Departmental fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis. Awards usually include out-of-state fees (when necessary) and in-state fees plus a stipend of $18,000 for the academic year (plus $6000 for the summer). Application for these fellowships is accomplished by sending your graduate application to us by December 15. Need-based financial aid, including grants, loans, and work-study, are awarded by the Office of Financial Aid. Unfortunately, need-based aid is only available to US citizens.

For the 2008-09 academic year the estimated in-state fees are $9578.50 per year. Out-of-state and foreign students pay in addition non-resident fees of $15,752 for the year. The Department, with the help of faculty and the labs (LBL and LLNL) has been able to fully fund all of its graduate students through research assistantships, teaching and grants in recent years.

For US Citizens and Permanent Residents:

Throughout your academic career, research positions, or business career, you will have to write grant proposals, statements of purpose, and project proposals. Funding is rarely automatic. Set aside the time to research funding sources and to work on applications. Learn about annual deadlines. Research all possible sources of funding. University Fellowship offices, department bulletin boards, and student services offices advertise possibilities. Check on-line listings for major sources: NSF, DOE, NIH.

If you do not succeed in winning grants when you first apply, persevere. Extramural grants will give you increased funding and independence. Those who otherwise sponsor you (faculty, later employers) will appreciate your efforts to obtain funding. When you do succeed, your efforts will reward you not only with additional funding, but also with the prestige of the award (snowballing effect), and will benefit others in your program or research group by freeing up more funding for them.

There are a variety of extramural fellowships available to outstanding Nuclear Engineering students. You are strongly encouraged to apply for any fellowship for which you are eligible. Some fellowship possibilities are listed below.

ANS Scholarships (numerous scholarships available)

• Plus Travel Grants to Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry
  , MARC VII conference in Kona, Hawaii.
  • Isotope and Radiation Division (IRD)
  • Biology and Medicine Division (BMD)
• Both divisions, IRD and BMD, of the American Nuclear Society have announced a student travel grant competition for the MARC Conference. Each division will award a $500 travel grant to a graduate student presenting a paper at MARC VII. The awards will be presented at the conference, so you must attend and present in either an oral or poster session to receive it.
• If you have questions, please contact Sam Glover (sam.glover@uc.edu) as he is the MARC VII program chair.

Graduate Fellowship Nuclear Science for National Security
The Glenn T. Seaborg Institute and the Radiation Detection Center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are pleased to offer a new fellowship opportunity for graduate student research in areas of nuclear science relevant to national security.

Student Employee Graduate Research Fellowship (SEGRF) Sponsored by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Provides up to four years of support for UC PhD students to conduct their thesis research at the Laboratory.
Deadline: Mid June.

Advanced Fuel Cycle Iniitiative University Fellowship Program (AFCI-UFP)
Deadline: Early April

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Professional Development Program

DOE Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics Fellowship
Deadline: Late January

DOE Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Graduate Fellowship.
Deadline: Late January

DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: Mid January

DOE Naval Nuclear Propulsion Fellowship Program
Deadline: late December

DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Fellowship Program
Deadline: Late January

DOE National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships

For all Department of Energy fellowships, contact:

University Programs Division
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
120 Badger Avenue, PO Box 117
Oak Ridge, TN 3783

The Department of Defense has several fellowship programs for U.S. students. For further information, contact:

NDSEG Fellowship Program
200 Park Drive, Suite 211
P.O. Box 13444
Research Triangle, NC 27709

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Scholarship and Fellowship Program

Fannie & John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships in the Applied Physical Sciences
Deadline: Early November

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
P.O. Box 2230
Livermore, CA 94550

Ford Foundation Fellowships for Minority

Nuclear Energy Institute: Industry Scholarships and Fellowships in Nuclear Energy

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (includes Women in Engineering Award)
Deadline: Early November

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: Early December

The Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) at the University of California has received a $3 million dollar integrative graduate education research and training (IGERT) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for an innovative PhD fellowship program entitled "Public Policy and Nuclear Threats, Training the Next Generation". For Incoming and Current UC Graduate students

The IGCC IGERT program is innovative in a number of ways:
-All incoming 2003 or 2004 UC PhD students with related interests in nuclear weapons and public policy are eligible for the program. The greatest number of students will come from physics, political science, history, engineering and public policy programs. Students will be nominated for the IGCC program by their graduate department during the admission process and reviewed by a statewide faculty committee.

-Students will receive four or more years of graduate fellowship support. The initial stipend amount is $21,500. This figure may increase. The multi-year support is intended to create an interdisciplinary scholars who interact throughout their course of graduate study.

-Students will have opportunities during the program to interact with students and faculty from UC campuses, scientists from Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories, DC policy makers, and overseas institutions. This interaction will involve summer seminars, distance learning, international and laboratory internships, and assigned faculty mentors.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION

NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program soliciting applications

HOUSTON ­ (May 24, 2006) ­ The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) is soliciting applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Two-year fellowships are available in any U.S. laboratory carrying out space-related biomedical or biotechnological research that supports the NSBRI¹s goals. NSBRI research addresses and seeks solutions to the various health concerns associated with long-duration human space exploration.

Applicants must submit proposals with the support of a mentor and institution, and all proposals will be evaluated by a peer-review panel. The program is open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or persons with pre-existing visas obtained through their sponsoring institutions that permit postdoctoral training for the project¹s duration.

Detailed program and application submission information is available on the NSBRI Web site. Letters of intent and applications must be submitted through the NSBRI¹s electronic proposal submission system. Letters of intent are due June 22, 2006, and the application deadline is July 20, 2006.

Questions may be directed to Sonia Rahmati Clayton, Ph.D., Program Coordinator, NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, email:
postdoc@www.nsbri.org, or phone: 800-798-8244.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is in its sixth year. The Fellowship was established to provide outstanding postdocs an opportunity to pursue cutting-edge science and stimulate cross-fertilization of ideas. The successful candidates have freedom to pursue world-class research with ample resources to support their efforts. The Fellows will interact with scientists with a wide range of expertise, and the Laboratory is committed to making their experience at LLNL positive and rewarding.

This three-year Fellowship is awarded only to candidates with exceptional talent, credentials, scientific track records, and potential for significant achievements. Typically, two to four awards are given each year. After their three-year term, the Fellows may consider any career options, including staying at the Laboratory. Fellows will choose original and independent research in one or more aspects of science relevant to the competency at LLNL. Research areas may include all branches:

• Atmospheric Science
• Biological Research
• Chemistry
• Computational Mathematics
• Computer Science
• Energy
• Engineering
• Environmental Research
• Geological Science
• Laser Science
• Materials Science

LLNL hopes to attract candidates from UCB.

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