DyDAn is offering fellowships to pursue graduate studies at Rutgers University in fields that are relevant to homeland security. The DyDAn fellowships are funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, offering graduate students generous support for up to three years in order to pursue research interests related to homeland security. Fields that are of particular relevance to DyDAn include computer science, mathematics, operations research, and statistics, but we welcome applications in other areas of science and engineering that have relevance to homeland security.
DyDAn graduate fellows are invited to participate in the full range of activities at our center, offering exposure to a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary research and education programs. Specific applications of DyDAn research include: intelligence analysis, biosurveillance, port-of-entry inspection, infrastructure protection, nuclear threat detection, and privacy-preserving methods for data analysis.
Recipients of DyDAn graduate fellowships are offered the following benefits for up to three years:
- Full tuition at Rutgers University
- $27,600 annual stipend
- Rutgers University health benefits
- Travel allowance
- One-on-one mentoring from DyDAn faculty
Applicants must:
- Be a Rutgers graduate student in a science/math/engineering discipline at the start of their fellowship, which may begin in either January 2008 or September 2008;
- Be a U.S. citizen;
- Agree to do at least one (or more if they choose) summer internship at a National Laboratory, a DHS University Center, or other homeland security venue during the time of their fellowship;
- Commit to work at a homeland security venue (such as DHS or a National Laboratory) for the year immediately following degree completion. DyDAn will help students identify suitable positions, which may (subject to availability) include postdoctoral fellowships at national laboratories or with DHS university centers. The DyDAn fellowship program is advised by members of several national laboratories which host vibrant postdoctoral programs encouraging scholarly research and publication.
Fellowships are open both to current Rutgers graduate students and to students at other institutions applying to attend Rutgers beginning in September 2008. Students who are not currently in a Rutgers Graduate program should apply for the fellowship and for admission to a graduate program separately.
Fellowship application due dates:
Applications for fellowships to begin in January 2008 are due by 12/1/07
Applications for fellowships to begin in September 2008 are due by 2/8/08 for full consideration.