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HEALS Fellowship Application Open!

A new fellowship program, the Health and Environment Allied Leadership (HEAL) Fellows Program just launched and is now accepting applications until July 12. The fellowship is targeted toward Ph.D. candidates and postdocs working in environmental and/or health research, with the goal of creating a very interdisciplinary inaugural cohort with folks from many GT colleges.

Apply for HEAL Fellows Program at GT 

The Health and Environment Allied Leadership (HEAL) Fellows Program is a NEW opportunity for Georgia Tech graduate students and postdocs in any GT college who are driven to make an impact on human and environmental health. During a 10-month program, fellows will connect with peers and faculty across all GT colleges, receive interdisciplinary training to address human and environmental health challenges, and engage with academic experts, community leaders, and policymakers to initiate collaborations toward science-informed actions with public impact. Fellows will be selected on a competitive basis. Visit the webpage to learn more and apply by July 12, 2022.

Annual ARCS Scholar Competition (2022 – 2023)

We are pleased to announce the launch of Annual ARCS Scholar Award Fellowship Competition (2022 – 2023). Click on the link below to view more information. Thank you!

Link : https://gatech.infoready4.com/CompetitionSpace/#competitionDetail/1874042

  • Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, July 18, 2022
  • Cycle: 2022-2023
  • Discipline/Subject Area: science, engineering, computing and medical research
  • Description:

ARCS Scholar Awards

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists

Deadline for Nominations – Monday July 18, 2022 at 11:59PM. Review will be conducted by the Graduate Education Fellowships Selection Committee established by the Vice Provost for Graduate & Postdoctoral Education.

The ARCS Scholar Awards recognize outstanding doctoral students who have a record of past achievement and who show exceptional promise of making a significant contribution to the worldwide advancement of science and technology.

Continuing/returning scholars do not need to reapply.

Candidates must:

    1. be citizens of the United States (U.S. Permanent Residents are not eligible to apply);
    2. be enrolled as full-time PhD students in an eligible program (see list below);
    3. have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher; and
    4. have at least 3 years of study remaining. Scholars who receive an ARCS Foundation award for the first time, cannot be in the last year of their program. Scholars must be in the program for two (2) years for a December graduation date to qualify

This year with 7 continuing scholars, we will award an additional 8, totaling 15 awards. New first-time awards for 2022 -2023 include six awards of $7,5000/year and two awards of $10,000/year. Awards are renewable for up to a total of three years of funding. Selection of first-time scholars will be based on materials (see below) submitted in support of the nomination.

Faculty may nominate candidates pursuing doctoral studies in any of the following Schools:

    • Aerospace Engineering (AE)
    • Biomedical Engineering (BME)
    • Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering (ChBE)
    • Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE)
    • Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
    • Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE)
    • Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
    • Mechanical Engineering (ME)
    • Biological Sciences (BIOS)
    • Mathematics (MTH)
    • Chemistry and Biochemistry (CHEM)
    • Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)
    • Physics (PHYS)
    • College of Computing (CoC)

Student’s must be nominated by a faculty advisor (one student per faculty advisor). Completed applications include:

    • Completed online InfoReady Review application submitted by the student nominee.
    • One-page document including:
      • student’s name;
      • student’s redacted GT ID in this format xx3456789;
      • list of publications, if applicable;
      • brief description of research pursued during undergraduate or master’s level, if applicable;
      • titled description of the student’s doctoral research, not to exceed 500 words.
    • Student CV
    • A nomination letter from the student’s faculty advisor, which should not exceed two pages in length and should confirm the month and year of the student’s anticipated term of graduation (e.g., May 2026). The nomination letter is also due by Monday July 18, 2022 at 11:59pm so students should begin their applications in InfoReady Review and prompt the letter well before the deadline. Please note that faculty advisors will be prompted to upload the letter of recommendation independently so that it remains confidential

The two awards of $10,000 each are Global Impact Awards to be given to students working on research problems having a broader global context or addressing global issues. This focus should be reflected in the nomination packet materials submitted.

Nominations are limited to one student per faculty advisor.

Nominations must be submitted in electronic format by 11:59pm on Monday July 18, 2022, via the GT InfoReady Review (IRR) internal competition platform.

Please direct any questions about this fellowship or the GT nomination process to Coryn Shiflet, Graduate Fellowships Manager at coryn.shiflet@gatech.edu.

NextProf Pathfinder San Diego

The University of California San Diego and the University of Michigan are pleased to announce the 2022 NextProf Pathfinder Future Faculty Workshop on October 2-4, hosted in La Jolla, California.

Applications are due June 22 — we encourage students to apply, and faculty to share this opportunity with any eligible students. 

This workshop is designed for 1st and 2nd year Ph.D. students and master’s students intending to apply to a Ph.D. program. NextProf Pathfinder prepares participants for a successful career in academia over three days by offering information from current faculty on what it takes to build a competitive graduate school record to obtain a faculty position in the professoriate. NextProf Pathfinder encourages those in groups underrepresented in the engineering and computer science professoriate to pursue careers in academia. It is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents of any ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ability, veteran status, socio-economic status, first generation to college status, and religion. All travel and housing costs are covered for accepted applicants.

Apply to NextProf Pathfinder