SURGE-Nano-CEMMS Fellowship

The SURGE-Nano-CEMMS Fellowship is intended to complement the College of Engineering’s Support for Underrepresented Groups in Engineering (SURGE) fellowship award. The objective of the SURGE fellowship is to increase the number of persons qualified for engineering faculty and research positions from groups currently underrepresented in engineering. The program provides a package of fellowship and assistantship funds which total $20,000 each year. In addition, tuition and service fees are waived. Support continues for a maximum of five years if satisfactory progress is maintained toward the doctoral degree. Each academic year, the SURGE-Nano-CEMMS Fellowship will identify one promising student who has accepted the department’s offer of graduate admission and is interested in conducting Nano-CEMMS-related research. The Center will assume the College’s costs of supporting the student for up to five years as long as the student is a Nano-CEMMS participant. To qualify for the fellowship, the student must:

• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Have demonstrated scholastic excellence (e.g., GPA, ACT score, class rank, etc.)
• Be an incoming engineering graduate student with an interest in pursuing the doctoral degree
• Be nominated by a Nano-CEMMS faculty member
• Be nominated by a UIUC engineering department

Women, persons with disabilities, African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Native Alaskans, and Native Pacific Islanders are encouraged to apply.

For more information contact:

Kathleen Davis
Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2134 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
105 South Mathews Avenue, MC-244
Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: (217) 244-4553
Email: kcarroll@uiuc.edu