[Acm] Fellowship Opportunity for ACM members-Please post

[IGERT Chicago-UIC]

Dear ACM Officer,

I am writing to ask if you can post the following opportunity to your ASCE
members. It is for a fellowship to pursue a PhD with a stipend and tuition
waiver.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Elena Lathos
IGERT at Univ of IL at Chicago (UIC)

Prospective engineering, computer science, urban planning and business
students are invited to apply for $30,000 interdisciplinary doctoral
fellowships in computational transportation science (CTS) at the
University of Illinois at Chicago. Visit cts.cs.uic.edu for complete
program details and application information.

As a National Science Foundation-funded Integrative Graduate Education and
Research Traineeship (IGERT), CTS engages students and faculty from
multiple disciplines in collaborative research to solve a broad range of
transportation problems. By taking advantage of ubiquitous computing and
focusing on the information aspects of transportation, CTS researchers can
make an impact on day-to-day transportation. Students interested in any of
the following topics will find interesting applications of their work to
CTS:

Large distributed and mobile systems
Wireless and vehicular networking
Mobile peer-to-peer computing
Sensor fusion
Human-computer interaction
Intelligent transportation systems
Public transportation
Non-motorized transportation and alternative forms of transportation
Regional planning
Transportation systems analysis
Urban travel forecasting
Privacy and information security
Socioeconomic and institutional issues

To be considered for a CTS IGERT fellowship, students must apply to the
PhD program in one of the participating UIC departments. US citizenship or
permanent residency is also required. Please see below for additional
application instructions.

FELLOWSHIP BENEFITS

- $30,000 annual stipend for 2 years (additional support provided beyond 2
years through students' home departments)
- Tuition and fee waivers
- Interdisciplinary curriculum and advising
- International research experiences and internships
- Industrial and agency internships
- Support for research and travel

How to Apply

[Also see the Resources section of our website for more information.]

Due to NSF restrictions, US citizenship or permanent residency is required
for all IGERT Fellows. International students interested in the CTS
program should contact the IGERT Program Coordinator to inquire about
IGERT Associate positions.

We are currently accepting applications for fellowships commencing in Fall
2009. We accept applications on a rolling basis, but you are encouraged to
send us your materials as soon as possible. Detailed CTS IGERT application
instructions are available here: http://cts.cs.uic.edu/apply.php.

IGERT fellows MUST ALSO concurrently apply to (or already be accepted
into) a participating UIC Ph.D. program in one of the following
departments:

Computer Science
Urban Planning and Policy
Civil and Materials Engineering
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Information and Decision Sciences (or Business Administration)

Please be advised that CTS IGERT applications are accepted on a rolling
basis. However, deadlines for the traditional Ph.D. programs vary:

For business programs (including Management Information Systems, Business
Administration): January 1

For engineering programs (including Civil & Materials Engineering,
Computer Science, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering): May 15 (though
January 1 recommended for full financial aid consideration in Computer
Science)

For urban planning: January 1




IGERT at Univ of IL at Chicago (UIC)
igert at cs.uic.edu
312-413-4950
http://cts.cs.uic.edu/