[Limited_submission_opps] Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Program

[Pratt, Esther]

Hi Everyone,

 

This limited submission funding opportunity (detail below) is posted on
the Informer at: http://informer.ogrd.wsu.edu/OpportunityList.aspx?ID=2
.  All instructions for submitting the limited submission pre-proposal
can be found at this site.  Please pass this opportunity 

on to interested faculty and encourage their participation.

 

-          Esther Pratt, Faculty Research Development Specialist

Office of Grants & Research Development (509) 335-3796

 

 

Title:

Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Program

Sponsor:

Microsoft

Sponsor Type:

Commercial

Deadlines:

This Opportunity is a Limited Submission

Pre-proposal Due to OGRD: October 13, 2008

Proposal Due to Agency: November 3, 2008

Deadline Note:

Internal coordination required. No more than one nomination from a
university will be accepted.

Amount:

$200,000

Amount Note:

Each fellowship award includes an unrestricted cash grant of $200,000.
The New Faculty Fellows also have access to other Microsoft resources,
such as software, invitations to conferences, and engagements with
Microsoft Research. Microsoft will award five New Faculty Fellowship
grants in spring 2009.

Eligibility:

Nominees must hold a tenure-track faculty position in a U.S. or Canadian
research university, and may be no more than six years from the
completion of their most recent Ph.D., Sc.D., or M.D. Ph.D. 

Nominees must be new faculty members in the first, second, or third year
of their first faculty appointment.

Citizenship or Residency:

Canada
United States

Activity Location:

Canada
United States

Requirements:

Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional

Abstract:

Microsoft Research seeks nominees who are advancing computing research
in novel directions with the potential for high impact on the state of
the art, and who demonstrate the likelihood of becoming thought leaders
in the field. Because new faculty are so vital to the future of academic
computer science, the Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Program
identifies, recognizes, and supports exceptional new faculty members
engaged in innovative computing research. The objective of this program
is to stimulate and support creative research undertaken by promising
researchers who have the potential to make a profound impact on the
field of computing in their research disciplines.

URL for more information:

http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/nff/overview.aspx

URL from COS to Bookmark this record:

http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=95143

Keywords:

Computer and Information Sciences

Funding Type:

Training, Scholarship, or Fellowship

 

 

Esther Pratt

Faculty Research Development Specialist

Office of Grant & Research Development

Washington State University

509-335-3796      estherpratt at wsu.edu 

 

 

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