THE CIFELLOWS PROGRAM

Reviews are currently underway. Awards are expected to be announced by July 10. Positions will commence in Autumn 2009.

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and the Computing Research Association (CRA), with funding from the National Science Foundation, announce an opportunity for new PhD graduates in computer science and closely related fields to obtain one-to-two year positions at host organizations including universities, industrial research laboratories, and other organizations that advance the field of computing and its positive impact on society.

The Computing Innovation Fellows project will fund as many as 60 such positions.

Individuals who received their PhD from a U.S. institution between May 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009 in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Science, or a closely related field are eligible to apply. Applicants must obtain commitments from between one and three prospective hosts/mentors. Hosts/mentors must not be at the same institution as the one granting the PhD. The CIFellows website provides resources for both prospective applicants and host/mentors to announce their interests and availability.

Complete information is available at http://cifellows.org.

This invitation only symposium, "Computing Research that Changed the World: Reflections and Perspectives," was organized by the Computing Community Consortium in collaboration with Congressman Bart Gordon (D-TN), Congressman Ralph Hall (R-TX), Congressman Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Congressman Vern Ehlers (R-MI), Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). It was held in the Library of Congress on March 25, 2009.