PND - RFPs - Nominations Invited for 2010 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows

Microsoft Research seeks nominees who are advancing computing research with the potential to create significant impact on the state of the art, and who demonstrate the likelihood of becoming thought leaders in the field for the 2010 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows Program.

The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Program is designed to identify, recognize, and support exceptional new faculty members engaged in innovative computing research. The objective of the program is to stimulate and support creative research undertaken by promising researchers who have the potential to make a profound impact on the field of computing in their research disciplines.

The fellowship was previously known as the Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship in the United States and Microsoft Research European Fellowship in Europe. In 2010, the reach of these programs has broadened: Microsoft Research will name seven fellows chosen from nominees from Latin America and the Caribbean; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; the United States; and Canada.

Each fellowship award includes an unrestricted cash gift of $200,000. The funds can be applied to a wide variety of uses to pursue novel research. Examples of possible research areas include, but are not limited to, interdisciplinary research, scientific computing, bioinformatics, computational biology, software engineering, and other areas where computing transforms the discipline and advances the state of the art.

Nominees for the Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship program must be nominated by their research institution. Direct applications from new faculty members are not accepted. No more than one nomination from each research institution will be accepted. An emphasis is placed on nominations from departments working on computing research areas and on areas that involve the innovative application of computing.

Nominees must be new faculty members in the first, second, or third year of their first faculty appointment.

Visit the Microsoft Research Web site for complete program guidelines and eligibility details.

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