[AISWorld] multiple fully funded Ph.D. student positions, Virginia Tech

[Lufungula Osembe]

Good day Paul.

Compliments of the season. I have heard a lot about and l am just
publishing an article on one of your works.
I am interested in applying for your PHD program. I do have a few questions
though. You have provided information on the research methods, which should
be fine.
For prospective candidates, do you have specific topics or themes that you
want the PhD students to work on or one should come up with his own topic?
With regard to the stipend, l would like to know what does this cover. Is
the stipend offered as part of the research assistantships or teaching
assistantships? If if so, could you clarify this further for me please?

In terms of the accommodation, are there accommodations in the area and how
does this work?
I had to ask these questions since your website does not provide much
information.


I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Osembe.

On Wed, 20 Oct 2021, 22:44 , <paul.lowry.phd at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Ph.D. program in Business Information Technology (BIT) within the
> Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech is seeking applicants for
> several fully funded Ph.D. student positions for Fall 2022. The application
> system is open from now until 28-Feb-2022.
>
> Admissions into the BIT Ph.D. program is highly competitive. Preference is
> for candidates with master's degrees and some work experience, as well as
> top academic credentials, and strong research inclinations. All admitted
> full-time BIT Ph.D. students are fully funded as follows:
>
> .                     Up to five years of funding of $34,500 each year
>
> .                     First two summers, guaranteed additional $6000 summer
> support; additional summer support is available on a competitive basis
>
> .                     Tuition waivers each year
>
> .                     Funding for data collection
>
> .                     Funding for conference travel and attendance
>
> .                     Needed software licenses and access to hardware
>
> The following are key points of distinction of our program:
>
> 1.      The BIT Ph.D. is one of the few officially certified STEM-based
> Ph.D. degrees that is housed in a leading business school, greatly
> increasing its academic and industry market value.
> 2.      Several highly marketable interdisciplinary emphases can be chosen
> as fields of study, including but not limited to (including combinations
> thereof):
>
> .                     Information Systems/Information Technology
>
> .                     Security and Privacy
>
> .                     Operations Management/Research, Supply Chain, and
> Management Science
>
> .                     Business Analytics/Data Analytics, Decision Science,
> Artificial Intelligence
>
> 3.      The BIT's world-class interdisciplinary faculty members work
> closely
> with Ph.D. students. BIT Ph.D. faculty are among the most productive IS/IT,
> OM, and MS scholars in the world, routinely publishing in Management
> Science, Information Systems Research, J. of Operations Management, MIS
> Quarterly, Production and Operations Management, J. of Management
> Information Systems, and the like. The list of faculty is available at:
> https://bit.vt.edu/faculty/directory.html
>
> 4.    A rich curriculum allows for three different methodological tracks in
> addition to the department's multiple BIT Ph.D. seminars:
>
> .                     Behavioral or organizational research methods
>
> .                     Quantitative and econometric research methods
>
> .                     Data and decision science research methods
>
> 5.      The Pamplin College of Business is in the final process of
> fund-raising for a new four-building $250 million campus, called the Global
> Business and Analytics Complex. One of the buildings being built right now
> is a 100,000+ square foot building fully dedicated to business analytics
> and
> data science-the only one of its kind at leading business schools.
>
> APPLICATION SYSTEM:
>
> The application system is available at
> https://applyto.graduateschool.vt.edu/apply/ (program of study is
> "Business
> Information Technology," Ph.D.). The website for the BIT department,
> including the BIT Ph.D. program can be found at https://bit.vt.edu/
>
> MORE INFORMATION:
>
> For more information please contact:
>
> Paul Benjamin Lowry, Ph.D.
>
> Paul.Lowry.PhD at vt.edu <mailto:Paul.Lowry.PhD at vt.edu>
>
> Eminent Scholar and Suzanne Parker Thornhill Chair Professor
>
> Business Information Technology Ph.D. and Graduate Programs Director
>
>
>
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