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| Computational Science Graduate Fellowship |
| DOE Program to Support Gifted Scientists |
| The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) program was developed over ten years ago to meet the nation's growing need for computationally sophisticated science and technology workers. As this need continues to rise into the 21st century, the DOE CSGF program becomes even more important. |
| As part of its science and national security missions, the DOE supports a broad spectrum of basic and applied research in science and engineering. High-performance computing is an integral part of many of these research activities, which include vigorous programs in climate change, combustion, DNA sequencing, fusion energy, health issues, materials sciences, nuclear stockpile stewardship and non-proliferation, protein structures, and resource recovery. Because of its continuing needs in high-performance computing, DOE has a special interest in encouraging the development of the next generation of leaders in computational science. |
| The highly competitive DOE CSGF program provides a monthly stipend, along with payment of all the fellows' tuition and fees at a United States university. Students are required to follow a program of study that demonstrates breadth through academic achievement in a scientific or engineering discipline, computer science, and applied mathematics. An advisory committee evaluates and approves a program of study that meets the goals of both the students and the fellowship program. |
| Fellows complete a three-month practicum at a DOE laboratory and participate in an annual fellowship conference. The conference provides a forum for fellows to present their research and an opportunity to attend presentations by the nation's leading computational scientists. This year the annual conference was held in Washington, DC. |
| The 17 new fellowship awardees for the 2007-2008 year were selected from nearly 400 qualified applicants. The online applications for 2008-2009 DOE CSGF awards will be available in October at: http://www.krellinst.org/csgf/application. |
For more information on the DOE CSGF, please contact the fellowship administrator, the Krell Institute (515-292-4103; http:// www.krellinst.org/csgf), or email the fellowship coordinator, Rachel Huisman, at: rachel@krellinst.org.
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