Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US)
Funding Agency:
- National Science Foundation
The computer and information science and engineering fields are experiencing booming undergraduate enrollments. Many of these undergraduate degree recipients have outstanding job opportunities in industry and at other organizations, and only a small fraction of these individuals considers pursuing related doctoral degree-granting programs. In order to increase the number of diverse, domestic graduate students in these areas and thereby bolster the U.S. population in the Nation's computer and information science and engineering research and innovation workforce, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) announces its intention to continue support CISE Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US). In particular, CSGrad4US is intended for individuals who have some practical experience following their bachelor’s degree and are now interested in pursuing a research-based doctoral degree.
The goals of the CSGrad4US Fellowships are to: 1) select, recognize, and financially support early-career individuals with the demonstrated potential to be high-achieving CISE researchers and innovators; and 2) to broaden participation among groups underrepresented in CISE disciplines, including women, Blacks and African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Native Pacific Islanders, and persons with disabilities. CSGrad4US Fellowships are a part of an overall strategy by NSF's CISE directorate to develop the national workforce necessary to ensure the Nation's leadership in advancing CISE research and innovation.
NSF expects to select up to 70 individuals pursuant to this DCL. Upon enrollment in a doctoral degree-granting program in a CISE discipline no later than Fall 2024, these individuals will become CSGrad4US Fellows. Each Phase 2 CSGrad4US Fellowship will be in the amount of $138,000, for three years of support during a five-year fellowship period. For each of the three years of support, NSF will provide a $34,000 stipend and $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to the graduate degree-granting institution of higher education for each Fellow who will use the support in a fellowship year.
CSGrad4US Fellowship applicant applications must be submitted via the NSF Education & Training Application (https://www.nsfetap.org). Applications, including reference letters, must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on May 19, 2022. Applications will not be accepted after the deadline.
NSF CSGrad4US Fellowships, telephone: (703) 292-8950, email: csgrad4us@nsf.gov.