Graduate Scholarships and Funding
SOCRATES SOCIALLY COGNIZANT ROBOTICS FOR A TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED SOCIETY
SOCRATES is the Rutgers Robotics NRT (National Research Traineeship) awarded September 2020. This program will create a new vehicle for graduate training and convergence research that integrates the technology domains of robotics with social and behavioral sciences, including psychology, cognitive science, and urban policy planning.
The SOCRATES program has a significant emphasis on the REAL challenge (Robotics for Everyday Living) so that research and class projects will focus on application domains in everyday life and work. The program aims to train a new type of professional, the socially cognizant roboticist, which will arise from the convergence of:
1. Socially aware technologists, who must be able to develop intelligent devices in ways that coordinate with existing human and social behavior; and
2. Technology-aware social scientists and policy-makers who can translate studies of robotics’ social effects into actionable and technically viable lessons
More information on https://robotics.rutgers.edu/
Colgate Palmolive seeks to fund Rutgers University doctoral candidates
Colgate offers year-long, funded experiential learning opportunity. Colgate and Rutgers scientists have a long history of collaborating on funded projects that advance technology, product development, operations and manufacturing objectives at Colgate.
Nominations must be received by November.
This training opportunity will allow selected doctoral candidates to train at the company’s Piscataway facility and remotely under the guidance of a Colgate mentor.
• Rutgers University doctoral candidates will collaborate on a Colgate projects that immerse the candidates in daily tasks applying fundamental science to innovate, support product development/product claims, and solve business challenges. Candidates will develop collaboration skills by partnering with internal scientists and external academic and industrial partners on projects that benefit Colgate products. Additionally, the selected individuals will receive practical training on how to prioritize conflicting projects/tasks and how to effectively communicate/present technical findings with business managers and non-technical personnel.
• Candidates should be self-motivated, capable of writing technical reports, and should be able to think independently, work well with others, and present unbiased evaluation of experimental data and other related information.
• The students must be able to commit 15-20 hours each week to the Colgate project and leadership training at Colgate.
• Colgate will provide a stipend for each participating doctoral candidate that may be used for salary, benefits and tuition.
For complete information please read https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/en-us/core-values/community-responsibility/make-the-u
Paul Panayotatos Endowed Scholarship - Accepting Applications in Spring 2024
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is pleased to announce the availability of a scholarship for the year 2023 in the broader areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering. However, preference may be given to the candidates whose research is related to sustainability. This scholarship commemorates the exceptional 30-year service of Professor Paul Panayotatos as a distinguished faculty member within the Department of ECE. The scholarship comes with a certificate and a certain monetary reward (typically around $2,000). The deadline to apply for the scholarship will be announced in Spring 2024.
Eligibility: ECE graduate students pursuing M.S. (with thesis), PhD and MS-leading-to-PhD degrees in different areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering (preference may be given to candidates whose research is related to sustainability) are eligible for this scholarship.
Application Process: Students applying for the scholarship need to submit the following in a SINGLE PDF file:
• A brief cover letter listing your graduate status (M.S. or Ph.D. and which year) and the name of your research advisor(s).
• Describe your future research and career plans and articulate how this scholarship would help you in pursuit of these plans. (100 words or less)
• Briefly describe if and how your work is related to sustainability (50 words or less).
• Detailed CV with research achievements (if applicable).
• Copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts (unofficial copies are applicable).
• A short essay (400 words maximum) that addresses the following:
• Describe, in terms that can be understood by an undergraduate, the research finding or result you have produced of which you are proudest. Why is it important or useful?
The PDF file should be named as lastname_firstname-PaulScholarship.PDF and should be submitted by the due date via email to ECEGradProgram@soe.rutgers.edu, with CC to ECEGradDirector@soe.rutgers.edu; use the SUBJECT of “Paul Panayotatos Scholarship Application” for the email so that it can be routed to the scholarship selection committee.