CS Deadline: 7/23/2018 by 11:59P

3M Foundation Fellowship

3M produces thousands of imaginative products, and is a leader in scores of markets - from health care and highway safety to office products and abrasives and adhesives. Their success begins with an ability to apply technologies to an endless array of real-world customer needs. In 2011, 3M and the 3M Foundation contributed more than $60 million in cash and products to nonprofit and education organizations. Giving targets included education, health and human services, arts and culture, and the environment.

There is one, one-year $10,000 fellowship and one $10,000 fellowship (that is renewable for up to 2 years) available to CS students through this program for academic year 2018-2019.

CS PhD students entering their second year of studies in Fall 2018, and who are working in areas of interest to 3M. Areas of interest include:

Software Design (User-centered interface design; software requirements analysis)
Mobile Solutions (iOS, Android, mobile web; mobile development infrastructure; mobile development process)
Computational Intelligence & Expert Systems (machine learning algorithms leveraging big datasets)
Data Management & Data Mining (big data; cloud computing; reporting & analytics)
Software Engineering (developer tools; quality assurance; project management; web/client software development; 3D, touch, & gesture development)
Computer Vision, Vision Understanding, & Image Processing

Submission Details (by 7/23/18 by 11:59P)

Required Materials:

CV/resume.
Research Statement. 2 page maximum, plus references.
Letter of Recommendation. One to two letters from individuals familiar with your research; one of these should be from your adviser. The letters should discuss your research potential / accomplishments.
Unofficial Transcript. Visit UI Integrate Self-Service and view Academic History. Save as PDF, HTML, or Word doc. https://apps.uillinois.edu/selfservice/
If you are chosen as a winner, please indicate whether or not the department has permission to publicize it (on our website, alumni newsletter, etc.).

Materials should be submitted via the Fellowship Application Form by 11:59PM on 7/23/18. Questions? Please contact Samantha Hendon (2237 SC).

Note: Electronic documents should be submitted as PDFs. Students, please include your NetID in your file names (e.g. netid_cv.pdf). Letters of recommendation should be submitted directly to Samantha.

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