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Graduate Fellowship Opportunities

Graduate Fellowship Opportunities. Steven Conolly, Ph.D. sc@quench.stanford.edu August 13, 2002. REU Schedule Update. Fellowship talks first Poster presentations 10:30 to 11 AM today 2 nd Floor Packard at top of stairwell:

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Graduate Fellowship Opportunities

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  1. Graduate Fellowship Opportunities Steven Conolly, Ph.D. sc@quench.stanford.edu August 13, 2002

  2. REU Schedule Update • Fellowship talks first • Poster presentations 10:30 to 11 AM today 2nd Floor Packard at top of stairwell: • Nemil Dalal, Steven Pu, Alan Amaya, Jianbo Wang, Shijun Liu, Jinendra Jain, Ravi Sarin, Irisa Liu, Theo Marentis, Chris Lee • August 20: Blaine Chronik, PhD • August 27: REU posters (about 3 pm) • End of Program August 30th • $1,150 final payment

  3. Poster Information • Size: 3 feet high by 4 feet wide • Corkboard easels will be provided the morning of August 27 • Legible: 66 point for titles, authors; 36 point readable text font, 24 point captions • Sections: Background, goals, methods, results, discussion, conclusion • Invite your research advisor, group • Quality will keep the program funded

  4. Considering Graduate School? • Fall quarter senior year you may be applying to lots of graduate programs • Decide between MSEE and PhD • Stanford undergrads often are supported by graduate school they attend, e.g., SGF

  5. Goals for the Talk • Consider applying for graduate fellowships • E.g., NSF, Hertz, private foundations • Provide some links to fellowship programs • Seniors need to do this in the next month • Stanford Undergrad Research Program can help • Susie Brubaker-Cole and Marcia Keating

  6. Fellowships • Fellowships are scholarships for grad school • Emeritus = retired • Curriculum Vitae = Resume • Cover tuition plus about $18,000 stipend • stipend = salary • Three or four-year fellowships • For doctoral studies and MS

  7. Fellowships: Why Important? • Prestigious, competitive • Save your research group or family money • At Stanford, Berkeley, Illinois, MIT can be hard to get a Research Assistantship • Fellowship students have greater freedom to pick their research area and research group • Less dependent on group’s grant support

  8. Deadlines Incoming seniors need to start process in 1 month http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/fellowships/fellowships_deadlines.shtml

  9. Other Useful Fellowship Links • Stanford Undergrad Research Program (SURP) • http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/urp/fellowships.pdf • http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/urp/fgsr.html • http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR/Fellows/about/nsf.html • http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/urp/SURP/welcome.html • UC Berkeley has a useful list of fellowships • http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/fellowships/text/fellowships_deadlines_text.shtml • Cornell has 325 graduate fellowships listed at • http://www.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=PHYSICALSCIENCES

  10. Requirements: same as graduate applications • GRE Scores for some • Three or more personal recommendations • ask Professor, advisor from your research group • Statement of purpose, pick ideal schools • College transcripts • US citizenship or permanent residency for some • Some allow deferral, graduate applications • Publications from REU program can help

  11. Treat your references well • Give them statement of purpose, transcripts, and all application forms in big envelope • SOP completed in September! • Cover letter with deadlines • Pre-stamped envelopes • They reuse recommendations • Remind them a week before each deadline

  12. Review • Consider applying for graduate fellowships • Seniors need to do this in the next month • Stanford SURP can help

  13. Susie Brubaker-Cole and Marcia Keating • SURP: fourth floor of Sweet Hall After SURP talks: • Posters and food up on Second floor foyer near the front stairwell • View posters till 11 AM. Food is up there • Get style ideas for the 27th poster fest

  14. REU Contact Information • REU Program Coordinator • Susan Farrell, Packard 172 sfarrell@stanford.edu 6-2070 • Research Advisor • Steven Conolly, PhD. Packard 206 sc@quench.stanford.edu

  15. Other Considerations • Some allow you to defer fellowship • Some permit graduate students to apply • e.g., NSF by early 2nd year graduate school • Some permit working engineers to apply • e.g., Whitaker

  16. Some Fellowships in Engineering • AT&T Fellowship Program • Bell Labs Graduate Research Program for Women • Hertz Foundation • National Science Foundation • US Department of Defense (NDSEG) • Whitaker Graduate Fellowships in Biomedical Engineering • Many more

  17. Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships • Open to U.S. citizens only • Very competitive. Oral interviews • $25,000/year stipend (more now) • www.hertzfndn.org/index.html • Early November deadline

  18. NSF Graduate Fellowships • www.orau.org/nsf/nsffel.htm • Citizen or permanent resident • $21,500 stipend plus $10,500 tuition • Early November deadline • 900 awarded out of 6550 applicants • EE, Computer & IE 60 • BME 83

  19. Whitaker Biomedical Engineering • Biomedical engineering • $19,500 for 12 months • Early November • US Citizen or permanent resident • http://www.whitaker.org/grants/fellanc.html

  20. DOD-National Defense and Science Engineering Fellowships • Website: www.asee.org/ndseg/ • U.S citizen (no permanent resident) • January 15, 2003* • 170 fellowships were awarded in 2002 • $24,000 stipend for 3 years

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