Our PhD applicant pool represents some of the most highly recruited students in the world. Our Fellowships make us financially competitive with other prestigious research universities. An elite engineering school like Viterbi can do no less to attract the very best scholars.
Our students will thrive under the guidance of our dedicated, world-class faculty, and with the promise of continuous funding for at least four years.
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The Viterbi School Dean's Doctoral Fellowships Benefits
The Viterbi School provides fellowships to gifted doctoral students in all fields of engineering. The selection process emphasizes superior academic record, demonstrated research experience and potential for completing the independent, original, scholarly research in his or her chosen field that is expected of every Ph.D. student.
(through The USC Graduate School)
The Annenberg Fellowships fund PhD students who conduct communication-related research and advance important new programs in the communication arena. Funding for the USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Program is made possible by the Annenberg Center Endowment.
(through The USC Graduate School)
The Provost’s Fellowship program funds annually up to 100 of USC’s best and brightest PhD students in all areas across the discipline spectrum.
All Fellows receive tuition and payment of health and dental insurance year round for four years.
Annenberg and Provost’s Fellows receive $30,000 toward living expenses for four years, including at least two years in the form of Fellowship and the remaining two years consisting of teaching and/or research assistantships with a supplemental stipend.
Viterbi Dean's Doctoral Fellows receive a stipend of $30,000 in the first year, and, in years two, three and four, they will hold teaching and/or research assistantships and receive an additional $5,000 top-off stipend per year.
Application and Selection
Students apply online to the PhD program of their choice and submit all required supporting documentation (transcripts, GRE scores, a statement of their academic and professional goals, and at least 3 letters of recommendation). There is no separate Fellowship application. Admission applications undergo a rigorous review by faculty in each engineering department. Faculty select students who show outstanding promise as scholars and researchers, and nominate them to the Office of the Dean for the Viterbi Dean's Doctoral Fellowships, and to the Graduate School for the Annenberg and Provost’s Fellowships. Annenberg and Provost’s Fellowhip selections are announced to individual students by the Graduate School. Viterbi Dean's Doctoral Fellows selected are notified by their department.
Eligibility
Applicants to PhD programs in engineering for the 2009-2010 academic year are eligible for fellowship consideration, provided that they have completed the application for admission and have submitted all supporting documents no later than January 1, for entrance in the following Fall Semester. Earlier application, by December 1, is recommended.
USC Viterbi School Of Engineering /Chevron Corporation
University Partnership Program
(USC-CVX UPP)
VISION
To systematically address new steps for sustainable energy supply systems, Chevron in support of the Viterbi School’s Energy Vision has established the Chevron-USC Partnership Scholarship and Fellowship Program. This USC Viterbi School of Engineering/Chevron Corporation University Partnership Scholarship and Fellowship Program marks our shared commitment to attract the most highly talented students in the world to USC’s engineering doctoral programs for study in energy related areas. The U.S. needs to train a generation of experts and scholars to undertake the necessary research and development work on creative solutions to sustainable energy resources. Our students will be tomorrow’s leaders in this effort.
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