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Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Program

Internal Competition Completed

Principal Investigators selected:

• Jakob Eriksson, Computer Science
  

Program Summary

Microsoft Research seeks nominees who are advancing computing research in novel directions with the potential for high impact on the state of the art, and who demonstrate the likelihood of becoming thought leaders in the field. The program identifies, recognizes, and supports exceptional new faculty members engaged in innovative computing research. The objective of this 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 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.

Awards: Each fellowship award includes an unrestricted cash gift of US$200,000. Microsoft awards seven grants each year.

Eligibility

• Nominees must hold a tenure-track faculty position and may be no more than six years from the completion of their most recent Ph.D., Sc.D., or M.D. Ph.D. 
• Nominees must be new faculty members in the first, second, or third year of their first faculty appointment. 

UIC is restricted to one application. An emphasis is placed on nominations from departments working on computing research areas and on areas that involve the innovative application of computing.

Additional Information 
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/msrff_application.aspx
FAQ: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/msrff-faq.aspx

Deadlines

Letter of Intent

OVCR may reserve submission slots for previously submitted but unfunded proposals that received highly competitive ratings from the external sponsor.  These will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Vice Chancellor.  For consideration, copies of your complete reviews (not just summary) must be provided.

Depending upon the number of LOIs submitted, OVCR might be required to facilitate an internal peer review process to select UIC’s submission(s) to this program.  White paper instructions will be posted if necessary.

eLOI Form and Instructions – Adobe Acrobat Requirements

1. Download the file directly to your computer, right click on the link, then select "save link as" or "save target as" from the drop down options.
2. Open eLOI.
3. Position the hand pointer inside a form field and click.
   • To accept the field change and go to the next field, press Tab or use your mouse to click on the next form field.
   • To accept the field change and go to the previous field, press Shift + Tab or use your mouse to click on the previous form field.
4. Complete the form fields.
5. After completing the form, click “Save” to save the completed form for your records, then click “Submit to RDS@uic.edu.”

Letter of Intent (LOI): eLOI Form (Fillable PDF*)

White paper competition

Potential applicants are encouraged to begin writing their white paper proposals as soon as possible.  White paper applications are identical to Microsoft application instructions.

Please submit the following by 9:00 a.m. on Monday, October 11
 
1.  Cover page with your contact information

2.  Narrative - address the following questions and adhere to the required word count limit.

• What is the innovative merit of the nominee’s research? (3000 character maximum)
• How does the nominee’s work have the potential to advance the state of the art? (3000 character count)
• How is the university currently supporting the nominee’s work? (1024 character count)
• Does the nominee’s current work receive funding from other grant sources? If yes, please list. (1024 character count)
• Provide a statement detailing the hypothesis, objectives, and methodology of the nominee’s research work and plans. Include a brief description of how the award funds would be used. (Maximum 650 words)

3.  Attach CV    

Please contact Tony Halford at ahalford@uic.edu or 6-7036 with any questions.

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