Computer Science

IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center: Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in mathematical and computer sciences. The fellowship provides scientists of outstanding ability an opportunity to advance their scholarship as resident department members at the Research Center. The department provides an atmosphere in which basic research is combined with work on technical problems arising in industry. Candidates must have a doctorate and no more than five years of postdoctoral professional experience (with a preference for less) when the fellowship commences.
http://www.research.ibm.com/math/goldstine.html

AAAS/NIH Science Policy Fellowships: All applicants must have a PhD, an MD or an equivalent doctoral-level degree by the application deadline (January 10, 2004). Prospective Fellows must demonstrate exceptional competence in a specific area of science; be cognizant of and demonstrate sensitivity toward policy issues; and, perhaps most importantly, have a strong interest and some experience in applying his/her professional knowledge toward the development of health policy. Fellows are expected to be critical thinkers who are articulate, adaptable, and able to work with a variety of people with different professional backgrounds Applications are invited from individuals in any physical, biological, or behavioral science, medicine, any field of engineering or any relevant interdisciplinary field. Federal employees are not eligible.
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_NIH.shtml

AAAS/NSF Science and Engineering Fellowship Program: Fellows spend one year at the National Science Foundation (NSF), beginning in September 2004, learning how NSF funds science, while providing scientific, engineering, and educational input on issues relating to NSF's mission to support fundamental science and engineering research and education. AAAS/NSF Science and Engineering Fellows will be placed in offices throughout the Foundation working with staff involved in the planning, development and oversight of agency programs. The programs include all fields of fundamental research including biological, computer and information, mathematical and physical, social/behavioral/economic, and geo-sciences as well as engineering and technology, education, or public, legal and legislative affairs.
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_NSF.shtml

AAUW Selected Professions Fellowships: Awarded to women who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who intend to pursue a full-time course of study during the fellowship year in designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low. Candidates in all programs except the master's in engineering and medicine are eligible to apply for support for the final year of study only and are expected to receive their degrees at the end of the fellowship year. Women pursuing master's in engineering programs are eligible to apply for either the first or final year of study. Women in medical programs may apply for either their third or final year of study. Doctoral candidates in engineering must be entering the final stages of writing their dissertations. Special consideration is given to applicants who show professional promise in innovative or neglected areas of research or practice in areas of public interest.
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/selected.cfm

AFCEA Fellowships: Awarded to full-time postgraduate students who have earned Master's degrees or the equivalent and who are currently enrolled in a doctoral degree program in electrical, electronic, chemical or communications engineering, physics, math, or computer science. The dissertation title or abstract of the specific area of research is required.
http://www.afcea.org/education/scholarships_details.asp?ID=7

AFCEA Ralph W. Shrader Scholarships: Scholarships of $3,000 each will be awarded to full-time postgraduate students currently working toward a master's degree in electrical, computer, chemical or aerospace engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, computer technology, electronics, communications technology, communications engineering, or information management.
http://www.afcea.org/education/scholarships_details.asp?ID=6

Aristeion Bodossaki Prize: Eligibility: Applicants must be native born Greeks or foreign citizens of Greek origin. Description: This prize is awarded every two years in recognition of outstanding achievements in the Sciences, Life Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering. It will be accompanied by the sum of 150,000 Euro (US $134,162.53). The award will go to a scientist who has completed original and mainstream work of the highest possible quality that has shaped important parts of his or her field. Applicants must be nominated by their institutions, so those who wish to apply should notify the chair of their department and submit a request for nomination to the Graduate School. Nominations must be accompanied by a short statement justifying the nomination and will be sent to the Bodossaki Foundation by the Graduate School. More information: Write to the Bodossaki Foundation, 20 Amalias Ave., GR-105 57, Athens, GREECE. Phone: 3237-973, 3237-804. Fax: 3237-976
http://www.bme.northwestern.edu/current/graduate/fellowships.php

AWIS Educational Foundation for L'Oreal USA: The L’ORE'AL USA for Women in Science Fellowship programme will award five grants of $20,000 each to third and fourth year graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who are pursuing studies and research in the Natural Sciences (biological and physical), Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics.
http://www.awis.org/careers/scholarships.html

Charles Babbage Institute Center for the History of Information Processing Adelle and Erwin Tomash Fellowship in the History of Information Processing: The fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student for research in the history of computing.
http://www.intstudents.wisc.edu/scholarship/dissertators/private/tomash_fellowship.htm

Department of Energy Advanced Scientific Computing Research: Computer Science: Research in computer science to enable large scientific applications through advances in massively parallel computing such as very lightweight operating systems for parallel computers, distributed computing such as development of the Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) software package which has become an industry standard, and large scale data management and visualization.
http://www.science.doe.gov/production/grants/progdesc.html

Department of Energy Advanced Scientific Computing: Networking: Research in high performance networks and information surety required to support high performance applications - protocols for high performance networks, methods for measuring the performance of high performance networks, and software to enable high speed connections between high performance computers and networks. The development of high speed communications and collaboration technologies will allow scientists to view, compare, and integrate data from multiple sources remotely.
http://www.science.doe.gov/production/grants/progdesc.html

DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship: This program works to identify and provide support for some of the very best computational science graduate students in the nation. Program of study must include computer science, mathematics, and a science or engineering.
http://www.krellinst.org/CSGF/

DOE High Performance Computer Science Graduate Fellowship: The program is open to United States citizens who are senior undergraduates or in their first or second year of graduate study at a university within the United States. Applicants must be pursuing or planning to pursue a Ph.D. in computer science with an emphasis on high-performance computing.
http://www.krellinst.org/DOE_HPCS/DOE_HPCS.html

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): National Network for Environmental Management Studies: Annual program to support a range of fellowship activities designed to help students refine their professional skills and enhance their knowledge of environmental issues. Fields of study include: environmental policy, regulation and law; environmental management and administration; environmental science; public relations and communications; computer programming and development.
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/NNEMS/

Grass Fellowships in Neuroscience: Seeks to encourage independent research by investigators early in their careers and to increase research opportunities for persons trained for careers in neurobiological investigation. Neurobiological approaches supported include the following: neurophysiology, membrane biophysics, integrative neurobiology and neuroethology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and developmental neurobiology, and computational approaches to neural systems.
http://www.mbl.edu/research/summer/fellowships.html

Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) and Pfizer, Inc. Graduate Fellowship: Annual awards to provide partial financial support to Hispanic students in graduate programs. Includes a paid internship at Pfizer's N.Y.C. headquarters for the summer following the year of academic support. Fields of study include: biostatistics, economics, medicine, business administration, electrical engineering, public health, computer engineering, epidemiology, computer information systems, and health administration.
http://www.hsf.net/home/

IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Program: Intended to help enlarge the pool of talented Ph.D.'s in areas of importance to IBM values diversity in the workplace and encourages nominations of women, minorities and others who contribute to that diversity.
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/fellowship/phd/faqs.html

Merwin, Richard E. Student Scholarship: Graduate students, juniors, and seniors in electrical or computer engineering, computer science, or a well-defined computer related field of engineering who are active members of a Computer Society student branch chapter are eligible.
http://www.computer.org/students/schlrshp.htm - merwin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/ United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation: Harriet G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program: Annual fellowship program to increase the number of women, minorities, and people with disabilities participating in math, science, engineering, and technology disciplines of interest to NASA. Fields of study include: Aeronautics/aerospace, astronomy, bioengineering, biology, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, life sciences, materials sciences, mathematics, meteorology, physical sciences, physics, and science education.
http://www.uncfsp.org/

National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences: Annual fellowship program to support Ph.D.-track students in the physical sciences and related engineering fields, with special emphasis on supporting women and minority students who, historically, have been underrepresented in the research community. Fields of study include: astronomy, chemistry, computer science, geology, materials science, mathematical sciences, physics, and engineering fields, including chemical, computer, electrical, environmental, and mechanical.
http://www.npsc.org/students/info.html

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (Including Women in Engineering and Computer and Information Science Awards): Offers recognition and three years of support for advanced study to approximately 900 outstanding graduate students in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences, including the history of science and the philosophy of science, and to research-based PhD degrees in science education.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03050/nsf03050.htm

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships: Fellowships are awarded for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences, including the history of science and the philosophy of science, and to research-based Ph.D. degrees in science education.
http://www.orau.org/news/releases/2002/fy02-47.htm

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: Offers postdoctoral funding opportunities for mathematics and sciences.
https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/postdoc_fel.jsp

Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Research Fellowships and Travel Award: Vessa Notchev Fellowships: Awards are for research in all the natural sciences, including: physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology and statistics.
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm

Sloan, Alfred P. Foundation: Fellowships for faculty in chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics; postdoctoral fellowships for career transitions into computational molecular biology from physics, mathematics, computer science, chemistry, and related fields; Sloan Industry Center Fellowships, Education and Careers in Science and Technology; Ph.D.’s for underrepresented minorities fellowships also available.
http://www.sloan.org/main.shtml

Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Program: Offers a variety of scholarships for women pursuing degrees in engineering.
http://www.swe.org/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=9&ssSourceNodeId=65

Student Environment Management Participation Program at the U.S. Army Environmental Center: Opportunities to participate in research in environmental programs involving cultural and natural resources, restoration, compliance, conservation, pollution prevention, validation, demonstration, technology transfer, quality assurance and quality control, training, information management and reporting, and related programs. Appropriate for: archaeology, biology, chemistry, ecology, engineering, entomology, environmental sciences, forestry, history, information sciences, plant pathology, wildlife biology, zoology, related scientific disciplines.
http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/USARMY/gi-gugEMP.htm

U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Argonne National laboratory: Nonproliferation Graduate Program: Annual internship program to support students interested in exploring a career in the field of nuclear nonproliferation with DOE or other U.S. government agencies. Current placements are in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Washington, D.C. Fields of study include: Peace studies, science and technology studies, engineering, political science, public policy, physical sciences, social sciences, international affairs, economics, international business, and other relevant fields.
http://www.dep.anl.gov/p_shared/gusnef/gusnef.htm

Upsilon Pi Epsilon Student Award for Academic Excellence: All graduate and undergraduate students who are IEEE Computer Society members, and full-time students at an academic institution are eligible.
http://www.computer.org/students/schlrshp.htm - upsilon

Wickham, General John A., Scholarships: $1500 scholarships available to U.S. citizens who have good moral character, demonstrate academic excellence, have good leadership qualities, and demonstrate financial need.
http://www.scholarship-page.com/subjects/compsci.shtml

Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship Program: Annual award to fund graduate students of ethnic minorities who are enrolled in one of the technical sciences or engineering disciplines. Fields of study include: Chemistry; chemical, civil, computer, electrical, imaging, mechanical, optical, and software engineering; information management; physics; and materials science.
http://www.xerox.com/go/xrx/template/009.jsp?
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