Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program (DOE CSGF)
Established in 1991, the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems.
The program fosters a community of energetic and committed Ph.D. students, alumni, DOE laboratory staff and other scientists who want to have an impact on the nation while advancing their research. Fellows come from diverse scientific and engineering disciplines but share a common interest in using computing in their research.
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration supports the DOE CSGF. Its specific objectives are:
– To help ensure a supply of scientists and engineers trained to meet workforce needs, including the DOE’s, in computational science.
– To make DOE laboratories available to fellows for work experiences, ensuring cross-disciplinary collaborations in productive work teams.
– To strengthen ties between the national academic community and DOE laboratories so the fellowship’s multidisciplinary nature builds the national scientific community.
– To make computational science careers more visible, encouraging talented students to enter the field and thereby building the next generation of computational science leaders.
1 year
$38,000USD
– Payment of full tuition and required fees during the appointment period (at any accredited U.S. university)
– An annual $1,000 professional development allowance
– Up to four years of total support, depending on renewal
– A twelve-week practicum experience at one of 21 DOE national laboratories or sites, including access to DOE supercomputers
– A rigorous program of study that ensures fellows have solid backgrounds in a scientific or engineering discipline plus computer science and applied mathematics
– An annual program review for fellows, alumni, university and DOE laboratory staff, held each summer in the Washington, D.C. area
Measured at the time of application, eligibility will be extended to:
– Undergraduate seniors
– Applicants with no more than B.S. or B.A. degrees who are not enrolled in graduate school
– First-year graduate students (M.S. degree or Ph.D. students without an M.S. degree)
– Enrolled M.S. degree students beyond their first year provided that they plan full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. at: 1) a different academic institution, OR 2) in a different academic department
– Applicants with no more than M.S. degrees who are not currently enrolled AND who will not have been enrolled in graduate school for two years prior to resuming graduate studies
– First-year Ph.D. students with an M.S. degree provided that they 1) completed the M.S. degree within two years at a different academic institution, 2) completed the M.S. degree within two years in a different academic department, OR 3) prior to current enrollment, they had not been enrolled in graduate school for at least two years
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