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International Research Fellowships

The International Center for Materials Resarch (ICMR) at UC Santa Barbara awards International Research Fellowships to support research visits to non-US laboratories for graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty affiliated with US Institutions. Typical durations are 1 - 3 months, with award amounts for travel and expenses of up to $5000; we anticipate that the applicant will continue to receive their regular salary support from their home institution. Conference travel is not supported.

 

The application consists of a 1-page research proposal describing the collaborative work to be pursued and emphasizing the nature and motivation of the international component, a short CV and (for students and postdocs) a letter of support from the advisor. The application materials should be sent to the ICMR Program Coordinator, Ra Thea (rthea@icmr.ucsb.edu). Applications are evaluated twice a year, in spring and fall. The fall deadline to submit an application is October 31st. The spring deadline to submit an application is April 30th. Applications received from May through October will be considered during the next application cycle in October 2011. Our funding structure prioritizes collaborations with countries that are not in Western Europe.

8 International Research Fellowships were awarded in Spring 2011:

Juliana Ostos, UCSB Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
John Berezney, UCSB University of Amsterdam
Justin Poelma, UCSB Korea University, Seoul
Jain Siddharth, UCSB University of College Cork, Ireland
Stephen Donaldson, UCSB Leibniz Institute for Polmer Research in Dresden, Germany
Jarad Mason, UC Berkeley University of Insubria, Italy
Julie Karel, UC Berkeley Fermi@Elettra FEL facility in Trieste, Italy
James Rogers, UCSB Kyoto Institute of Technology

23 International Research Fellowships were awarded in Fall and Spring of 2010:

Shibu Abraham, Georgetown Campinas, Brazil
Tonya Atkins, UC Davis University of Cologne
Erich Bucholz, University of Florida École Centrale de Lyon
Kevin Chasse, Georgia Tech VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
Matthew Enlow, Colorado School of Mines POSTEC, South Korea
Keisuke Fukatini, University of Nebraska Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center
Zachary Henson, UCSB National University of Singapore
Augusta Hofstead-Duffy, Goergetown Xiamen University
Kyle Horne, Utah State University University of Toronto
Colby Jensen, Utah State University Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Jason Kawasaki, UCSB Lund University, Sweden
Jessica Krogstad, UCSB University of Sydney
Amanda McDermott, Penn State Bragg Institute
Alexander Melville, Cornell University of Augsburg
Pan Mengchun, Northwestern University Max Planck Institute
Kennet Rivero, University of Puerto Rico Institute of Materials Science, Greece
J. Ronevich, Colorado School of Mines POSTECH, South Korea
Adrian Garcia Sega, UC San Diego University of Auckland, New Zealand
Richelle Thomas, University of Texas University of West Indies, Barbados
Amanda Trent, UC Berkeley Queensland Institute
James Wilson, Northwestern University RISO DTU, Denmark
 

Other Exchange Opportunities

In addition to the highly competitive Fellowships program, US-based graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty members can apply for travel support for research internships in non-US laboratories. Longer internships, and those not in Western Europe are given priority. In these cases we ask that the local hosts cover local expenses.

The ICMR Director, Tresa Pollock (805 893-7920, pollock@engineering.ucsb.edu) or Program Coordinator, Ra Thea (805 893-5850, rthea@icmr.ucsb.edu) will be pleased to discuss any ideas or questions.

 
         
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