The University of Maryland College Park Foundation offers fellowship for engineering graduate student(s) and their faculty advisor(s) to pursue new research in the area of energy systems and devices.

The fellowship is implemented by the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE). This announcement serves as a request for proposals for engineering graduate student(s) and their faculty advisor(s) to seek funding to pursue new research in the area of energy systems and devices to enable quantifiable energy savings and/or carbon dioxide emission reduction when compared to the performance of existing systems and devices.

Engineering students with a faculty sponsor are encouraged to submit proposals for one of the two $25,000 one-year full-time graduate fellowships applied to the student’s annual stipend.

Course Level: Fellowship is available for engineering graduate student(s) and their faculty advisor(s) to pursue new research in the area of energy systems and devices.

Study Subject: Fellowship is awarded in the area of energy systems and devices.

Scholarship Award: Engineering students with a faculty sponsor are encouraged to submit proposals for one of the two $25,000 one-year full-time graduate fellowship applied to the student’s annual stipend.

Scholarship can be taken in the USA

Eligibility: Engineering graduate students are encouraged to apply for the fellowship.

Nationality: Applicants from South Africa are eligible to apply for these scholarships.

Proposal Format: The proposal narrative must be no more than a three-page description of the student’s research and must identify how it addresses some aspect of a forward-looking solution in their area of research. The proposal must include the following, all within the three-page limit:

• A one-paragraph abstract summarizing the research plan,
• A brief description of the problem and relevant background,
• A proposed plan of research,
• A paragraph describing plans to present the results and efforts to further fund the research.

Bios of the student and the advising faculty member, each not to exceed two pages in length, should be appended to the proposal narrative.

How to Apply:  Applications must be submitted as a single PDF document no later than August 1, 2018 to Mary Baugher at mbaugher-at-umd.edu.  The advising faculty member must submit a separate signed reference letter (PDF), to Mrs. Baugher, which provides an assessment of the student and his/her applicability for the fellowship.

Application Deadline: Closed

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