Need funding to clear a hurdle in the final stages of your
dissertation research? Microsoft Research is offering grants of up to US
$25,000 to help a select group of doctoral students cross the finish
line and enter the workforce.
The
Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant
is for PhD students at U.S. and Canadian universities from
underrepresented groups in computing, including women,
African-Americans/Blacks, Latinos, American Indians/Alaskan Natives,
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders and/or people with disabilities.
The program is rooted in organizational management research that
shows diverse teams come up with ideas and solutions to problems that
more homogenous teams miss, which translates to benefits for industry as
well as society. In addition, the technology industry has a shortage of
computer scientists. The dissertation grant aims to help deepen and
diversify the technology talent pool.
The grant program targets doctoral students in
at least the fourth year of their studies. Students at this later stage
of their doctoral work have a sufficiently concrete research plan to
articulate specific funding needs. Earlier stage doctoral students
should consider the
Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship Program.
I’m also pleased to announced that Microsoft Research is increasing the
amount of the research grants up to $25,000 (the limit was up to
$20,000 per grant in the program’s first year). We hope that this
increase allows the award to have a greater impact on recipients’
research and career development.
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