SCIPE AI in Civil Engineering

Yes; we only require you be enrolled at a US institution and be studying in the US or its territories.

It it important to note two key factors for international students:

• Some countries have tax treaty agreements with the U.S. that exempt specific income amounts of U.S.-sourced income and/or scholarship/fellowship payments from taxation. Refer to the appropriate treaty list on Tax Treaties for Visiting Scholars to see if your country has a tax treaty.
• This stipend is not considered employment; this is particularly important for students with an F Visa. Though the stipend amount is paid directly to the accepted Fellow, it is processed as a scholarship/fellowship from The University of Texas at Austin. Fellows are considered a participant in an educational opportunity that is solely for their benefit. As such, the following statements are true:
• The recipient is not required to perform a service, including volunteer services, in exchange for these funds.
• This is not a reimbursement for official university business, including business travel.
• This is not a cash prize, scholarship, nor fellowship given for an employee's job performance or merit.
• The recipient is not an employee with 100% appointment.

No. You must be enrolled at a US institution and be studying in the US or its territories. This requirement is unrelated to your citizenship.

No. You must be enrolled at a US institution and be studying in the US or its territories. This requirement is unrelated to your citizenship.

Please upload one PDF file. A  Research Document file that includes, abstract, project statement, research and optional items. Please name the file in the following format (Last name_First name_RD).

No. Letters of recommendations are required for your application to be complete. If you wait until the last day, your endorsers will most likely not have sufficient time to submit their letters. Note that exceptions will not be granted.

The letters must:

• Not exceed two pages per reference
• Be signed and on letterhead
• Be uploaded as a PDF
• Address:
  • Originality of the applicant's proposal
  • Role played in assisting the applicant with the proposed research
  • Assessment of the applicant’s potential to conduct original research, communicate effectively, and work cooperatively with peers and supervisors
  • Assessment of the potential of the applicant’s proposed research to make unique contributions to his/her/their chosen discipline
  • The relationship of the work to the application of parallel systems for high-performance computing, data analysis, and/or visualization, and
  • Broader impacts of supporting the applicant, including his/her/their leadership potential in the chosen field of graduate work and as a member of the scientific and technical community.

If awarded, references will be contacted.

We will contact you using the email address you provided. Please be sure to provide an email that you will be able to check during the time that decisions will be made. If we do not hear back from you in the allotted time, we will give your fellowship to an alternate candidate.

Not at all. The requirement is only that your work has a significant computational element that will benefit from access to Frontera.

We don’t place any restrictions on the number of applicants from a single school or department.

No. Only tuition expenses will be reimbursed.

No individual feedback will be given to applicants.

No. Students will only be awarded one fellowship.

Yes, you may, and you may reapply each year of the program provided you have never received a fellowship.

If you have a question that is not answered here, please check with your advisor or academic department first as they often have quite a bit of experience with programs such as this one. If you are still in doubt, please email us at scipe@tacc.utexas.edu.

Yes. You must have completed at least one year. Your research advisor must affirm the approved plan of research at the time of application.

No, you are not far enough along in your program yet.

No, you are not far enough along in your program yet.

We expect to make between one and three awards.

The limitation on the fellowship relates to the research topic and the use of large-scale scientific computing in completing the research. As long as the program of study in which you are currently enrolled will result in the award of (at least) a PhD you are eligible to apply.

The program is a twelve-month program. You may apply if you have at least one year of your program left in June of the year in which the award begins.

Fellows are expected to spend a week in the summer following their award in residence at UT Austin/TACC in Austin, TX (travel expenses will be paid), working directly with the staff of the Frontera project. Subject to change due to COVID-19. Fellows may be asked to attend occasional (virtual and in person) meetings of the fellowship team or the Frontera project. All travel expenses will be paid outside the fellowship award.

Fellows will be in residency for at least one week shortly after the start of the Fellowship. Near the end of the Fellowship, we will bring the Fellows back to UT Austin/TACC for another week-long residency.

Applicants may submit their applications before candidacy exams, so long as their research topic is fairly well-cemented and backed by a reference writer or committee member. In the case that you are submitting pre-candidacy exams, you'll want to ensure that one of your reference writers can speak to the specific research goal you've established and vouch for its viability.

Yes. You must have completed at least 1 year as an undergraduate student and have at least 1 year remaining at the time of application.

We expect to make between one and three awards.

No. You must be enrolled as a student at the time of participation.

Awardees are expected to spend one month in the summer following their award in residence at UT Austin/TACC in Austin, TX (travel expenses will be paid), working directly with the faculty and staff at UT Austin/TACC. Subject to change due to COVID-19. Fellows may be asked to attend occasional (virtual and in person) meetings of the scholarship team or the SCIPE project. All travel expenses will be paid outside the scholarship award.

Awardees will be in residency for at least one month during the Scholarship.