Please see below for an upcoming limited submission for a graduate student fellowship!

Apple Scholars in AI/ML – September 15, 2023: internal deadline September 4

See attachment; we have been asked not to share these guidelines outside of our university. Password is 2024AppleScholars.

Eligibility:

• Nominee must be enrolled full time at the nominating university at the start of Fall 2024, and expect to be enrolled through the end of the 2024/2025 academic year
• Nominee should be entering their last 2-3 years of study as of Fall 2024
• Nominee must not hold another industry-sponsored full fellowship while they are an Apple Scholar in AI/ML (Fall 2024 to Summer 2026)

Required Materials (see website for more details):

1. Student CV and publication list
2. Research Abstract (200 word maximum)
3. Research statement covering past work and proposed direction for next 2 years (5 page maximum, including citations, in a legible font size) clearly stating the hypothesis and expected contributions to the chosen research area.
4. 2 letters of recommendation, one from current advisor (1 page maximum per letter)
5. Link to most recent published work (optional)
6. Please also prepare to submit the estimated tuition and fees(including enrollment, health insurance, and books) for the nominee’s 2022-2023 academic year (or PhD student salary / bursary stipend, if regionally appropriate).

Internal submission:

• Send to echerry30@gatech.edu by Monday, September 4.
• Please submit near-complete versions of required materials #1-5, except for #4 (letters of recommendation): you may submit only the names of expected external references (external letters needed for the solicitation are not required for the internal submission).
• Please also include your primary choice of research area, and optionally a secondary choice, from the following 12 areas (see attachment for more information): Privacy Preserving Machine Learning, Human Centered AI, AI for Ethics and Fairness, AI for Accessibility, AI for Health and Wellness, ML Theory, ML Algorithms and Architectures, Embodied ML, Speech and Natural Language, Computer Vision, Information Retrieval and Knowledge, Data-Centric AI.
• Please indicate whether the nominated student identifies as a member of a traditionally underrepresented group in the technology industry.

Number of nominations per School/Department:

• Schools/Departments should coordinate to submit internally no more than the number of nominations that GT may submit collectively.
• Each university is limited to 3 nominations; it is encouraged that at least one nomination be used for a student who identifies as a member of a traditionally underrepresented group in the technology industry.
• Each university is also limited to one nomination per area from the 12 areas listed, so the submissions to CoC from a given School/Department should represent distinct areas. For submissions that overlap areas, we can consider primary and secondary areas and adjust as needed.

The Hispanic Heritage Foundation has partnered with ExxonMobil for the past eleven years for this fellowship opportunity. Would you be able to send it out to your students?
 
2023 ExxonMobil LOFT Fellowship Program

ExxonMobil LOFT Fellowship
ExxonMobil Corporation, the largest publicly traded international energy company, has partnered with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) to create fellowship opportunities in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) for Hispanic college students. Through HHF’s Latinos On Fast Track (LOFT) program, ExxonMobil seeks to nurture motivated college students nationwide with a passion for Engineering and Science.

Selected students will be exposed to a top-quality company by participating in this signature mentoring program. Each student will be paired up with an ExxonMobil professional to learn how their knowledge and skills are applied in a corporate setting. 

Fellowship Components
The Fellowship consists of five 1-hour meetings with a mentor (virtual or in person), an exclusive curriculum to introduce Fellows to ExxonMobil and career opportunities, and a $1,000 educational grant. In addition, the possibility exists to interview for ExxonMobil positions (internships/full-time) upon successfully completing the Fellowship.

Fellowship Requirements
This opportunity is highly competitive and open to rising sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students attending a 4-year college or university.
Fellowship applicants with the following majors will be given priority: 
·       Civil Engineering
·       Chemical Engineering 
·       Computer Engineering
·       Electrical Engineering
·       Geoscience 
·       Material Science and Engineering 
·       Mechanical Engineering

Applicants with these majors will also be considered: Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Petroleum Engineering, and Physics.

Other Requirements:
·       Must plan to pursue a career in the fields/majors listed above
·       Have a GPA of 3.5 or higher
·       Be a U.S. citizen, a legal U.S. permanent resident or have the permanent right to work in the      U.S. Applicants selected are required to submit documentation for U.S. citizenship,  permanent resident or right to work.

The application can be found here.


If you have questions, please contactJulian@hispanicheritage.org. Please use “ExxonMobil LOFT Fellowship” in the subject line.
 
The 2023 ExxonMobil LOFT Fellowship Application will close on April 30, 2023, at @11:59 p.m. EDT.

This opportunity available through the LOFT program is for Hispanic students. Others interested should contact the company’s website directly.