NNIN International Winter School for Graduate Students (iWSG)
A two-week intensive technical and social education experience
Applications for the 4th school (January 2012) in Brazil are being accepted NOW.
Application Deadline September 12, 2011
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The Program
The international winter school for graduate students is an educational program of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, consisting of both a high level, focused nanotechnology course combined with a field experience. The technical course is held in conjunction with a leading academic institution in a developing country. Ten to twelve highly select US graduate students are selected for this experience each year.
Applications are solicited from students across the US , during August of each year. The course is held during December or January of each year.
Applications for the next instance of the course will be open in August 2011. Announcements will be widely distributed to leading science and engineering departments in the US, as well as to all NNIN users. It is not necessary to be an NNIN user to be selected.
The 4th iWSG will be held in Brazil on the campus of Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in Campinas, Brazil, near Sao Paulo , January 8-20, 2012. The second week will consist of a field experience in rural Brazil. The topic will be "Silicon and III-V Nano Photonics "
Information and procedings from prior winter schools:
Ten students from the US and 5 faculty from the US will join a larger group of students and faculty from South Americafor this program. The academic course will encompass the equivalent of an entire semester graduate course in 6 days and include lectures by leading researchers and simulation and laboratory exercises. The technical topic will be the general area of "NanoPhotonics". It is not necessary however that your research field be in nanophotonics. Appropriate courses in solid state physics and semiconductor physics would be considered a prerequisite ,however.
Following the academic presentation, approximately 5 days will be spent on a field-trip into rural, developing areas. This will be with a community directly working with and leveraging emerging technologies in the developing world context. Faculty with expertise in the social and ethical issues associated with science and technology will participate to help examine the broader social context of nanotechnology.
Applications are encouraged from graduate students with exceptional potential for research and teaching throughout the US. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents. While users of the NNIN facilities are encouraged to apply, it is not a necessary condition.
Applications for the 4th iWSG in Brazil in January 2012 are being accepted NOW.
Prerequisites:
Graduate student standing in a US university
US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Application: Your application packet consists of the following:
You will receive an acknowledgement when your application is complete. If you do not receive an acknowledgement, please inquire to LCR2@cornell.edu. Address questions to LCR2@cornell.edu
Please send ALL items (except recommendations) in ONE envelope to
Lynn Rathbun
NNIN Program Manager
250 Duffield Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Applications for the 4th iWSG in Brazil in January 2012 are being accepted NOW.
Application Deadline September 12, 2011
Award- selected participants will receive:
Travel expenses from US to Brazil including visa expense (but not passport expense)
Travel, housing, and subsistence in Brazil
Certificate of Completion
No stipend will be paid to participants in this course
No tuition or course fee will be required
No academic credit will be issued for this course.
Participants are responsible for their own passports and and visas (reimbursement for visa expense will be provided). The NNIN office will assist in supplying appropriate documentation for visa applications if necessary..
Participants must supply proof of internationally valid medical insurance ( school policy, or other available for nominal fee via internet).
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ECS-0335765. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
