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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. Nominations will again be accepted in
October 2008.
The future of computing in academe rests with its newest
faculty. In these early-career professionals lie the
seeds of tomorrow’s great innovations. However, while
recognized faculty with well-established reputations are
able to attract the financial support necessary for
substantial research programs, young faculty often
struggle to secure adequate support to allow them to
realize their full potential.
Because new faculty are so vital to the future of
academic computer science, the Microsoft Research New
Faculty Fellowship 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.
Each fellowship award includes an unrestricted cash gift of $200,000 (USD). The New Faculty Fellows also
have access to other Microsoft resources, such as
software, invitations to conferences, and engagements
with Microsoft Research. Microsoft will award five New
Faculty Fellowship grants in spring 2009.
The Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Awards
program gives recipients considerable freedom in
planning the focus of their academic research. 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: security, interdisciplinary
research, scientific computing, bioinformatics,
computational biology, software engineering, and other
areas where computing transforms the discipline and
advances the state of the art.
Nominations of women faculty members in computing fields
are encouraged. A goal of the program is to award at
least two of the Microsoft Research New Faculty
Fellowships each year to qualified women nominees.
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