Mumbai, April 20th , 2018 – The University of South Florida (USF) has extended the deadline for its prestigious Abdul Kalam Postgraduate Fellowship to April 30, 2018. This award is offered to a student who has graduated from or is about to graduate from an Indian University and is seeking to pursue a PhD degree in any of the following disciplines at USF: Applied Anthropology; Applied Physics; Business PhD programs; Cell Biology, Microbiology & Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Computer Science & Engineering; Engineering; Criminology; Integrative Biology; Marine Science; Psychology.
USF will waive all tuition fees and contribute a stipend of $18,000 per academic year for up to four years.
Previous recipients of the award are Avijit Sengupta from IIT-Bombay and Veena Subramanian from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Speaking about the fellowship, Ms. Veena Subramanian said, “To receive a scholarship honoring Dr. Kalam was beyond my expectations. Achieving the Kalam fellowship has allowed me to channel my energy in its entirety towards research. I am currently pursuing my graduate thesis research and my work is focused on understanding the molecular basis of Bloom’s syndrome, a human genetic disorder that is associated with extraordinary cancer predisposition and signs of premature aging”.
All details available on http://www.usf.edu/world/
About University of South Florida(USF)
Founded in 1956 and home to more than 48,000 students, USF is one of the top universities in the nation. Students flock to USF from more than 130 countries around the world. In fact, international students make up 7% of the total student population. As one of the largest public universities in the United States of America,USF is a high impact,global university focussed on student success and groundbreaking research.USF offers a dynamic learning environment that inspires innovation,creativity and collaboration.
More than 2,000 distinguished scholars,researchers and expert teachers make up the USF faculty and are focussed on creating local,national and global solutions to society’s most difficult problems.From the undergraduate level to doctoral status,students across numerous programs receive hands-on learning and access to cutting edge research labs.