The Microsoft Research Graduate Women’s Scholarship is a one-year scholarship program for outstanding women graduate students and is designed to help increase the number of women pursuing a PhD. This program supports women in the second year of their graduate studies. Women who are interested in this scholarship must apply during first year of graduate studies. Scholarships are granted by Microsoft Research at the discretion of Microsoft.
Current Schedule
- Microsoft will begin accepting applications: Tuesday, August 16, 2011.
- Completion date for all applications: Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 11:59 P.M. Pacific Time.
- Late and incomplete applications will not be considered.
- No notification of incompleteness will be made.
- No exceptions to the deadline will be approved.
Provisions of the Award
- The scholarship recipient award includes US$15,000 for the 2012–2013 academic year.
- A conference and travel allowance of US$2,000 is provided for recipients to attend a conference in their field of study.
- Scholarships are awarded to recipients for one academic year only and are not available for extension or renewal.
- The recipient must remain as active, full-time student, enrolled in graduate programming during the academic year of the award or forfeit the award.
For more information : http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/fellows-women.aspx
