$$$: Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Studentships (11 Apr; summer 2007)

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Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Studentships
4/11/2007

Departmental Nomination Required

WUN is an international alliance of 16 institutions that have created a research and education partnership to generate significant advances in knowledge and understanding. The current WUN member institutions include institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands, and China. A full listing of the member institutions can be found at www.wun.ac.uk.

The University of Illinois WUN Research Studentship is intended to provide our graduate students the opportunity to participate in a short-term research experience (one to three months) with a faculty member at a WUN institution outside the United States. The proposed experience should enhance the research capabilities of the graduate student, and help develop international collaborative links for the faculty and institutions in one of the following fields: Bioinformatics; Earth Sciences; Geographical Information Science; Geography of the New Economy; Information Science; Medieval Studies; Nanotechnology; Nuclear Science; Nursing; Public Policy and Management; or Smart Materials.

Eligibility: Applicants must be full-time, registered University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate students in good academic standing in one of the disciplines listed above.

Terms and Conditions: The studentship award provides reimbursement of up to $1,000 for roundtrip transportation from Urbana-Champaign to the host institution. The award also provides a living stipend of $2,000 per month during the award period. Two- and three-month awards may qualify for a waiver of tuition and select fees as well as basic dental and vision coverage during the tenure of the award. Please note that awardees are required to purchase CISI health insurance from the Study Abroad Office for the time period abroad. A one-page report must be submitted to the department and the Graduate College by the awardee no later than one month after returning to Urbana-Champaign. Students are expected to comply with relevant University travel policies.

Nomination Procedure:

Departments are invited to nominate outstanding graduate students by forwarding three copies of the following materials to the Graduate College Fellowship Office, 209 Coble Hall, MC-322 by the deadline:

Graduate College Rating Form, including the signature of the unit executive officer or graduate program director.
Student's proposal, outlining the specific goals for the research experience including proposed dates of research. The proposal should not exceed 2 pages, and should be double-spaced, font size 12.
Student's current transcript.
Student's CV.

Support letter from student's adviser, specifically addressing the nature of the related research interests of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty member and student with the faculty researcher at the host institution.
Support letter from faculty member at the host institution indicating an endorsement of the student's goals for the research experience and a commitment to providing the supervision. The letter must also verify that the host institution will waive any tuition and bench fees.

Support statement from the administrative contact at the host institution. The two signed support letters from the host institution may be submitted to the student's department via mail, electronic mail or fax.
For more information, please contact the Graduate College Fellowship Office at (217) 333-0036 or gradfellowships@uiuc.edu. Late or incomplete files will not be considered.

For more information on WUN, visit the website at www.wun.ac.uk.

Deadline: April 11, 2007 for nominations of students with proposals to commence travel between May 1 and August 31, 2007.