DSI-MnDRIVE PhD Graduate Assistantship Program

Dear MnDRIVE Liaison,

On behalf of Research Computing and the Data Science Initiative, I am sharing with you the information below about the Data Science Initiative-MnDRIVE PhD Graduate Assistantship program which is now open for applications. This program has been historically tied to informatics, but this year (and going forward) will now be aligned with the Data Science Initiative.

Please forward this information within your circles to departments, faculty, and students who may be interested in this program. Deadline is October 6, and the link to apply is in the program description below. Any questions can be directed to myself.

I appreciate you getting the word out about this program!

Best,
Sarah

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DSI-MnDRIVE PhD Graduate Assistantship Program

See full program information and apply at: https://umnresearch.smapply.io/prog/DSI-GA-2024

2024 Program Application deadline: October 6th, 2023 at 5:00pm CST. Awards will be announced by early December.

Eligibility: Applicant must be a current PhD student at the University of Minnesota. Applicants must have completed their preliminary oral exam by the start of the assistantship. Post-docs are not eligible for these awards.

Summary: The Data Science Initiative-MnDRIVE Graduate Assistantship program supports UMN PhD candidates pursuing research at the intersection of Data Science and any of the five MnDRIVE areas: Robotics, Sensors and Advanced Manufacturing; Global Food Ventures; Advancing Industry, Conserving Our Environment; Discoveries and Treatments for Brain Conditions; and Cancer Clinical Trials.

“Data Science” in this case is defined broadly as the collection of approaches and disciplines encompassing the entire data pipeline. Proposals must align with one of the following Data Science Tracks:

Foundational Data Sciences: Foundational disciplines that underlie applied data science, including statistics, mathematics, data mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, ethics, philosophy, and social and behavioral sciences.
Digital Health and Personalized Health Care Delivery: The broad scope of digital health includes categories such as mobile health (mHealth), health information technology (IT), wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine, and personalized medicine. It includes enhancements to patient healthcare and healthcare delivery through continuous, personalized, predictive, participative, and preventive approaches.

Funding limit: The maximum award value will be a 12-month (2 semesters and 1 summer), 50% graduate research assistantship, including tuition for up to 14 credits each semester (fall & spring) and subsidized health insurance through the Graduate Assistant Health Plan.

Assistantship duration: 12 to 18 months

See the RC Funding Opportunities page at any time for links to each of our funding opportunities.

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