The Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI) is pleased to announce the latest Software Fellowship competition 2019. The competition is open to graduate students and postdoctoral associates at accredited U.S. academic institutions.

Fellows are encouraged to spend a minimum of one week each year at the Institute headquarters at Virginia Tech to interact with the Software Scientists, members of the Science and Software Advisory Board, MolSSI Board of Directors, and other visitors.

Fellows will receive specialized training in state-of-the-art software design principles and tools, and they will engage in outreach and educational efforts organized by the MolSSI.

Who May Eligible:

To eligible, the candidates must be following all the eligibility criteria:

• The MolSSI Software Fellowship program is presently limited to graduate students and postdoctoral associates at accredited U.S. academic institutions.
• Graduate student Fellows are expected to be enrolled full time at their home university, and postdocs must be fully employed or have an offer of full employment prior to acceptance of the award.
• The MolSSI Software Fellowships are an equal opportunity program open to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, religion, age, physical disability or national origin.

The MolSSI offers two types of Software Fellowships for which both graduate students and postdoctoral associates are eligible:

• “Seed” Fellowships: These six-month Fellowships will give recipients the opportunity to work with scientists at the MolSSI in order to implement recommended best practices, putting the Fellow’s project on a firm foundation.
• “Investment” Fellowships: These 18-month Fellowships support software development efforts that will have a broader impact on the community and last for longer. These Fellowships provide longer-term collaboration with the MolSSI scientists, who have a broad range of domain knowledge, applied mathematics, HPC and computer science backgrounds.

How to Apply & Competitions Rules:

To participate, the applicants must submit an online application form and upload the required documents at https://molssi.typeform.com/to/uuckdq

Letters of recommendation should be uploaded separately by your references at https://molssi.typeform.com/to/xh9ArC

Rules:

A complete MolSSI Software Fellowship Application must include:

• Project description (maximum of two pages, not including references)
• Current curriculum vitae
• Undergraduate transcripts (graduate applicants only) & graduate transcripts (all applicants)
• Examples of previous software development products (g. links to source-code repositories or other code samples)
• Two letters of support, one of which must come from the applicant’s current research adviser

Benefits:

• Graduate Student Fellowships:
  • A generous stipend of up to $40k/year ($20k total for Seed Fellowships) plus tuition and required fees;
  • Travel allowances sufficient to fully cover visits to the MolSSI headquarters, as well as participation in MolSSI workshops or summer schools;
  • Access to MolSSI computational resources, possibly including NSF supercomputers, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Computing facilities, and advanced experimental hardware provided by the Institute’s industrial partners.
• Postdoctoral Fellowships:
  • A generous stipend of up to $50k/year ($25k total for Seed Fellowships);
  • Travel allowances sufficient to fully cover visits to the MolSSI headquarters, as well as participation in MolSSI workshops or summer schools;
  • Access to MolSSI computational resources, possibly including NSF supercomputers, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Computing facilities, and advanced experimental hardware provided by the Institute’s industrial partners.

Application Deadline:

The application deadline is October 1, 2018.

Apply Now

If you have any query ask to fellowships@molssi.org