Faculty Fellowships and Scholarships
Posted by jeh | Under Fellowships, Scholarships Monday Nov 12, 2007| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship for Science and Engineering Each year, 50 different university presidents are selected to nominate two of their faculty for this $625,000 award, paid out over a five year period. Each year, $12,500 of the award is used for administration costs for the university. Approximately 20 individuals are chosen each year. Faculty must be in one of the following disciplines: physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, ocean science, and engineering. This fellowship does not support those in the social sciences and is intended to help fund those with novel research ideas. Therefore, those who are already well funded are less likely to be considered for the award. |
Other fellowship pages: Science and Engineering Fellowships Directory – Internships – University Based Fellowships – Fellowships with Special Applicant Requirements – General Student Fellowships – Conference Funding |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship
Each year, the Sloan Foundation chooses 118 fellows out of over 600 nominations. To be eligible for the award, candidates must be faculty members who have received their PhDs within the last six years and in one of the following fields: physics, chemistry, mathematics, neuroscience, economics, computer science, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, or a related interdisciplinary field. The fellowship is open to faculty in both the United States and Canada. Fellows who are awarded will receive $45,000 over a two year period to be used for the fellow’s research.
Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Program
Each year, five new faculty members in computing from the United States and Canada are selected for a $200,000 award which is to be used for research. Universities may only nominate one faculty member per year for the award. Nominees must be in either their first, second or third year of their faculty position. Besides the cash grant, fellows are also given access to additional Microsoft resources, which includes software and conference invitations. Microsoft Research aims to have at least two women Fellows each year.
AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship Program
Up to three awards are made each year to either an individual professor or a team of researchers. The award provides a grant of $25,000 to support the winning proposal. The fields which are eligible for this award are: social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, business, public policy, management science, law, economics, or a related interdisciplinary field.
Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program
Full time science and engineering faculty are eligible to apply for a chance at an eight to twelve week research residency at participating Air Force Research Facilities. The weekly stipends depend on professorial title, broken down as follows: $1300 for Assistant Professors, $1500 for Associate Professors, and $1700 for Professors. Fellows also receive a daily expense allowance of $50.
NASA Faculty Fellowship Program (NFFP)
The NFFP awards eligible faculty members with the chance to conduct research for ten weeks at one of its NASA Centers or Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fellows are given a weekly stipend of $1,200 which is not to exceed $12,000 during the ten weeks. Fellows may also receive a relocation allowance. To be eligible, faculty must be either tenured (if at a four year university) or a full time faculty member (if at a two year university). The following disciplines of study are preferred: engineering, mathematics, technology development, or a science discipline that is related to NASA research.
National Academy of Engineering/Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education Faculty Fellow Program
Each year nine new engineering and computer science faculty are chosen to receive the fellowship, which awards fellows with a $1,000 grant for conference travel expenses. Fellows will attend the Frontiers in Education Conference, which provides them with a chance to network while learning about new developments in engineering and computer science education. Applicants for this scholarship must have less than two years of teaching experience and plan on attending the entire conference and one workshop.
Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship Program
Since 1995, Boeing has selected exemplary faculty members in engineering, manufacturing and information technology and business to have a chance to be a part of the industrial workplace. The program, which has selected 129 Fellows since it began, allows the selected faculty members to observe and comment on Boeing’s procedures and business practices. At the end of the program, Fellows are asked to submit a report on their observations which contains their suggestions for improvement. They are also asked to present their own personal plan for improving undergraduate education in their field.
Department of Energy Faculty and Student Teams Program (FaST)
The FaST Program provides funding for one faculty member and two or three of his or her undergraduate students. Supported disciplines include science, engineering and technology. Those from underrepresented groups, such as minorities and women, and those from universities with limited resources are especially encouraged to apply. FaST provides the winning team with summer research opportunities in Department of Energy research labs, allowing the faculty member to choose a research area that is mutually beneficial to both the faculty member and the laboratory scientist that the team will work with.
Recent Comments