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Applications are sought from exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study for the 2014 IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards.
Preference will be given to students who have had an IBM internship or have closely collaborated with technical or services people from IBM. The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards program also supports their long-standing commitment to workforce diversity
Worth of Awards
- The IBM Ph.D. Fellowships are awarded worldwide.
- The fellows are awarded a stipend for one academic year.
- Fellowships vary by country/geographic area, and the students will be informed at the time of the award what the value is for their country/geographic area.
- All IBM Ph.D. Fellows are matched with an IBM Mentor according to their technical interests, and they are strongly encouraged to participate in at least one internship at IBM while completing their studies.
- Awardees will have an opportunity to be recognized on IBM websites and communications.
- Interns are paid by their host site and will be subject to the prevailing terms and conditions of the internship program at that site.
Eligibility
- The fellowship is an intensely competitive worldwide program with focus on computer science and engineering (including cyber security, cloud, and mobile computing), electrical and mechanical engineering, physical sciences (including chemistry, material sciences, and physics), mathematical sciences (including analytics of massive scale data with uncertainty, operations research, and optimization), public sector and business sciences (including urban policy and analytics, social technologies, learning systems and cognitive computing), and service science, management, and engineering (SSME).
- A student may compete annually and be awarded a maximum of three years. IBM requests that a maximum of two nominations per department be submitted, in addition to any renewal nominations.
- Students must be nominated by a doctoral faculty member and enrolled full-time in a college or university Ph.D. program.
- The faculty member is encouraged to contact an IBM colleague prior to submitting the nomination to assure mutual interest.
- Students from Europe and Russia may be nominated in their first year of study in their doctoral program.
- Outside of Europe and Russia, students must have completed at least one year of study in their doctoral program at the time of their nomination. Students from U.S. embargoed countries are not eligible for the program.
- Award Recipients will be selected based on their overall potential for research excellence, the degree to which their technical interests align with those of IBM, and their academic progress to-date, as evidenced by publications and endorsements from their faculty advisor and department head.
- While students may accept other supplemental fellowships, to be eligible for the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award they may not accept a major award in addition to the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship.
- After receiving an award, an Award Recipient may be renominated the following year for consideration to receive another IBM Ph.D. Fellowship, based on the Award Recipient’s continued exceptional academic standing, progress and achievement, and sustained interaction with IBM’s technical community.
How to Apply
- Students must be nominated by a doctoral faculty member and enrolled full-time in a college or university Ph.D. program.The faculty member is encouraged to contact an IBM colleague prior to submitting the nomination to assure mutual interest.
- Students from Europe and Russia may be nominated in their first year of study in their doctoral program.
- Outside of Europe and Russia, students must have completed at least one year of study in their doctoral program at the time of their nomination.
- Students from U.S. embargoed countries are not eligible for the program.
- Award Recipients will be selected based on their overall potential for research excellence, the degree to which their technical interests align with those of IBM, and their academic progress to-date, as evidenced by publications and endorsements from their faculty advisor and department head.
- While students may accept other supplemental fellowships, to be eligible for the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award they may not accept a major award in addition to the IBM Ph.D.
Deadline: Application closes on October 29, 2013.
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