DOE's Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative and the Gen IV program are offering up to 11 fellowships (we anticipate offering up to six AFCI fellowships and up to five Gen IV fellowships), valued at up to $42,500 each, which will provide support to students who are or will be
- Pursuing master's degrees this fall in engineering, chemistry, physics, or radiochemistry
- Conducting master's degree research, and have a thesis relevant to the funding program and approved by the relevant program managers. In some instances, students will not have theses.
Preferred undergraduate degrees include Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Engineering Physics, Applied Physics, Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry.
Each AFCI or Gen IV fellow's master's research will be in an area of interest to the AFCI or to the Gen IV program and will provide the basis for his/her thesis. Fellows will be encouraged to work in the AFCI or the Gen IV program at a national laboratory in the summer of 2006 to gain valuable experience that will help the student to identify a research program that supports the research interests of the AFCI or the Gen IV program.
About the Fellowship:
11 Fellows will be selected
- AFCI/Gen IV Fellows will receive up to $42,500 for up to 18 months, which includes a monthly stipend and funds for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and AFCI/Gen IV related travel.
- Fellows must be U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens and must be accepted into a master's degree program by September 1, 2006.
- Fellows must be conducting master's degree research and have a thesis related to and approved by the AFCI or Gen IV program. In some instances, students do not have theses.
For more information and to apply, please go to the University Fellowship Program web site: www.studentpipeline.org.
If you have questions, address those questions to Cathy Dixon at cdixon@mail.wtamu.edu or call her at 806-651-3401.
The application deadline is Sunday, March 19, 2006.
The fellowship program is a program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (NE). The fellowship program is administered by University Research Alliance of West Texas A&M University.
AFCI Handout (MS Word)