Name	NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)
Research Fields TEST	Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics doctoral dissertation
Categories	Engineering Natural, Physical or Life Sciences
Citizenship	Specified Nationalities
Eligibility	Thge following programs provide either direct (i.e., from NSF) or indirect (i.e., from an awardee institution) funding for students at this level. Developing Global Scientists and Engineers and Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects The United States needs to educate a globally-engaged science and engineering workforce capable of performing in an international research environment in order to remain at the forefront of world science and technology. To support this aim, the Developing Global Scientists and Engineers program provides highest quality international research experiences for U.S. students. Whereas the International Research Experiences for Students (IRES)component of the program supports groups of U.S. undergraduate or graduate students conducting research abroad in collaboration with foreign investigators, the Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP)component supports the dissertation research abroad of one doctoral student in collaboration with a foreigninvestigator. Value: pending availability of funds. Doctoral Dissertation Improvements Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences These grants provide partial support of doctoral dissertation research to improve the overall quality of research. Value: costs for doctoral candidates to participate in scientific meetings, to conduct research in specialized facilities or field settings, and to expand an existing body of dissertation research. East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. Value: $5,000 stipend plus travel costs. Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological society. Value: availability of funds. Graduate Research Fellowship Program The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in fields within NSF's mission. Value: availability of funds.
Value	The value is not available
Currency	Canadian
Tenable at	At any accredited U.S., or foreign institution of graduate education.
Deadlines	No deadlines available
Application Details	Visit the National Science Foundation web site at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/education.jsp?fund_type=2 for application details and contacts for each award. Updated: February 3, 2012