Dowd-ICES Fellowship

The Philip and Marsha Dowd Engineering Seed Fund was established in 2001 through a generous gift to the College of Engineering (CIT) from Philip and Marsha Dowd. This fellowship grant program, administered through ICES, plans to award up to four fellowships for the academic year 2008-2009 to CIT doctoral graduate students who are currently in their second or third year of their graduate studies (Students will be Fellows during their second or third year.). The objective of the fund is to provide support for graduate students working on cutting edge research projects which do not have other sources of funding. Students receiving fellowships are referred to as Dowd-ICES Fellows and are required to present a seminar to the Carnegie Mellon community on the results of their work. Proposals for the Philip and Marsha Dowd Engineering Seed Fund must describe the research project that the student is/will be working on and include a one page Curriculum Vitae of the student. The following elements are determining factors for proposal selection: a) innovative nature of the proposed research in emerging areas, b) its relationship to CIT/ICES strategic focus, and c) potential of this seed project to enable government and/or industry support in future years. Normally, funding for a research project is limited to one year, covering the student’s stipend and tuition. Faculty advisors of Dowd-ICES Fellows are required to provide follow-on information semi-annually, which is used to track outcomes stemming from the Fellowships.

Proposals are limited to 2 pages and should adhere to the following format:

  1. Project Title
  2. Research Team (PI, Co-PI, Graduate Student) – names and affiliations
  3. Project Description – describe problem addressed and why this research is both important and novel
  4. Approach and Methodology
  5. Relationship to CIT/ICES Strategic Focus
  6. Future Funding – describe how this seed project will enable future funding & identify potential funding sources

CIT faculty are invited to submit proposals electronically to Alicia Brown at adbrown@andrew.cmu.edu by May 2 2008. Fellowship selections will be announced July 7, 2008 with a start date of August 25, 2008. If you have inquires regarding this call for proposals please contact ICES Director Gary Fedder at 8-8443 or fedder@ece.cmu.edu.