The Cognitive Science/Artificial Intelligence (CS/AI) Steering Committee will sponsor a very limited number of awards given at the end of Spring semester 2013. The intent of the awards is to support and encourage students with interdisciplinary interest in CS/AI. Applications will be considered primarily on merit, but given applications of equal merit, preference will be given to those of an interdisciplinary nature, as demonstrated by the student’s commitment to working with one or more faculty outside the student’s primary discipline.
ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to all University of Illinois Graduate Students currently pursuing degrees that involve research on CS/AI-related topics. Relevant departments include (but are not limited to): Anthropology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Psychology. Again, relevance is determined by the nature of the questions being pursued, not by departmental affiliation.
AWARD: The award of $2,000 will be given at the end of Spring semester, regardless of the student’s home department. The award will be distributed at the end of the Spring semester into the student’s University account.
HOW TO APPLY: Applications should contain the following materials:
- A description of the research or training that the student proposes to carry out over the next 3-6 mos. (maximum length: two single-spaced pages).
- A letter of recommendation from the student’s advisor.
- A letter from another faculty member, agreeing to help supervise the student’s project and briefly its promise.
- A current University of Illinois transcript.
Applications should be sent to:
Amanda Foley, CS/AI Steering Committee, Beckman Institute, MC-251. Email ajfoley2@illinois.edu.
DEADLINE: Applications must be received by May 10, 2013.