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Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships

This award opportunity is made available through the Ford Foundation Fellowships administered by the Fellowships Office .

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a research-based, dissertation-required Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree that will prepare them for the pursuit of a career in academic teaching or research. Practice-oriented degree programs are not eligible for support. The fellowship is intended to support the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation.

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Description

Scope of the award.

Dissertation Fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a research-based, dissertation-required Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree that will prepare them for the pursuit of a career in academic teaching or research. Practice-oriented degree programs are not eligible for support. The fellowship is intended to support the final year of writing and defense of the dissertation.  

Award Details

Fellowships can be held at any fully accredited not for profit U.S. institution of higher education offering a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in an eligible discipline. A limited number of dissertation fellowships will be awarded for the 2024-2025 academic year and will include these benefits:

• One-year stipend: $28,000 
• An invitation to attend the 2024 Conference of Ford Fellows, a unique national conference of a select group of high-achieving scholars committed to diversifying the professoriate and using diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students
• Access to Ford Fellow Regional Liaisons  (PDF, 132 KB) , a network of former Ford Fellows who have volunteered to provide mentoring and support to current Fellows
• Access to other networking and mentoring resources   
• Application deadline:  December 12, 2023 at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) 
• Supplementary materials deadline: January 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST

Application and supplementary materials deadlines: The online application system will close promptly on the deadlines stated above. All required materials must be successfully submitted online by these deadlines in order for an application to be considered for review. Applicants should take the time zone into account if they or their letter writers will be submitting materials from a different time zone. It is strongly recommended that applicants and letter writers submit their materials well in advance of the deadline. Out of fairness to all applicants, we regret that we cannot consider requests for extensions for any circumstances for anyone (applicants or letter writers) who is unable to successfully submit their materials by the stated deadlines.

• Notification of 2024 awards: March 2024
• Expected fellowship tenure start date: June 1, 2024 (for 12 months) or September 1, 2024 (for 9 or 12 months)  

Eligibility

All applicants must:

• Confirm holding a previous Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship;
• U.S. citizen or U.S. national
• U.S. permanent resident (holder of a Permanent Resident Card)
• Individual granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, 1 Indigenous individual exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794, individual granted Temporary Protected Status, asylee, or refugee
• Demonstrate an intent to pursue a career that includes teaching and research at a U.S. institution of higher education; 
• Be enrolled in a research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. program at a not for profit U.S. institution of higher education.
• Expect to complete the Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in a period of 9-12 months during the 2024-2025 academic year; 2
• Have completed all departmental and institutional requirements for their degree, except for writing and defense of the dissertation by December 12, 2023;
• Upload a signed Verification of Doctoral Status Form  (PDF, 92 KB) by the January 9, 2023 Supplementary Materials deadline ;
• Provide evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors, or other designations); and
• Not have already earned a prior doctoral degree at any time, in any field.

Receipt of the fellowship award is conditioned upon each awardee providing satisfactory documentation that they meet all the eligibility requirements.  

Dissertation fellowship awards will not be made for work leading to terminal master’s degrees, the Ed.D. degree, the degrees of Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) or Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), or professional degrees in such areas as medicine, law, and public health, or for study in joint degree programs such as the M.D./Ph.D., J.D./Ph.D., and M.F.A./Ph.D. This program does not support the Ph.D. portion of a joint/concurrent/articulated program.

[1] Eligibility includes individuals with current status under the DACA Program, as well as individuals whose status may have lapsed but who continue to meet all the USCIS guidelines for DACA. 

[2] Dissertation Fellows are expected to spend the majority of their time working on the writing and defense of the dissertation. Applicants enrolled in a program that requires an internship in addition to completion of a dissertation are not eligible for the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship if they plan to participate in a full-time paid or unpaid internship during the fellowship year . Applicants who undertake internships required for degree completion  after  completion of the dissertation are eligible to apply. On the Eligibility page of the online application, applicants should enter the date they expect to complete all requirements for the dissertation, and in the Proposed Plan essay, they should clarify, for the reviewers’ benefit, the timeline for their dissertation work during the fellowship year and the subsequent requirement for an internship.  

Conditions of the Fellowship

Dissertation Fellows are expected to be enrolled in a full-time program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in an eligible discipline. Dissertation awards are intended to support Fellows who will be spending the majority of their time writing and defending the dissertation during the fellowship year. Participation in full-time paid or unpaid internships or other paid activities, even if required for degree completion, should not be undertaken during the fellowship year.

Those who accept a dissertation fellowship must agree to the stipulations in the Terms of Appointment for Ford Foundation Fellows that accompany the award notification.  

How to Apply

Application process  .

The deadline for online application submissions is December 12, 2023 at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).

• To ensure a complete application, applicants should carefully follow the  Application Instructions  (PDF, 202 KB) .
• Applicants can also follow step-by-step instructions for navigating the online application (PDF, 435 KB) .
• Applicants will receive a confirmation e-mail once their application has been successfully submitted.  

Required Supplementary Materials

The deadline for the online submission of required supplementary materials is January 9, 2024 at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).

• Applicants will be able to upload transcripts and the  verification form  (PDF, 92 KB)   only after they have submitted the main portion of their online application . Letter writers will be able to upload letters as soon as they have received the notification link sent by the applicant up until the Supplementary Materials deadline.
• To ensure their application will be considered for review, applicants should carefully follow the instructions for required supplementary materials  (PDF, 168 KB) .
• Applicants may share the instructions for the expected content of letters  (PDF, 171 KB)  with their letter writers. These instructions will also be available to letter writers once they gain access to the online application. Applicants must send request notifications to their letter writers through the online application.
• Applicants will not be required to re-submit their application by the Supplementary Materials deadline. After the deadline has passed, applications will be checked for completeness to determine if they can be forwarded to the review panel.

All application materials become the property of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and will not be returned. Applicants should retain copies of all submitted application materials for their personal records.

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Selection process.

Applications will be evaluated by review panels of distinguished scholars selected by the National Academies. The review panels will use all materials included in the application as the basis for determining the extent to which applicants meet the eligibility requirements and the selection criteria.  

Selection Criteria

The following will be considered in choosing successful applicants: 

• Evidence of superior academic achievement
• Degree of promise of continuing achievement as scholars and teachers 
• Capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds 
• Sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and an ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching, and scholarship at the college and university level 
• Likelihood of using the diversity of human experience as an educational resource in teaching and scholarship 
• If applicable, how experience as a member of an underrepresented group through discrimination, inspiration, resilience, etc. may inform participation in the fellowship
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Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Types of fellowships, eligibility, selection criteria, award amount, how to apply, application guidelines.

Dissertation Completion Fellowships support final-year doctoral students. These non-service fellowships allow students to focus exclusively on their research and writing without service obligations. Fellows are expected to defend their dissertation by the end of the academic year.

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General Dissertation Completion Fellowships

• Non-service fellowship
• Supports dissertation research and writing

Royster Society of Fellows (SOF) Dissertation Completion Fellowships

• Supports interdisciplinary learning and engagement
• Opportunities for mentoring, leadership, and professional development

Royster SOF Dissertation Completion Fellowships are endowed through the generous gifts of many friends of the University, most notably Dr. Thomas S. and Mrs. Caroline Royster Jr.

Royster SOF Special Purpose Dissertation Completion Fellowships:

• Membership in the Royster Society of Fellows
• Includes the Jessie Ball duPont Fellowship for Adolescent Studies

Submit only one application. Select the fellowship(s) you are interested in being considered for on the application form and submit the required supporting materials as appropriate. You will be considered for all fellowships that you select on your application.

Eligibility criteria apply to all Dissertation Completion Fellowships. You may not combine the Dissertation Completion Fellowship with other funding without permission from The Graduate School.

You are eligible if:

• You are a fully-enrolled, degree-seeking doctoral student in a residential program administered by The Graduate School.
• You are engaged full-time with writing your dissertation.
• You are able to complete your dissertation within the fellowship term.

Royster SOF 5-Year Fellows are NOT eligible to apply for continued support through a Dissertation Completion Fellowship.

Before applying, you must:

• Complete course requirements
• Pass written and oral preliminary exams
• Have your Dissertation Prospectus formally approved

You cannot apply for both a Dissertation Completion Fellowship and an Off-Campus Dissertation Research Fellowship at the same time.

Your application will be reviewed according to the following criteria:

• You have a strong graduate academic record.
• Your application materials are understandable to a general audience outside of your field.
• Your research design is clearly outlined and appropriate.
• Your research will contribute to and advance the scholarship within your field.
• There is confidence you will be able to complete your dissertation by the end of the fellowship term.
• Your program has minimal resources to support you during the fellowship term.
• You will be an involved and contributing member of the Royster Society of Fellows (for Royster SOF applicants only).

View an in-depth description of the review and selection process.

The fellowship provides a stipend, tuition, fees, and health insurance for one academic year (fall and spring semesters only). Royster SOF fellowships may also provide funds for professional travel.

Depending on funding, this award may change from year to year.

Each program may nominate up to three students for consideration.

Deadline The nomination deadline each year is in late February . -->

Check with your department for an internal deadline. You must submit your application early enough for your department to submit their nomination to The Graduate School by the nomination deadline. Deadlines are posted on the funding deadlines calendar.

• View Frequently Asked Questions about the online award application .
• Prepare an abstract, research description, research workplan, statement of research significance, and curriculum vitae . If appropriate, prepare a Royster SOF interest statement . Arrange for a letter of recommendation from your dissertation advisor. Be sure to follow the application guidelines .
• Before submitting your application, we suggest you get feedback on your materials from a person outside of your field.
• Submit your materials to The Graduate School Award Online Application .
• Once you submit your application, your recommender will receive an email notice to submit a letter of recommendation through the online system.
• Once your letter of recommendation is submitted, the fellowship and award approver(s) for your department will receive an email notifying them that your application is eligible for nomination.
• Your department must nominate you to The Graduate School by the deadline .
• We will notify awardees in April.

We will not consider your application if you exceed any of the page limits and/or you do not follow the proper format.

In addition to the online application, a complete application includes the following:

Format: No more than ½ page. Double-spaced, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, numbered pages, your name on each page.

• Briefly summarize your research

Research Description

Briefly describe your dissertation research and your progress toward completion.

Address your research description to an audience of intelligent reviewers who may not be familiar with your field. Clearly explain the importance of your research to a lay audience. Do not use jargon or technical, field-specific terminology.

Format: No more than 3 pages. Double-spaced, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, numbered pages, your name on each page.

Depending on your field of study, include:

• A summary of key literature
• General concepts
• Frame of reference for your study
• Your research questions
• Description of the data or other materials which will be/have been collected and analyzed
• Methods of collection and analysis
• Design considerations
• Description of any necessary approvals, such as Human Subjects Review

Research Progress, Work Plan, and Timetable:

Format: No more than 1 page. Double-spaced, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, numbered pages, your name on each page.

• Describe your research progress to date and your planned sequence of tasks to be completed, with estimated timetable.

Significance of your Research:

• Explain the significance of your research to your field of study

Curriculum Vitae

Format: No more than 2 pages. 12-point font, 1-inch margins, numbered pages, and your name on each page.

• Include recent professional activities, awards, honors, courses you have taught, and research publications/presentations.
• Departmental funding received
• External funding (please note if received or pending)
• Because University funding is limited, we encourage you to apply for external funding, and such efforts will be viewed positively by the reviewers.

Citations (optional):

• May be included for important references
• Can be either footnotes or endnotes
• Can be single-spaced
• Must be within the three-page limit of the Research Description

Royster Society of Fellows Interest Statement:

*Required only if you are interested in being considered for the Royster Society of Fellows*

• Include a statement addressing your interest and ability to contribute as an active member of the Society of Fellows.

Letter of Recommendation from your Dissertation Advisor

Indicate the email address of your recommender in your application. Please note that only a single recommendation letter will be accepted. If you have joint advisors, they must submit a joint letter of recommendation.

Once you submit your application, your advisor will receive an email notice to submit the letter of recommendation. We can only accept letters of recommendation through the online system. Recommenders cannot submit letters directly to The Graduate School or to your department.

Instructions for recommenders: Each letter of recommendation should be no more than 4,000 characters (spaces included), which is approximately 600 words or one single-spaced page.

Address the letter of recommendation “To the Fellowship Committee.” Include:

• The quality of the student's research
• A rating of the student’s overall ability and potential based on the your knowledge of other students in the field
• The likelihood that the student will complete the dissertation during the award period
• The likely contributions of the student's research to the field
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For questions concerning the DCF, please email [email protected] .

Harvard Griffin GSAS provides a dissertation completion fellowship (DCF) for one academic year to eligible PhD students in the humanities and social sciences who anticipate completing their dissertations within the year. Eligibility for the DCF extends to students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences humanities and social sciences programs and most humanities and social science programs in partnership with other Harvard Schools. The DCF represents the final year of eligibility for Harvard Griffin GSAS tuition grants and fellowships.

Students in Business Administration, Business Economics, and Organizational Behavior typically complete their programs using guaranteed funding that excludes the DCF. Prior to applying, they must consult with their program’s director of graduate studies to determine if the DCF is appropriate for their individual circumstances.

Dissertation completion fellowships are available to students who have:

• completed all departmental requirements;
• completed an approved dissertation prospectus;
• completed two draft dissertation chapters (or one draft article for students in fields where the dissertation consists of three articles), confirmed by two faculty advisors, one of whom is the principal dissertation advisor.

To receive a DCF, students must review the Dissertation Completion Fellowship  and Instructions for Dissertation Completion Fellowships sections of the Harvard Griffin GSAS website and apply for all internal and external completion fellowships for which they are eligible, either from a Harvard source, such as a research center or department, or from an external funding source.

• Presidential Scholars, Graduate Prize Fellows, and Ashford Fellows are not required to apply for alternative fellowships but must complete the dissertation completion fellowship application.
• Students who receive funding from a source external to Harvard Griffin GSAS must accept that award in lieu of DCF funding. In the event that the amount of the alternate award is less than that provided by the DCF, Harvard Griffin GSAS will provide a supplement to make up the difference. In some cases, an external award bonus may be offered.
• Students should plan to utilize their DCF funding during their G5 or G6 year and no later than their G7 year. While DCF requests from students beyond the G7 year will be considered on a case-by-case basis with the recommendation of a faculty advisor, awards are not guaranteed. Students beyond the G7 year should contact Academic Programs to determine their eligibility.
• While students ordinarily take the DCF over one academic year, Harvard Griffin GSAS will consider requests to take a DCF split between the spring term of one academic year and the fall term of the subsequent academic year; students interested in this possibility should contact Academic Programs for guidance.
• While on a DCF, students may not hold a teaching appointment or other form of employment.
• Students ordinarily may not take classes while on a DCF.
• The DCF may not be combined with grants from other sources, with the exception of smaller grants. Students should contact their financial aid officer for guidance.
• Students may not hold research fellowships and DCFs concurrently. Research fellowships awarded to DCF recipients will be considered alternate completion funding, triggering a reduction to the DCF award and rendering the student ineligible for DCF funding in future years. Students interested in pursuing research fellowships are advised to withdraw their DCF applications.
• Students are expected to complete their dissertations during the completion year.
• Students who do not complete their dissertations during the DCF year may register for no more than one additional academic year of post-DCF study. During this time they are ineligible for Harvard Griffin GSAS tuition and fellowship support. They may, however, hold teaching and research appointments , apply for Emergency Funding and Parental Accomodation and Funding Support , or apply for educational loans.

Students awarded a DCF receive grant support to cover the  Harvard Griffin GSAS facilities fee (i.e. tuition for advanced doctoral students) and Harvard University Student Health Program fees.

Stipend amounts vary and are noted in the Notice of Financial Support. Once a student has been awarded a DCF, the stipend amount can be viewed in the Student Aid Portal.

Stipends are disbursed on or around the first day of the month, August through May.

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Google PhD fellowship program

Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourage people of diverse backgrounds to apply. We currently offer fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.

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Program details

Application status, how to apply, research areas of focus, review criteria, award recipients.

Applications are currently closed.

Decisions for the 2024 application cycle will be announced via email in July 2024. Please check back in 2025 for details on future application cycles.

• Launch March 27, 2024
• Deadline May 8, 2024
• Winner selected by July 31, 2024

The details of each Fellowship vary by region. Please see our FAQ for eligibility requirements and application instructions.

PhD students must be nominated by their university. Applications should be submitted by an official representative of the university during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

Australia and New Zealand

Canada and the United States

PhD students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan must be nominated by their university. After the university's nomination is completed, either an official representative of the university or the nominated students can submit applications during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

India and Southeast Asia

PhD students apply directly during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

Latin America

The 2024 application cycle is postponed. Please check back in 2025 for details on future application cycles.

Google PhD Fellowship students are a select group recognized by Google researchers and their institutions as some of the most promising young academics in the world. The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the fields listed below. Note that region-specific research areas will be listed in application forms during the application window.

Algorithms and Theory

Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing

Health and Bioscience

Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization

Machine Intelligence

Machine Perception

Natural Language Processing

Quantum Computing

Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention

Software Engineering

Software Systems

Speech Processing

Applications are evaluated on the strength of the research proposal, research impact, student academic achievements, and leadership potential. Research proposals are evaluated for innovative concepts that are relevant to Google’s research areas, as well as aspects of robustness and potential impact to the field. Proposals should include the direction and any plans of where your work is going in addition to a comprehensive description of the research you are pursuing.

In Canada and the United States, East Asia and Latin America, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

What does the Google PhD Fellowship include?

Students receive named Fellowships which include a monetary award. The funds are given directly to the university to be distributed to cover the student’s expenses and stipend as appropriate. In addition, the student will be matched with a Google Research Mentor. There is no employee relationship between the student and Google as a result of receiving the fellowship. The award does not preclude future eligibility for internships or employment opportunities at Google, nor does it increase the chances of obtaining them. If students wish to apply for a job at Google, they are welcome to apply for jobs and go through the same hiring process as any other person.

• Up to 3 year Fellowship
• US $12K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
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• 1 year Fellowship
• AUD $15K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• Up to 2 year Fellowship (effective from 2024 for new recipients)
• Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment
• US $10K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• Yearly bursary towards stipend / salary, health care, social benefits, tuition and fees, conference travel and personal computing equipment. The bursary varies by country.

Early-stage PhD students

• Up to 4 year Fellowship
• US $50K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Late-stage PhD students

• US $10K to recognise research contributions, cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• US $15K per year to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Southeast Asia

• US $10K per year for up to 3 years (or up to graduation, whichever is earlier) to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Is my university eligible for the PhD Fellowship Program?

Africa, Australia/New Zealand , Canada, East Asia, Europe and the United States : universities must be an accredited research institution that awards research degrees to PhD students in computer science (or an adjacent field).

India, Latin America and Southeast Asia : applications are open to universities/institutes in India, Latin America (excluding Cuba), and in eligible Southeast Asian countries/regions (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam).

Restrictions : All award payments and recipients will be reviewed for compliance with relevant US and international laws, regulations and policies. Google reserves the right to withhold funding that may violate laws, regulations or our policies.

What are the eligibility requirements for students?

All regions

• Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
• Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
• Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
• Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.
• Grant of the Fellowship does not mean admission to a PhD program. The awardee must separately apply and be accepted to a PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) at an eligible institution.
• Grant of the Fellowship will be subject to the rules and guidelines applicable in the institution where the awardee registers for the PhD program.

Nominated students in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and the United States, East Asia and Europe.

Universities should only nominate students that meet the following requirements:

• Africa: Incoming PhD students are eligible to apply, but the Fellowship award shall be contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) within the academic award year of the Fellowship award, or the award shall be forfeited.
• Australia and New Zealand : early-stage students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the academic award year).
• Canada and the United States : students who have completed graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins.
• East Asia: students who have completed most of graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins. Students should have sufficient time for research projects after receiving a fellowship.
• Europe: Students enrolled at any stage of their PhD are eligible to apply.

Direct applicant students in India, Latin America and Southeast Asia

• Latin America : incoming or early stage-students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the academic award year).

What should be included in an application? What language should the application be in?

All application materials should be submitted in English.

For each student nomination, the university will be asked to submit the following material in a single, flat (not portfolio) PDF file:

• Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
• Short (1-page) resume/CV of the student's primary PhD program advisor
• Available transcripts (mark sheets) starting from first year/semester of Bachelor's degree to date
• Research proposal (maximum 3 pages, excluding references)
• 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee''s work (at least one from the thesis advisor for current PhD students)
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: What impact would receiving this Fellowship have on your education? Describe any circumstances affecting your need for a Fellowship and what educational goals this Fellowship will enable you to accomplish.
• Transcripts of current and previous academic records
• 1-2 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee's work (at least one from the thesis advisor)

Canada, East Asia, the United States

• Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair confirming the student passes eligibility requirements. (See FAQ "What are the eligibility requirements for students?")
• Short (1-page) CV of the student's primary advisor
• 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee's work (at least one from the thesis advisor)
• Research / dissertation proposal (maximum 3 pages, excluding references)
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
• Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)

Students will need the following documents in a single, flat (not portfolio) PDF file in order to complete an application (in English only):

• Student applicant’s resume with links to website and publications (if available)
• Short (one-page) resume/CV of the student applicant's primary PhD program advisor
• 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the applicant's work (at least one from the thesis advisor for current PhD students)
• Applicant's essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
• Applicant's essay response (350-word limit) to: What are your long-term goals for your pathway in computing research, and how would receiving the Google PhD Fellowship help you progress toward those goals in the short-term?

How do I apply for the PhD Fellowship Program? Who should submit the applications? Can students apply directly for a Fellowship?

Check the eligibility and application requirements in your region before applying. Submission forms are available on this page when the application period begins.

India, Latin America and Southeast Asia: students may apply directly during the application period.

Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, New Zealand, and the United States : students cannot apply directly to the program; they must be nominated by an eligible university during the application period.

How many students may each university nominate?

India, Latin America and Southeast Asia : applications are open directly to students with no limit to the number of students that can apply from a university.

Australia and New Zealand : universities may nominate up to two eligible students.

Canada and the United States : Universities may nominate up to four eligible students. We encourage nominating students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. If more than two students are nominated then we strongly encourage additional nominees who self-identify as a woman, Black / African descent, Hispanic / Latino / Latinx, Indigenous, and/or a person with a disability.

Africa, East Asia and Europe : Universities may nominate up to three eligible students. We encourage nominating students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. If more than two students are nominated then we strongly encourage the additional nominee who self-identifies as a woman.

*Applications are evaluated on merit. Please see FAQ for details on how applications are evaluated.

How are applications evaluated?

In Canada and the United State, East Asia and Latin America, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

A nominee's status as a member of a historically marginalized group is not considered in the selection of award recipients.

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This fellowship provides financial and programmatic support to an interdisciplinary cohort of approximately 10 advanced graduate students, with priority given to students conducting their research abroad .   Financial support includes an enhanced stipend and tuition coverage for one year (three quarters). Programming includes essential dissertation completion support and professional development opportunities to improve scholars’ prospects on the academic and non-academic job markets.

Deadline: March 24, 2024

The application portal can be accessed via SOAP . The application will require the following :

• A   project narrative   of no more than five double-spaced pages that explains your dissertation research and its significance for a general scholarly audience. In addition to clearly articulating the argument your dissertation makes, this narrative should describe the state of current debates on this topic and your intervention in these debates, indicating the global and international dimensions of your work. It should also include a table of contents for the dissertation, indicating what chapters are complete and providing the status of others. The five-page limit does not include notes and bibliography, which should be limited to two additional pages.
• A writing sample of up to 35 pages (not including notes)
• Two letters of reference: one from your advisor and another from a committee member or someone else who knows your work well
• Departmental approval from your DGS

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Dissertation Completion Fellowships support Harvard doctoral students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and MIT doctoral students in the social sciences as they complete their dissertations. The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) considers applications by doctoral students in law, design, government, and education in exceptional circumstances, and proposals must have the support of a CES Resident Faculty member or Faculty Associate .

Four graduate students from Harvard University were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year. For a list of recipients, see here .

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Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2023-2024 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard and MIT. See here for a listing of recipients .

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2022-2023 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University. See here for a listing of recipients .

In addition, 14 graduate students were recipients of a new grant introduced by CES to help them resume travel and access important resources when their research plans were disrupted during the pandemic. See here for a listing of the 2022 Disrupted Dissertation Grant recipients.

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2020-2021 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University. See here for a listing of recipients .

Five graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2019-2020 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University. See here for a listing of recipients .

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2019-2020 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Hayley Fenn (Music) – "Breath, Gravity, Giants, and Death: Towards a Theory of Puppetry and Music" 
• Ben Goossen (History) – "The Year of the Earth (1957-1958): Cold War Science and the Making of Planetary Consciousness" 
• Ian Kumekawa (History) – "The Imperialization of the British State, 1914-1948" 
• Joseph LaHausse de Lalouviere (History) – "Enslavement and Empire in the French Caribbean, 1793-1851"

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2018-2019 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Stefan Beljean (Sociology) – “Social Reproduction, College Admissions, and the Schooling Experiences of Upper-Middle-Class Adolescents in Germany and the United States” 
• Elissa Berwick (Political Science, MIT) – “Sub-state Nationalism in the United Kingdom and Spain” 
• Charles Clavey (History) – “Of Happiness and Despair We Have No Measure: Quantifying Alienation in German Thought, 1920-1970” 
• Dominika Kruszewska (Government) – “Dissident Successor Parties: Pro-democracy Movements and Party Formation in New Democracies”

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2017-2018 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Brandon Bloch (History) – “Faith for This World: Protestantism and the Reconstruction of Constitutional Democracy in Germany, 1933-1968”
• Lulie El-Ashry (Religion) – “Crossing Continents: A European Sufi Muslim Convert Communities Journey of Geographic Relocation and Identity Renegotiation”
• James McSpadden (History) – “In League with Rivals: Parliamentary Networks and Backroom Politics in Interwar Europe”
• Liat Spiro (History) – “Drawing Capital: Depiction, Machine Tools, and the Political Economy of Industrial Knowledge, 1824-1914”

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2016-2017 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Elizabeth Cross (History) – “The French East India Company and the Politics of Commerce in the Revolutionary Era”
• James Conran (Political Science, MIT) – “The Comparative Political Economy of Working Time and Inequality”
• Tomasz Blusiewicz (History) – “Return of the Hanseatic League of how the Baltic Sea Trade Washed Away the Iron Curtain”
• Jessica Tollette (Sociology) – “Noticeably Invisible: A Study of Race, Policy and Immigrant Incorporation in Present-Day Spain”

Five graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2015-2016 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• James Martin (History; honorary) – “Governing the World Economy: Economic Expertise and the Reshaping of Global Order, 1914-1948”
• Aline-Florence Manent (History) – “The Intellectual Origins of the German Model: Rethinking Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany”
• Noam Gidron (Government) – “The Transformation of the European Center-Right, 1980-2015”
• Jasmine Samara (Anthropology) – “The Social Afterlife of an International Treaty: Debating Law, Coercion and Violence in a Greek Borderland”
• Carolin Roeder (History) – “Horizontal Networks and Vertical Pursuits: A Transnational History of Mountaineering, 1865-1974”

Five graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2014-2015 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Dzavid Dzanic (History) – “The Civilizing Sea: Indigenous Networks, Napoleanic Offers, and the Origins of the French Mediterranean Empire, 1792-1848”
• Megan Formato (History of Science) – “Writing the Atom: Niels Bohr and the Communication of Quantum Theory, 1911-1927”
• Seth Peabody (Germanic Languages and Literatures) – “Environmental Fantasies: Mountains, Cities, and Heimat in German Cinema”
• Sarah Shortall (History) – “Soldiers of God in a Secular World: French Catholic Political Theologies, 1905-1962”
• Jacob Stulberg (English) – “The Unstaging of the Air: BBC Radio and Modern British Drama”

Four graduate students were awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by CES for the 2013-2014 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, students are enrolled at Harvard University.

• Hannah Callaway (History) – Liberty, Equality, Property: The Seizure of Private Property in Paris during the French Revolution
• Charlotte Cavaille (Social Policy/Government) – The Demand for Government Provided Income Protection in the Age of Permanent Austerity (1970s-2012)
• Yascha Mounk (Government) – Luck, Choice and Responsibility in Philosophy and the Popular Imagination
• Stephen Walsh (History) – Austria on Ice: Polar Exploration, Liberalism & Habsburg Central Europe, 1865-1948

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The Dissertation Fellowship is intended to support recipients in their final year of writing and defending their dissertations, without the obligation of a teaching, research, or graduate assignment. The Dissertation Fellowship is awarded to Ph.D./Ed.D./D.M.A. students who have been admitted to candidacy.

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• Student must be nominated by the Graduate Program Director
• Student must expect degree conferral by the end of the summer semester (Please note: Students in the Counseling Psychology and Clinical Psychology Ph.D. programs may apply for Fellowship support the year before internship.)
• Student must not be beyond year five of the doctoral program at the start of the Fall semester
• Student must have a minimum 3.7 graduate cumulative GPA

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Students may not hold a paid assignment (TA/RA/GA) or any other paid fellowship or scholarship during the Dissertation Fellowship award period. Students must be enrolled as full-time students at the University of Miami in an eligible program during the Fellowship award period. It is expected that the Fellowship recipients will complete and defend the dissertation at the end of the fellowship year. 

Application due date: July 1st

Number of Fellowship awards per Academic Year: 5

Fellowship award amount: $35,000 if students  are enrolled August-May .The Fellowship will be paid out in monthly installments spread evenly across the Fellowship award period.  Fellowship payments will end in December for students who graduate in the fall semester.

Fellowship award period: In the Academic Year ( August-May )

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Click on the button below to initiate the application. The application consists of the following components:

• Signed nomination letter from the Graduate Program Director
• Signed support letter from mentor/advisor (If the student's mentor/advisor is also the Graduate Program Director, then this support letter must be submitted by a different UM faculty member.)
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• Research description with evidence of significant progress (half-page, 12 point Times New Roman font, single-spaced, may include figures) 
• Dissertation completion timeline with an explanation of how this fellowship would assist in completion

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What is a thesis?

What is a dissertation, getting started, staying on track.

A thesis is a long-term project that you work on over the course of a semester or a year. Theses have a very wide variety of styles and content, so we encourage you to look at prior examples and work closely with faculty to develop yours. 

Before you begin, make sure that you are familiar with the dissertation genre—what it is for and what it looks like.

Generally speaking, a dissertation’s purpose is to prove that you have the expertise necessary to fulfill your doctoral-degree requirements by showing depth of knowledge and independent thinking.

The form of a dissertation may vary by discipline. Be sure to follow the specific guidelines of your department.

• PhD This site directs candidates to the GSAS website about dissertations , with links to checklists,  planning, formatting, acknowledgments, submission, and publishing options. There is also a link to guidelines for the prospectus . Consult with your committee chair about specific requirements and standards for your dissertation.
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Finding an original topic can be a daunting and overwhelming task. These key concepts can help you focus and save time.

Finding a topic for your dissertation should start with a research question that excites or at least interests you. A rigorous, engaging, and original dissertation will require continuous curiosity about your topic, about your own thoughts on the topic, and about what other scholars have said on your topic. Avoid getting boxed in by thinking you know what you want to say from the beginning; let your research and your writing evolve as you explore and fine-tune your focus through constant questioning and exploration.

Get a sense of the broader picture before you narrow your focus and attempt to frame an argument. Read, skim, and otherwise familiarize yourself with what other scholars have done in areas related to your proposed topic. Briefly explore topics tangentially related to yours to broaden your perspective and increase your chance of finding a unique angle to pursue.

Critical Reading

Critical reading is the opposite of passive reading. Instead of merely reading for information to absorb, critical reading also involves careful, sustained thinking about what you are reading. This process may include analyzing the author’s motives and assumptions, asking what might be left out of the discussion, considering what you agree with or disagree with in the author’s statements and why you agree or disagree, and exploring connections or contradictions between scholarly arguments. Here is a resource to help hone your critical-reading skills:

http://writing.umn.edu/sws/assets/pdf/quicktips/criticalread.pdf

Conversation

Your dissertation will incorporate some of the ideas of the other scholars whose work you researched. By reading critically and following your curiosity, you will develop your own ideas and claims, and these contributions are the core of your dissertation. However, your dissertation will also acknowledge the work of scholars who came before you, and you must accurately and fairly attribute this work and define your place within the larger discussion. Make sure that you know how to quote, summarize, paraphrase , integrate , and cite secondary sources to avoid plagiarism and to show the depth and breadth of your knowledge.

A thesis is a long-term, large project that involves both research and writing; it is easy to lose focus, motivation, and momentum. Here are suggestions for achieving the result you want in the time you have.

The dissertation is probably the largest project you have undertaken, and a lot of the work is self-directed. The project can feel daunting or even overwhelming unless you break it down into manageable pieces and create a timeline for completing each smaller task. Be realistic but also challenge yourself, and be forgiving of yourself if you miss a self-imposed deadline here and there.

Your program will also have specific deadlines for different requirements, including establishing a committee, submitting a prospectus, completing the dissertation, defending the dissertation, and submitting your work. Consult your department’s website for these dates and incorporate them into the timeline for your work.

Accountability

Sometimes self-imposed deadlines do not feel urgent unless there is accountability to someone beyond yourself. To increase your motivation to complete tasks on schedule, set dates with your committee chair to submit pre-determined pieces of a chapter. You can also arrange with a fellow doctoral student to check on each other’s progress. Research and writing can be lonely, so it is also nice to share that journey with someone and support each other through the process.

Common Pitfalls

The most common challenges for students writing a dissertation are writer’s block, information-overload, and the compulsion to keep researching forever.

There are many strategies for avoiding writer’s block, such as freewriting, outlining, taking a walk, starting in the middle, and creating an ideal work environment for your particular learning style. Pay attention to what helps you and try different things until you find what works.

Efficient researching techniques are essential to avoiding information-overload. Here are a couple of resources about strategies for finding sources and quickly obtaining essential information from them.

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/writing_in_literature_detailed_discussion/reading_criticism.html

https://students.dartmouth.edu/academic-skills/learning-resources/learning-strategies/reading-techniques

Finally, remember that there is always more to learn and your dissertation cannot incorporate everything. Follow your curiosity but also set limits on the scope of your work. It helps to create a folder entitled “future projects” for topics and sources that interest you but that do not fit neatly into the dissertation. Also remember that future scholars will build off of your work, so leave something for them to do.

Browsing through theses and dissertations of the past can help to get a sense of your options and gain inspiration but be careful to use current guidelines and refer to your committee instead of relying on these examples for form or formatting.

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The UCI Graduate Division is pleased to announce a fellowship for students nearing completion of their dissertations/thesis. The Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, GDDF, aims to increase dissertation and thesis completion amongst doctoral and MFA students. This award is intended for students in their final year of graduate study who have a realistic expectation of degree completion during the 2024-2025 academic year. The award will allow students to forgo their non-research related employment obligations to concentrate on completing their degree

To maximize the number of students that this fellowship can support, awards will be granted for summer only. The Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship (GDDF) offers $5,000 during the summer 2024 for students who are close to completing their dissertation or thesis in the 2024-2025 academic year. The Graduate Division will cover the stipend cost.

Call for Nominations:   February 23, 2024

Submission Deadline :   April 4, 2024, 12 pm

The deadline for Schools to submit nominations to the Graduate Division is  Thursday, April 4, 2024 by 12:00 pm . Late or incomplete nominations packets will not be reviewed. Students should check with their academic program for internal deadlines. Nominations are restricted to the top three candidates per school for the 2024-2025 year,  College of Health Sciences is limited to two nominations per school/program.

• Nominees must be enrolled full-time in a Ph.D. or MFA program and nearing completion of their dissertation or thesis.
• Nominees must be enrolled in Fall 2024 and file for graduation no later than Summer 2025.
• Nominees must provide evidence in their application that the timeframe to file their degree is reasonable.
• Nominees must maintain a 3.0 GPA
• Although employment during the fellowship period is not recommend, it is permitted.
• Nominees may not be past their academic program’s maximum time-to-degree.
• United States Citizens, Permanent Residents, AB540, and, International Students are eligible to be nominated

Schools are asked to set internal deadlines and collect the student applications accordingly.  Based on merit, schools will then forward nominations of the students to the Graduate Division by  Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 12 pm .

Students:  complete and submit the  GDDF Student Application Form  electronically to their academic department, along with the following:

• Brief description of status of research and progress to date
• Detailed plan & timeline for completion
• Explanation of how fellowship will help complete degree within timeframe.  Review the application for additional details.
• Description of past employment while a graduate student
• Listing of all extramural, departmental, and Graduate Division fellowships or other financial support received, including pending applications with year and amount
• Current version of the student’s Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Unofficial academic transcript
• Letter of recommendation from student’s dissertation committee chair
• Combine all above documents into one PDF and pass along to department

Departments:  complete the  GDDF Department Nomination Form  for each student the department is nominating. Combine with the student application and supplemental documents.  All documents must be combined into one PDF before forwarding on to school.

Schools/College : submit completed documentations for each nominee to  GDDF Submission Form .

• Student Application Form
• Department Nomination Form
• GDDF Submission Form
• GDDF fellows are required to file their dissertation during the  2024-2025  academic year and  must file their degree no later than summer 2025.  Students must be enrolled in Fall 2024 at minimum to be eligible for this fellowship. 
• Department/Schools/Colleges will be required to re-pay the awarded funds to the Graduate Division if the filing requirement is not met. 
• GDDF fellows are no longer eligible for Graduate Division fellowship funding after the end of the summer fellowship term.
• If students have applied for and accepted Financial Aid loans or Work-Study awards and subsequently receive any fellowships, the additional support may affect their eligibility for need-based financial aid. Students should contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships to determine if their eligibility will be affected.
• Students should review the terms of any funding that they have accepted to ensure that they are eligible to receive additional fellowship funding

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Today’s highly competitive faculty job market can be challenging to navigate for aspiring academics, particularly those from underrepresented communities. But one Stanford fellowship program is guiding doctoral students through that process and helping them land faculty jobs at colleges and universities across the nation and abroad.

DARE Fellows Greses Pérez, Eduardo Valle, Matthew Clarke, and Melissa Mesinas at the annual welcome reception for incoming fellows, faculty advisors, administrative partners, and guests. (Image credit: Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education)

The Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence Doctoral Fellowship Program , or DARE, is for advanced Stanford PhD students who are interested in exploring and preparing for faculty careers. In addition to funding, DARE provides mentorship, courses, workshops and visits to local colleges and universities. Many fellows are the first in their families to attend college, are from underrepresented backgrounds or bring diversity to their field and academia in a multitude of ways. All fellows benefit from the support and guidance the program provides.

“There’s a lot that students don’t know about preparing for a faculty career,” said Anika Green, assistant vice provost for graduate education and director of the program. “DARE is meant to demystify the process.”

DARE was launched in 2008 as a pilot program by the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE) with funding from the Office of the Provost, which continues to fund it today. 

“Designed and championed by VPGE’s inaugural vice provost, Patricia J. Gumport, DARE is truly a visionary program,” said Stacey F. Bent, vice provost for graduate education and postdoctoral affairs. “Patti successfully secured support from former and current Provosts John Etchemendy and Persis Drell, both of whom admire the DARE fellows as much as we do in VPGE.”

DARE fellows join annually in cohorts, which enables them to connect with other students––a key component of the fellowship. They come from all departments across the university in all seven schools and are U.S. citizens, international students and permanent residents. The program’s emphasis on building inclusive environments for students of all backgrounds, experiences and identities is closely aligned with the university’s IDEAL initiative . 

“The PhD experience can be isolating,” said Green. “For many fellows, DARE is their first time in a community of scholars who share similar career goals and are committed to advancing diversity.”

Demystifying the professoriate

The path to a teaching job in higher education is unlike the career trajectories in other fields or industries. According to Dr. anthony lising antonio, associate professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, a call for a faculty position is usually a national search for one person with a specific expertise.

“It’s very competitive to get one of those jobs,” said antonio. “Given the individualized nature of faculty positions, the job market is also unpredictable from year to year. Layer on top of this the variegated nature of the higher education landscape – community colleges, research universities, comprehensive colleges, liberal arts colleges that are public, private, small and large with differing missions, constituencies and student populations – and you have a fairly complex and confusing job market to navigate.”

During their first year in the program, fellows participate in a three-quarter class sequence. This includes the fall quarter course that covers the role of faculty. In the winter quarter, fellows visit local campuses to learn about faculty roles and responsibilities at different types of higher education institutions. In the spring, fellows learn about the nuts and bolts of the faculty job application process. The second year focuses on supporting fellows as they complete their thesis while managing the job application, interview and negotiation process. 

DARE relies heavily on the support of campus partners like the Center for Teaching and Learning, as well as Stanford faculty, many of whom serve as advisors to fellows. antonio, who is a DARE faculty advisor, said this role-modeling is extremely important in opening the possibility of a faculty position for students from diverse backgrounds.

“As institutions that create knowledge and educate students, colleges and universities are best served by faculty and a student body with diverse backgrounds and experiences,” antonio said. “Such an educational environment is vital for fostering critical thinking, innovation, and – in the applied sciences – socially productive knowledge.”

Where are they now?

Since the inception of DARE, 280 students have been named fellows. Most of the 218 alumni are working in the academic sector, with 88 in tenure-line positions and 27 working as postdoctoral scholars. They are working across the country and abroad, in numerous fields at research-intensive institutions, teaching-focused universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges. DARE alumni are currently working at Stanford, Bryn Mawr College, Harvard, San Jose State University, UC Berkeley, and the University of Texas, among other institutions.

Chelsey Simmons is a DARE alum who earned her PhD in mechanical engineering at Stanford in 2013 and is now an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Florida. She said the visits to local campuses gave her a more nuanced understanding of the differences in higher education institutions and greatly informed her career choices. She also praised the one-on-one support she received in the program.

“The DARE staff are amazing…they absolutely impacted the trajectory of my career.”

“The DARE staff are amazing,” said Simmons. “Anika Green and Chris Golde (former associate vice provost who co-designed DARE and teaches the first-year curriculum) were such valuable resources as I went through my job search. They served as a sounding board, gave advice on negotiating offers and startup packages, and helped edit my application materials. They absolutely impacted the trajectory of my career.”

DARE alum Tristan Ivory, who completed his PhD in sociology at Stanford in 2015 and is now an assistant professor of international and comparative labor at Cornell University, said that the academic job market has become increasingly competitive. For example, in recent years, postdoctoral fellowships have become a standard requirement for faculty positions in many fields. He said the ability to connect with recent DARE alumni who can advise on the rapidly changing industry is crucial.

“DARE has a large alumni network of folks who are fairly close in age and stage to some of the more recent cohorts, so there’s generally going to be someone that fellows can reach out to with questions about the academic job market,” said Ivory. “Having people that are going through the same experience and can serve as points of reference as you persist further in your career is a great benefit of the program that I am very fortunate to have. I am still in contact with a number of DARE alumni.”

DARE applications for the 2022-2023 academic year are now open. More information is available on the DARE website .

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CS&E Announces 2024-25 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) Award Winners

Seven Ph.D. students working with CS&E professors have been named Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for the 2024-25 school year. The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is a highly competitive fellowship that gives the University’s most accomplished Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation during the fellowship year. The award includes a stipend of $25,000, tuition for up to 14 thesis credits each semester, and subsidized health insurance through the Graduate Assistant Health Plan.

CS&E congratulates the following students on this outstanding accomplishment:

• Athanasios Bacharis (Advisor: Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos )
• Karin de Langis (Advisor:  Dongyeop Kang )
• Arshia Zernab Hassan (Advisors: Chad Myers )
• Xinyue Hu (Advisors: Zhi-Li Zhang )
• Lucas Kramer (Advisors: Eric Van Wyk )
• Yijun Lin (Advisors: Yao-Yi Chiang )
• Mingzhou Yang (Advisors: Shashi Shekhar )

Athanasios Bacharis

Bacharis’ work centers around the robot-vision area, focusing on making autonomous robots act on visual information. His research includes active vision approaches, namely, view planning and next-best-view, to tackle the problem of 3D reconstruction via different optimization frameworks. The acquisition of 3D information is crucial for automating tasks, and active vision methods obtain it via optimal inference. Areas of impact include agriculture and healthcare, where 3D models can lead to reduced use of fertilizers via phenotype analysis of crops and effective management of cancer treatments. Bacharis has a strong publication record, with two peer-reviewed conference papers and one journal paper already published. He also has one conference paper under review and two journal papers in the submission process. His publications are featured in prestigious robotic and automation venues, further demonstrating his expertise and the relevance of his research in the field.

Karin de Langis

Karin's thesis works at the intersection of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and cognitive science. Her work uses eye-tracking and other cognitive signals to improve NLP systems in their performance and cognitive interpretability, and to create NLP systems that process language more similarly to humans. Her human-centric approach to NLP is motivated by the possibility of addressing the shortcomings of current statistics-based NLP systems, which often become stuck on explainability and interpretability, resulting in potential biases. This work has most recently been accepted and presented at SIGNLL Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning (CoNLL) conference which has a special focus on theoretically, cognitively and scientifically motivated approaches to computational linguistics.

Arshia Zernab Hassan

Hassan's thesis work delves into developing computational methods for interpreting data from genome wide CRISPR/Cas9 screens. CRISPR/Cas9 is a new approach for genome editing that enables precise, large-scale editing of genomes and construction of mutants in human cells. These are powerful data for inferring functional relationships among genes essential for cancer growth. Moreover, chemical-genetic CRISPR screens, where population of mutant cells are grown in the presence of chemical compounds, help us understand the effect the chemicals have on cancer cells and formulate precise drug solutions. Given the novelty of these experimental technologies, computational methods to process and interpret the resulting data and accurately quantify the various genetic interactions are still quite limited, and this is where Hassan’s dissertation is focused on. Her research extends to developing deep-learning based methods that leverage CRISPR chemical-genetic and other genomic datasets to predict cancer sensitivity to candidate drugs. Her methods on improving information content in CRISPR screens was published in the Molecular Systems Biology journal, a highly visible journal in the computational biology field. 

Hu's Ph.D. dissertation is concentrated on how to effectively leverage the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) – especially deep learning – to tackle challenging and important problems in the design and development of reliable, effective and secure (independent) physical infrastructure networks. More specifically, her research focuses on two critical infrastructures: power grids and communication networks, in particular, emerging 5G networks, both of which not only play a critical role in our daily life but are also vital to the nation’s economic well-being and security. Due to the enormous complexity, diversity, and scale of these two infrastructures, traditional approaches based on (simplified) theoretical models and heuristics-based optimization are no longer sufficient in overcoming many technical challenges in the design and operations of these infrastructures: data-driven machine learning approaches have become increasingly essential. The key question now is: how does one leverage the power of AI/ML without abandoning the rich theory and practical expertise that have accumulated over the years? Hu’s research has pioneered a new paradigm – (domain) knowledge-guided machine learning (KGML) – in tackling challenging and important problems in power grid and communications (e.g., 5G) network infrastructures.

Lucas Kramer

Kramer is now the driving force in designing tools and techniques for building extensible programming languages, with the Minnesota Extensible Language Tools (MELT) group. These are languages that start with a host language such as C or Java, but can then be extended with new syntax (notations) and new semantics (e.g. error-checking analyses or optimizations) over that new syntax and the original host language syntax. One extension that Kramer created was to embed the domain-specific language Halide in MELT's extensible specification of C, called ableC. This extension allows programmers to specify how code working on multi-dimensional matrices is transformed and optimized to make efficient use of hardware. Another embeds the logic-programming language Prolog into ableC; yet another provides a form of nondeterministic parallelism useful in some algorithms that search for a solution in a structured, but very large, search space. The goal of his research is to make building language extensions such as these more practical for non-expert developers.  To this end he has made many significant contributions to the MELT group's Silver meta-language, making it easier for extension developers to correctly specify complex language features with minimal boilerplate. Kramer is the lead author of one journal and four conference papers on his work at the University of Minnesota, winning the distinguished paper award for his 2020 paper at the Software Language Engineering conference, "Strategic Tree Rewriting in Attribute Grammars".

Lin’s doctoral dissertation focuses on a timely, important topic of spatiotemporal prediction and forecasting using multimodal and multiscale data. Spatiotemporal prediction and forecasting are important scientific problems applicable to diverse phenomena, such as air quality, ambient noise, traffic conditions, and meteorology. Her work also couples the resulting prediction and forecasting with multimodal (e.g., satellite imagery, street-view photos, census records, and human mobility data) and multiscale geographic information (e.g., census records focusing on small tracts vs. neighborhood surveys) to characterize the natural and built environment, facilitating our understanding of the interactions between and within human social systems and the ecosystem. Her work has a wide-reaching impact across multiple domains such as smart cities, urban planning, policymaking, and public health.

Mingzhou Yang

Yang is developing a thesis in the broad area of spatial data mining for problems in transportation. His thesis has both societal and theoretical significance. Societally, climate change is a grand challenge due to the increasing severity and frequency of climate-related disasters such as wildfires, floods, droughts, etc. Thus, many nations are aiming at carbon neutrality (also called net zero) by mid-century to avert the worst impacts of global warming. Improving energy efficiency and reducing toxic emissions in transportation is important because transportation accounts for the vast majority of U.S. petroleum consumption as well as over a third of GHG emissions and over a hundred thousand U.S. deaths annually via air pollution. To accurately quantify the expected environmental cost of vehicles during real-world driving, Yang's thesis explores ways to incorporate physics in the neural network architecture complementing other methods of integration: feature incorporation, and regularization. This approach imposes stringent physical constraints on the neural network model, guaranteeing that its outputs are consistently in accordance with established physical laws for vehicles. Extensive experiments including ablation studies demonstrated the efficacy of incorporating physics into the model. 

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Graduate students Wayne Water Vigil Jr. and Giulia Alboreggia have each won a Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award. The award, given by the UCR Graduate Division , is given to doctoral students for up to two quarters.  

Vigil Jr. and Alboreggia are the first two graduates with doctoral degrees from the Biophysics Graduate Program , directed by Roya Zandi , a professor of physics and astronomy. 

Vigil Jr. who works with Russ Hille , a distinguished professor of biochemistry , has won the award for the spring quarter and will receive $10,000. He plans to use the award money to pay his rent while completing his dissertation work. 

Vigil Jr. will graduate next month with a doctoral degree in biophysics, after which he will start a postdoctoral appointment at UCR. He was drawn to the new Biophysics Graduate Program because he “liked the idea of trailblazing something that hadn’t been done before.” 

“There’s a familiarity in the unknown,” he said.

Vigil Jr. is a self-proclaimed “desert rat from the mountains of New Mexico.” A first-generation college student, he worked full time as an emergency medical technician during his high-school and undergraduate years. He received his dual-major from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology: one degree in chemical engineering with a minor in chemistry and the second a degree in biomedical sciences. 

“I have been beyond fortunate in my time here at UCR, from getting an amazing mentor, Dr. Hille, who has been nothing short of phenomenal,” he said. “I got to travel to Europe to present my research in 2021 and received the Science of Sustainability Fellowship last year. All the ups and downs have made for a wild time here at UCR and I’m glad the coin-flip that brought me down to Riverside landed heads and not tails.”

Vigil Jr. has two pet rabbits.

“One uses her five pounds of fluffy might to terrorize me given the opportunity,” he said.

Alboreggia works with Maurizio Pellecchia , a professor of biomedical sciences and the Daniel Hays Endowed Chair in Cancer Research in the School of Medicine . She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Insubria in Italy.

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2023-2024 Doctoral Dissertation Fellows

The graduate school is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 ddf fellowship recipients.

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023-2024 DDF Fellowship! The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) gives the University's most accomplished Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation during the fellowship year.

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