[AISWorld] Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) Project 2020

[Heng Xu]

*Dear recent and soon-to-be PhD graduates: Has your academic job search in
IT related field been disrupted by the pandemic? If so, please consider
applying for CI Fellows (http://cifellows2020.org
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Deadline is “anticipated to be mid June.” The following is a recent
announcement to the research community from the U.S. National Science
Foundation: *

Words like "unprecedented" and "challenging" have been widely used to
describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our lives and on our
research and educational communities, and yet they seem insufficient to
capture the totality of the situation. Recognizing COVID-19’s significant
impact on research hiring, the U.S. National Science Foundation's CISE
directorate is pleased to announce a new Computing Innovation Fellows
(CIFellows) Project for 2020. This effort aims to provide two-year
post-doctoral fellowships, serving as a critical career-enhancing bridge
experience for recent and soon-to-be PhD graduates. A similar project
instituted in the aftermath of the 2008 economic downturn supported over
120 postdoctoral fellows; the research community has seen tremendous
long-term benefits from that activity, which successfully retained many
scholars in research career pathways. Additional information about this
year’s CIFellows Project is available online: https://cifellows2020.org
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