Open Competition for two three-month fellowship awards as part of the CSSAP
Computer Science Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
In collaboration with
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade
And
The Serbian American Chamber of Commerce of Houston
Are announcing the following
Open Competition
For two three-month fellowship awards as part of the
“Computer Science Student Advancement Program (CSSAP)”
Fellowships
- Individual fellowships include all the expenses for travel, room and board for a period of 90 days at the Computer Science Department at Rice University, under the mentorship of a Rice University faculty member
- Awards will be granted for approximately the mid-June to mid-September period
- There will be a total of 2 fellowships awarded
Conditions
- Applicants must be 3rd or 4th year undergraduate students in good standing or 1st year in the Masters program in the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade
- Minimum GPA of 8.5/10 is required
- Fluency in spoken and written English must be demonstrated
- Minimum of 2 references from faculty or collaborators in the field of Computer Science
- Other supporting materials, such as documents witnessing memberships in science organizations, student organizations, published papers, e.t.c. are encouraged but not required
Applications
- Current CV with a list of publications, GPA, curricular and extra-curricular activities, academic and work experience and achievements
- Current transcripts
- 2 reference letters
- A letter from the applicant describing his/her scientific interests, along research groups at Rice that may be of interest (see http://compsci.rice.edu/research.cfm?doc_id=3465 for research groups in Rice University’s Department of Computer Science)
- Any supplemental materials
All applications should be submitted in electronic form to Dr. Zoran Budimlić, zoran@rice.edu
All questions about the program can be directed to Dr. Zoran Budimlić (zoran@rice.edu), Prof. Zoran Jovanović (zoran@rcub.bg.edu.rs) or Prof. Vivek Sarkar (vsarkar@rice.edu)
The deadline for submitting the applications is April 17th, 2015.