September 23, 2004

IBM PhD Fellowship

Availible to graduate students who have completed one year of study. Must be nominated
by a faculty member.


IBM is pleased to announce the Ph.D. Fellowship Program for the 2005-2006
academic year. We have received many outstanding and exceptional
candidates from universities all over the world in the past and encourage
your participation. IBM Ph.D. Fellowship nominations may be made by
faculty members from September 20 to November 1, 2004.

The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Program honors exceptional Ph.D. students in the
array of disciplines fundamental to innovation and on demand business,
including: business, chemistry, computer science, electrical engineering,
materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, and physics, as
well as emerging technical fields, such as autonomic computing,
nanotechnology, Grid computing, and services management, operations,
research, and services science. The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Program also
supports our long-standing commitment to workforce diversity. IBM
the workplace and encourages nominations of women, minorities and all who
contribute to that diversity.

Please feel free to post this Program Announcement in your department
area. This announcement will also be posted on the Internet
at 2004 and will be linked to the Internet nomination form. Award recipients
will be finalized in early February, 2005 followed by letters to all
participants. All supporting documents for the fellowship, such as
student's resume, and endorsement by the department head as well as the
nominator's recommendation must be included in the nomination form. We
ask that each department submit no more than two new nominations (in
addition to any existing fellowship renewals). In cases of more than one
nomination for a particular fellowship (including renewals), the
department head's endorsement must include an indication of the relative
merits of all the candidates and the department's prioritization of these
candidates. Students must be enrolled full-time in a college or
university Ph.D. program, and they should have completed at least one
year of study in their doctoral program at the time of their nomination.

IBM Ph.D. Fellowships are awarded worldwide. IBM Ph.D. Fellows are
awarded tuition, fees, and a stipend of $17,500 (US) for the nine-month
academic year 2005/2006. All IBM Ph.D. Fellows are matched with an IBM
Mentor according to their technical interests, and they are encouraged to
participate in a summer internship. Interns are awarded an IBM ThinkPad
gift during the internship.

We look forward to receiving your department's nominations.

For further information, see your IBM contact, visit the website above, or
contact phdfellow@us.ibm.com

If you wish to be removed from this announcement mailing in the future,
please send a return email indicating this.

Thank you.

Dr. Mary O. Rigali
Program Director, Ph.D. Fellowship program

Corporate University Relations

Posted by lacey at September 23, 2004 02:24 PM