Dear EE Faculty, Nominations are now open for the 2021 Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship. Please submit your nomination, including name and a short paragraph to Tanya Owen at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by Wednesday, June 16th. Eligibility: Students must be in their third year of their PhD program in the fall semester or quarter of 2021. The department chair’s office at the nominating university will need to attest that the student will be considered a third year PhD student at that time having taken into account transfers, approved leaves of absence, etc.
* Tuition and fees will be covered for two academic years (2022–23 and 2023–24). * A $42,000 USD stipend will be provided to help with living expenses while in school for two academic years (2022-23 and 2023-24). The stipend is not expected to cover all living expenses; it can be used for expenses including, but not limited to, childcare, conference fees and travel, research equipment, meals, rent, etc. * Opportunities will be provided to build relationships with research teams at Microsoft and receive mentorship. Additional fellowship details can be found here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/phd-fellowship/#!canada-us Best, Tanya [cid:[email protected]] As someone in the academic community, we are reaching out to let you know we’re currently accepting submissions for this year’s Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship<https://aka.ms/phd-fellowship>. The global program identifies and empowers the next generation of exceptional computing research talent. We are looking for the best and brightest talent and celebrate individuality. We invite and encourage candidates to come as they are and do what they love. Microsoft recognizes the value of diversity in computing and aims to increase the pipeline of talent receiving advanced degrees in computing-related fields to build a stronger and inclusive computing-related research community. We currently offer PhD fellowships in Asia-Pacific, Canada and the United States, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), and Latin America. University nominations for Canada and the United States are due June 30, 2021, while student proposals for Asia-Pacific, EMEA and Latin America are due on June 30, 2021. We encourage you to forward this email message within your communities either directly with your student and faculty contacts, via topically relevant email lists, or share on social media: Twitter<https://twitter.com/MSFTResearch/status/1391794669974081549>, Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/microsoftresearch/posts/10159641355455844>, Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/p/COsxIxegZK2/>, and LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/posts/microsoft_announcing-the-microsoft-research-phd-fellowship-activity-6797562487186313216--d19/>. Please direct any questions not answered on the program page to the regional program managers below. Asia-Pacific: Yunyun Jiang at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected];?subject=Microsoft%20Research%20PhD%20Fellowship%20-%20General%20Inquiry> Canada & US, EMEA, and Latin America: Mariah L. Christianson at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]?subject=Microsoft%20Research%20PhD%20Fellowship%20-%20General%20Inquiry> Thank you, Microsoft Research Outreach Unsubscribe<mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe%20from%20Fellowship%20Program%20Emails> / Se désabonner<mailto:[email protected]?subject=Se%20désabonner%20de%20l'e-mail%20/%20msro%20communications%20opt%20out> | Privacy Statement<https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement> / Déclaration de confidentialité<https://privacy.microsoft.com/fr-ca/privacystatement> Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052
