The DOE Scholars Program introduces students and recent college graduates to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) mission and operations.

Application Deadline: January 3, 2020 4:00 PM EST

Apply Now! https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/DOE-Scholars-2020

Why should I apply?

Being selected as a DOE Scholar offers the following benefits:

• Stipends starting at $600 per week for undergraduates and $650 per week for graduate students and post graduates during the internship period
• Limited travel reimbursement to/from assigned location
• Direct exposure to and participation in projects and activities in DOE mission-relevant research areas
• Identification of career goals and opportunities
• Development of professional networks with leading scientists and subject matter experts

Eligibility

• Be a U.S. citizen
• Be an undergraduate, graduate student, or recent graduate of an accredited institution of higher education majoring in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and related areas.
• Must be pursuing a degree or have received a degree within 5 years of their starting date in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) discipline or have demonstrated interest or experience in a STEM field that supports the DOE mission.

Location

Hosting sites are located across the United States and will vary based on internship assignment.

How to Apply

Applications and supporting materials must be submitted at https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/DOE-Scholars-2020

For more information: Visit https://orise.orau.gov/doescholars

Questions? doescholars@orise.orau.gov

Call for Applications

2020 Science of Signatures Advanced Studies Institute

Application deadline is January 8, 2020

Next spring, the Science of Signatures (SoS) Advanced Studies Institute (ASI) will be held over three weeks during April 13 – May 1, 2020. SoS-ASI is a professional development opportunity for advanced Ph.D. students and postdocs interested in learning skills needed for research program development at National Laboratories and academia.

The Los Alamos National Laboratory Engineering Institute invites a multi-disciplinary (e.g. computer science, engineering, biology, physics, earth sciences, mathematics/statistics) group of advanced, highly accomplished Ph.D. students and post-doctoral researchers for a three-week program to work on multi-disciplinary teams to generate novel, creative solutions to pressing national security problems and build the skills needed for successful research program development at national laboratories and in academia. This program will focus on introducing SoS-ASI Scholars to the process of writing winning proposals and securing research funding.

Prior participants in the program have become winners of the LANL Distinguished Postdoc award, multiple R&D 100 winners, an Achenbach medal winner, a nominee for the Horatio Alger Association Alumni of the Year award, and have gone on to win LANL Laboratory Directed Research and Development Early Career Awards and Presidential Early Career Awards in Science and Engineering. Multiple participants have gone on to assistant professor positions and numerous participants have achieved staff scientist and engineering positions at LANL.

Projects originating in the SoS-ASI have gone on to receive funding from a number of sources including the Weapons program, the Civilian Nuclear Programs Office, LDRD (multiple pathfinder calls), the Institute for Material Science, and the Department of State. Some of the projects have effectively led exploration into new technical areas of interest for LANL.

Past experience shows that the students who actually apply are ones that staff, faculty members, or former students have talked to individually regarding this program, so please take the time to talk about this opportunity. This program is limited to US Citizens or US Permanent Residents and is open to both LANL employees and non-LANL persons.

More information about the SoS-ASI and the application process can be found at http://asi.lanl.gov.  Please send questions to asi@lanl.gov or to David Mascareñas at dmascarenas@lanl.gov.

 

Chuck Farrar

Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow

Engineering Institute Leader

MS T-001

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos, NM 87545

Ph: 505-665-0860

Cell: 505-500-7302

farrar@lanl.gov

 

Rice University aspires to pathbreaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. We seek to fulfill this mission by cultivating a diverse community of learning and discovery that produces leaders across the spectrum of human endeavor.

As part of a recently launched $150 million investment in research initiatives to advance this mission, Rice University is pleased to announce and invite applications for the Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellows Program. The competition is open to all research areas.

The two-year Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to exceptional scholars who have recently earned the doctoral degree in any area and who want to pursue research with faculty at Rice University. Applications are particularly welcome from those who are interested in interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship. 

The next application cycle will open in November 2019 for a fellowship term starting on September 1, 2020. 

https://riceacademy.rice.edu/about

 

Understanding Materials at Extreme Conditions

Graduate students from a range of disciplines (Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Geo/Planetary Science) have a unique opportunity to study the response of materials at extreme conditions with the internationally renowned scientists at Washington State University (WSU).

Working within their respective academic departments, graduate students conduct their PhD research in the Institute for Shock Physics (ISP), which provides tremendous learning and research opportunities through:

• Participation in innovative and multidisciplinary research
• Professional growth through independent thinking and hands-on work
• State-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities, including the Dynamic Compression Sector located at the Advanced Photon Source (Argonne, IL)
• Partnerships with exceptional faculty at other academic institutions (Caltech, Princeton, and Stanford)
• Access to the National Laboratories at Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, and Sandia

One of ISP’s principal accomplishments is well-educated and rigorously trained scientists who have moved on to successful professional careers and become leaders in the field.

Graduate scholar awards and scholarships are available for outstanding students.

For more information about the Graduate Studies Program at the Institute, visit: http://shock.wsu.edu/education/. For more information about ISP and DCS, visit: www.shock.wsu.edu or www.dcs-aps.wsu.edu.

For questions, please email shock@wsu.edu.

Institute for Shock Physics

Washington State University

509-335-5345