Intel PhD Fellowship (2013-2014)

Internal CS deadline: 2/14/2014
Grad College deadline: 2/20/2014

See: https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/3178

Intel provides fellowships to outstanding PhD candidates in engineering, computer science, social science, and other fields focusing on semiconductor and high tech computing technologies at selected U.S. universities.

The fellowship is a one year award that includes $45,000 for stipend and tuition and $5,000 for research, along with other benefits, as described below:

Stipend and Tuition Coverage. Fellows at the University of Illinois will receive a stipend of $33,000. The remaining $12,000 will be claimed by the University as an educational allowance to cover the Fellow's tuition and fees. Fellows will receive full coverage of tuition and assessed fees.
Research Total Industry Experience (TIE) Grant. The TIE grant provides $5,000 that may be used for travel to/from an Intel campus or an Intel-sponsored event.
Recipients are assigned an Intel technical mentor who is a respected leader in the field.
Recipients are prioritized for internships and hiring opportunities with the company.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be currently enrolled in a PhD program at a participating university (the University of Illinois is a participating university) and must be concentrating on one of the following technical areas:
- Applications, Programming, and New Usage Models
  - Future Workloads and Applications, Security, Internet of Things, Pervasive Computing, Big Data and Analytics, Machine Learning, Parallel Programming, Web Programming, Human Computer Interaction, Wearables and Ethnography
- Computing Leadership
  - Architecture, Energy Efficient Computing, SoC, Communications, Embedded Systems, Heterogeneous Computing, Visual Computing, Cloud Computing, Mobile Platforms, Nanotechnology, Circuit Design, and CAD.
- Semiconductor Innovation
  - Beyond CMOS devices and architectures; Bio inspired new device and architecture for future computation and memory; Bottoms up, self-aware fabrication for package interconnects and substrates; Compliant/Flexible non-fatiguing interconnects; and Novel devices/architectures for power neutral systems.
Must have completed at least 24 months in the PhD program by the start of the fellowship period.
Must be a US citizen, legal permanent resident, or F1 visa holder. Note, however, that the program is not open to individuals from embargoed countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria) or controlled countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Macau, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam), unless they are exempt from US Export License and Control rules based on their status as a U.S. Worker (e.g., legal permanent resident, refugee, person granted political asylum).

Students must be nominated by their departments. Each department may submit up to six nominations.

Please ensure that the following materials are submitted by 5pm on 2/14/2014 to Colin Robertson (colinr@illinois.edu, 2233 SC):

Completed nomination form (unsigned).
CV.
Research Statement (maximum length 500 words). See below* for guidelines on composing the Research Statement.
Three letters of recommendation (with one coming from the student's advisor).

Note: Electronic documents are preferred and should be submitted as PDFs, Word documents, or plain-text files. Students, please include your netid in your file names.

Guidelines from Intel for composing the Research Statement:

Introduce the work by concisely placing the work in context. For example, "My research is in transistor physics."
Make the research problem clear. For example, "The problem I am trying to solve is improving the external resistance of double gate transistor devices."
Quickly move into explaining YOUR project. For example, "My research aims to develop new alloys for improved barrier height at the contact silicide boundary. I am primarily focused on Ni/Ti/C alloys of... "
Consider the audience to be a faculty member who is knowledgeable in your area but not necessarily an expert.
Explain why your research is significant.
Don't spend a lot of time/space on very high level explanations (for example, it is not necessary to emphasize the importance of low power, high performance, high yield etc.)
Emphasize your research work, not the work of others in your group.
Include enough details to validate your methodology.

A campus selection committee will review applications and choose six finalists to represent the University of Illinois in the national competition. Names of those finalists will be sent to Intel. Intel will then invite finalists to apply via Intel's online system.