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External Funding Databases and Information Resources

Fellows (category), Professionalization (category)

Looking for external funding opportunities? External Fellowship Databases and Information Resources USC Graduate School External Fellowship Resources page http://www.usc.edu/schools/GraduateSchool/resources.html USC Visual Studies Research Institute http://dornsife.usc.edu/visual-studies/external-funding/ USC Office of Academic & International Fellowships http://www.usc.edu/programs/ugprograms/aif/fellowships.htm H-Net, resource for fellowships, jobs, conferences, and calls for papers http://www.h-net.org/announce/group.cgi?type=Funding USC… Read More »External Funding Databases and Information Resources

Top 15 Funding Opportunities for Humanists

Fellows (category), Professionalization (category)

Top 15 Funding Opportunities for Humanists American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships Dissertation Fellowships http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/american-fellowships/ International Fellowships http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/international-fellowships/ Selected Fields Fellowships http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/selected-professions-fellowships/ Boren Fellowships Provides U.S. graduate students the opportunity to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in… Read More »Top 15 Funding Opportunities for Humanists

Fellowships: They’re For You!

Fellows (category), Professionalization (category)

Fellowships: They’re For You! By Adam Feinman Every graduate program has different standards for how their students pay their way. However, everyone can benefit from investing the time in applying for fellowships. Be they large or small, unheard of or prestigious, acquiring fellowships demonstrates a… Read More »Fellowships: They’re For You!

Introducing the 2014 PhD Achievement Award winners: Tianyin Zhou

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Tianyin Zhou USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Doctor of Philosophy, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Faculty Advisor: Remo Rohs As a graduate student, Tianyin developed the methodology for predicting local DNA shape features on a genomic scale. This approach has been described as… Read More »Introducing the 2014 PhD Achievement Award winners: Tianyin Zhou

Introducing the 2014 PhD Achievement Award winners: Yin Tian

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Yin Tian USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Doctor of Philosophy, Mathematics Faculty Advisor: Ko Honda Yin’s research centers on low-dimensional topology, representation theory and mathematical physics. In particular, his work focuses on the interaction between “categorification” and quantum physics. The practical application… Read More »Introducing the 2014 PhD Achievement Award winners: Yin Tian

Introducing the 2014 PhD Achievement Award winners: Nan Li

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Nan Li USC Viterbi School of Engineering Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering Faculty Advisor: Burcin Becerik Nan’s research brings together a number of disciplines, including emergency response, civil engineering, and computer science. He has developed novel methods for the localization of first responders and trapped… Read More »Introducing the 2014 PhD Achievement Award winners: Nan Li