Update: Fellowship application deadline extended to October 9th!
The Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI) is pleased to announce the second Software Fellowship competition. These prestigious awards will recognize advanced graduate students and postdocs pursuing the development of software infrastructure, middleware, and frameworks that will benefit the broader field of computational molecular sciences, including biomolecular and macromolecular simulation, quantum chemistry, and materials science. Fellows will receive specialized training in state-of-the-art software design principles and tools, and they will engage in outreach and educational efforts organized by the MolSSI. Each Fellow will be assigned a mentor among the Institute’s Software Scientists, who will oversee their software development efforts and training. In addition, Fellows are encouraged to spend a minimum of one week each year at the Institute headquarters at Virginia Tech to interact with the Software Scientists, members of the MolSSI Board of Directors, members of the Science and Software Advisory Board, and other visitors.
Inquiries to: fellowships@molssi.org
The MolSSI Software Fellowships will include a number of benefits:
Graduate Student Fellowships:
Postdoctoral Fellowships:
MolSSI Software Fellowships will be awarded in a two-phase structure: Phase-I Fellowships will include half a year of support (based on the above benefits), Phase-II Fellowships will be awarded based on the Fellow’s performance in Phase I and will provide up to a cumulative two years of support.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria:
The MolSSI Software Fellowship program is presently limited to graduate students and postdoctoral associates at accredited U.S. academic institutions. Graduate student Fellows are expected to be enrolled full time at their home university, and postdocs must be fully employed or have an offer of full employment prior to acceptance of the award. The MolSSI Software Fellowships are an equal opportunity program open to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, religion, age, physical disability or national origin. Awardees may accept other concurrent awards that do not require a significant time or service commitment.
MolSSI Software Fellows will be selected by the MolSSI Science and Software Advisory Board based on (1) the quality of the applicant’s software research proposal and its relevance to the Institute’s goals; (2) the applicant’s research productivity, including previous software-development efforts; (3) previous academic performance; and (4) external references.
Application Requirements:
A complete MolSSI Software Fellowship Application must include:
Please complete the application and upload the required documents here.
Letters of recommendation should be uploaded separately by your references here.
To receive full consideration for a Software Fellowship, all application materials (including letters of recommendation) must be submitted by October 9, 2017.
Additional Information: