Clare Boothe Luce Fellowships
AdvanceVT and the Virginia Tech Graduate School are pleased to announce a call for nominations for the Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship Program for the 2008-09 academic year. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, fellowships are available to females pursuing a PhD in the physical sciences, mathematics, or engineering fields. Virginia Tech is offering two (2), four (4) year fellowships for incoming female Ph.D. students, with US citizenship, in the physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
The Clare Boothe Luce Program is the single most significant source of private support for women in science, engineering and mathematics. Clare Boothe Luce, the widow of Henry R. Luce, was a playwright, journalist, U.S. Ambassador to Italy, and the first woman elected to Congress from Connecticut. She appreciated, however, that many women face obstacles in their chosen professions. In her magnificent bequest establishing this program, she sought “to encourage women to enter, study, graduate, and teach” in the sciences (including mathematics) and engineering. More information about the Clare Boothe Luce program is available on their website.
The Clare Boothe Luce Fellowships will provide funding (including a 1:1 match by Virginia Tech) in the amount of $30,000 per recipient, per year, for four years of study and research at the doctoral level. In addition, tuition, academic fees and health insurance will be covered, and a $3,000 research allowance will be provided.
Fellowship applications will be reviewed by a faculty panel reflecting diverse disciplines, and selection will be based on the following criteria:
- quality of career plan and applicant’s potential for success,
- mentoring plan,
- letters of recommendation, and
- nomination form from departmnet.
Preference will be given to candidates who are new to Virginia Tech. Instructions, further information and the nomination form may be found here.
These items are due to the Graduate School by January 18, 2008. Applications should be sent to:
Dean Karen DePauw
or delivered to the dean’s office at 235 Graduate Life Center.
Questions about this program can be directed to Marilyn Kershaw, Director, Graduate Student Recruiting, at 231-2494 or mkershaw@vt.edu.
After review, fellowship candidates may be invited to the Virginia Tech campus for a personal interview.