MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics for US and Non-US Citizens in USA, 2018

Scholarship Description:

MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics for US and Non-US Citizens in USA, 2018 is open for International Students . The scholarship allows Research, Post Doctorate level program(s) in the field of Physics taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology . The deadline of the scholarship is .

Scholarship Description: The MIT Physics Department is delighted to offer Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics to study in the USA. The US, as well as Non-US citizens, are eligible to apply for this fellowship program.

The mission of the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics is to sustain a distinguished postdoctoral program that identifies, recruits and supports the most talented and promising young physicists at an early stage in their careers.

About University: The MIT Physics Department is one of the best places in the world for research and education in physics. We have been ranked the number one physics department since 2002 by US News & World Report. In recent years we have produced the largest numbers of undergraduate and doctoral degrees in physics of any university in the US. Our successes are widely admired and emulated.

Degree Level: Fellowships are available to pursue Postdoctoral research programme.

Available Subject: Fellowships are awarded in the field of Physics.

 

Eligibility: The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:

• To participate in the Pappalardo Fellowships competition, a candidate can only be nominated by a faculty member or senior researcher in physics, astronomy or related fields. Self-nominated applicants will not be accepted.


• A letter of reference is not submitted by the faculty nominator along with the online nomination form. Instead, the candidate herself/himself will submit the nominator’s contact information to org (AJO) as one of her/his three referees. AJO will then email the faculty referee directly with instructions for submitting the nominator’s letter of reference directly to its secure, confidential server.


• Current MIT graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, or those who have already received an offer for a postdoctoral position from an MIT faculty member, will only be considered under exceptional circumstances

Eligible Nationalities: The US, as well as Non-US citizens, are eligible to apply for this fellowship programme.

Application Procedure:

• Application Materials Deadline for Candidates (including the three referee letters)


• Candidates must follow the instructions and use the private code emailed to them directly by the Pappalardo Fellowships office on how to access the private section for the 2018-2021 Pappalardo Fellowships competition on academicjobsonline.org. This is where all required application materials must be submitted for review by Committee faculty.


• Note to Applicants: As the interviews for the 2018-2021 Pappalardo Fellowships will only take place in person on the MIT campus during THURSDAY and FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14and 15, 2017, thus serious applicants will need to keep these dates open in their calendars.

Applicants themselves are responsible for ensuring that all of the following items are submitted to academicjobsonline.org by Midnight (EST) on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2017 [Midnight = Friday/Saturday]:

• Name, title, Institutional affiliation, address, cell phone number, area of physics.


• Curriculum vitae


• List of publications


• An essay detailing proposed research during a Pappalardo Fellowship [Important message from the faculty reviewers: Maximum length of two-pages, single-sided, using an 11 or 12 point font size and 1.5 or double spacing for Optimal Legibility. References and graphics are not necessary, but if included, must be contained within the two-page limit.]


• Three letters of recommendation, of which number should be the letter from the faculty nominator. No co-authored letters, please.


• One publication preprint or reprint (optional, and limited to one paper).

Application Form

Deadline: Fellowship application deadline is October 6, 2017.

Scholarship Link

Degree Level:

MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics for US and Non-US Citizens in USA, 2018 is available to undertake Research, Post Doctorate level programs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Available Subjects:

Following subject are available to study under this scholarship program.

• Physics