scientists, often early on in their careers,” said Dr. William Dahut , chief scientific officer at the American Cancer Society. “We recognize that there has been a decrease in available funding for cancer research, resulting in a surplus of innovative and potentially impactful research projects that have gone unfunded, so we’re excited to be able to support these important investigations.” “Thanks to tremendous progress in recent years, enthusiasm and creativity are evident across the cancer research community,” said Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell , director of the NCI.

“The Catalyst awards are an innovative demonstration of interagency collaboration and commitment to early career investigators that will help get more promising research into the pipeline and drive advances for people with cancer everywhere.”

To qualify for a Catalyst award, the applicant must clearly articulate and justify the need for the grant. ACS encourages applications in all areas of cancer research; special consideration will be given to those addressing ACS priorities of:

• Prevention, screening, early detection, and cancer recurrence
• Health care implementation, the uptake of evidence-based cancer care, and survivorship
• Improving mortality from prostate cancer
• Improving equitable access to care and reducing cancer disparities
• Bench to bedside translation

To be eligible for a Catalyst award, the principal investigator must have a doctoral degree, work at an academic institution in the U.S. or eligible non-profit and have an independent faculty appointment (or equivalent position).

In addition, the applicant must meet the following criteria:

• Applicants must have applied for an ACS Research Scholar grant from April 2023 through April 2024 and received a score of Outstanding following review, but the application was not funded or must have applied for an NIH R01 to the NCI in 2023 or 2024 and scored in the 20 th percentile or lower but missed the payline cutoff.
• Applicants cannot be the principal investigator of more than one current or past R01/R01-equivalent grant at the time of the application. An R01-equivalent grant is a grant that is more than $100,000 in direct costs per year and is for more than three years.
• The scope of the Catalyst submission cannot be currently funded by another funding agency.

All application materials can be found on ProposalCentral and eligible applicants will be given access to the materials by ACS. The application deadline is September 9, 2024.

Post Doctoral Fellowship awards will be selected from the pool of applicants who submitted to ACS for grants in the fall of 2023 or spring of 2024.

All grants will be handed out no later than January 1, 2025.

About the American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society is a leading cancer-fighting organization with a vision to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. For more than 110 years, we have been improving the lives of people with cancer and their families as the only organization combating cancer through advocacy, research, and patient support. We are committed to ensuring everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer. To learn more, visit  cancer.org  or call our 24/7 helpline at 1-800-227-2345. Connect with us on  Facebook ,  X , and  Instagram .

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The mentorship and networking opportunities provided by both programs have been essential to my professional development.

NNSA’s Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program (MSIIP) and Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP) provide opportunities for students and recent graduates to support the mission of NNSA. Combined, they have over a thousand alumni who supported non-proliferation, national security, and the peaceful use of nuclear technologies across the Nuclear Security Enterprise! Both programs are incredibly competitive, making participation in both an exceptional accomplishment. Today we highlight the career journey of Sia Paulsen (MSIIP class of 2022-2023, NGFP Class of 2023-2024, and currently an analyst in DOE’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.  

• How has MSIIP and NGFP contributed to your career success in the nuclear security enterprise?  

“I started out as a full-time MSIIP summer intern and then balanced the part time internship with a full academic load. Transitioning to a full-time stint at NGFP was easy thanks to the MSIIP internship. I felt like I had a head start since I had a year to learn about NNSA. While completing the NGFP fellowship, I wrote my master’s thesis. I learned fairly early that time management coupled with direct communication to my office was essential to completing both personal and professional goals. Both programs offer lifelong lessons that cultivate our career and talents.” 

• In what ways did the combination of the internship and the fellowship programs prepare you for the challenges you face in your current position within the nuclear security enterprise?  

“Having spent one year in D.C. with NGFP, I could somewhat predict my workflow. My MSIIP year was virtual but it was great to learn how some offices navigate their day-to-day online. Now that I am in the office every day, I appreciate the programs for teaching me how to be flexible in all workplace environments.” 

• How did the mentorship and networking opportunities provided by the programs impact your professional development?  

“The mentorship and networking opportunities provided by both programs have been essential to my professional development. Sitting down once a week with my mentor and supervisor was fun and a nice way to get to know the office on a more personal level. The job I have now is because I networked! An NGFP fellow knew someone who needed to fill a position and asked for resumes. I sent mine in, had a coffee chat with the recruiter, and had a meet-and-greet with the team.” 

NGFP and MSIIP are premier channels to develop top talent for our nation’s critical security missions, offering opportunities with the NNSA, national laboratories, and site offices. Both programs are open to students from all academic backgrounds. Applications for the NGFP Class of 2025-2026 open August 1 st , with the post-bachelor’s fellowship component being offered for the first time. Applications for the MSIIP Class of 2025-2026 also open August 1 st , available for students attending Minority Serving Institutions. Learn more about how you can take advantage of these opportunities by visiting:  

NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program:  https://www.pnnl.gov/apply-ngfp  

NNSA Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program:  https://orise.orau.gov/NNSA-MSIIP/