[LA-SiGMA] LONI Institute Graduate Fellowships--Application deadline is April 30, 2011

[Bety Rodriguez-Milla]

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Dear All,

The LONI Institute (http://institute.loni.org), an initiative funded by the Louisiana Board of Regents and six member institutions (Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, Tulane University, Southern University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and University of New Orleans) invites applications for LONI Institute (LI) Graduate Student Research Assistants. Assistantships are available at all member institutions. Research can be in any area of science, engineering, social sciences, or arts and humanities, although the fellow awards are intended to support graduate students whose research projects require access to high-end computing facilities, networks, distributed data archives, and more generally, cyberinfrastructure. The awards will include a $20,000 stipend. Tuition waiver is also included in most of the universities.

The LI Graduate Student Fellows will work on projects that will be selected on the basis of:
* Excellence in research
* Potential to utilize and advance the infrastructure under development across LONI
* Promise for external funding in the future
* Potential to meet the metrics for success of the LI

Instructions for applying:

Complete the attached application form along with a two-page description of your research (one inch margins, font no smaller than 11 pt.; references not included in the 2-page limit) and send them as a single PDF file to Bety Rodriguez-Milla (brodrig at cct.lsu.edu) by the submission deadline, with "LI Graduate Fellowship" in the subject line.

Please arrange to have at least one letter of support sent directly to Bety Rodriguez-Milla as a PDF file, with your name in the subject line.

The six LI member institutions will jointly decide how best to fill these positions. The
application deadline is April 30, 2011. Decisions will be made mid May.

For an on-line version, with links to more details, see http://institute.loni.org/fellows.php

Regards,

-Bety

Dr. Bety E. Rodriguez-Milla
LONI Institute Scientific Coordinator
Center for Computation & Technology
Louisiana State University
216 Johnston Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
brodrig at cct.lsu.edu

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