Computing Innovation Fellow (CIF) 2021
How to apply:
Please contact Prof. Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao (cindykao@cornell.edu), who is serving as a potential mentor for 2021 CIF applicants, to discuss writing a collaborative proposal to apply for this postdoc opportunity.
Website:
https://cra.org/ccc/leadership-development/cifellows/
https://board.cifellows2021.org/potential-mentor-listings/cornell-university-cindy-hsin-liu-kao/
DEADLINE:
Typically mid-June each year.
Program Overview (PER 2020 GUIDELINES FROM CRA WEBSITE)
https://cra.org/ccc/leadership-development/cifellows/
The Computing Research Association (CRA) and the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is pleased to announce a new Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) Program for 2020. This program recognizes the significant disruption to the academic job search caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic uncertainty. Its targets include recent and soon-to-be PhD graduates in computing whose academic job search was impacted by COVID-19 and aims to provide them with a career-enhancing bridge experience.
The goal of this program is to create career growth opportunities that support maintaining the computing research pipeline. Computing research is defined as any area included under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computing and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate. This effort takes inspiration from CRA/CCC’s NSF-funded Computing Innovation Fellows Programs with cohorts starting 2009, 2010, and 2011 and CRA’s Best Practices Memo on Computer Science Postdocs.
With funding by the National Science Foundation, the CIFellows 2020 program will offer 2 year postdoctoral opportunities in computing, with cohort activities to support career development and community building for this group of CIFellows. Additional funding is possible.
Eligibility
The Computing Innovation Fellows Program is open to all researchers whose work falls under the umbrella of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computing and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate, including computing education. This program is open to people who complete their PhD at a US institution OR are a US citizen/permanent resident completing their PhD anywhere. We will not be helping secure any VISAs for applicants. Applicants must complete (or anticipate completing) the PhD degree or a first postdoctoral position during the window of 7/1/2019-12/31/2020. Proposed mentors must be tenured or tenure-track faculty employed at a US academic institution and may not be applicant’s PhD advisor.
A central goal of the CRA is to foster a diverse computing research field by engaging and retaining individuals from different backgrounds. This often involves people from groups historically underrepresented in computing including, but not limited to, women, minorities, people with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ+, low socioeconomic, rural, etc. CRA strongly encourages applications demonstrating such diversity. In addition, we strongly encourage submissions from individuals whose work is intended to broaden participation in computing, including students and faculty at Minority Serving Institutions and non-PhD granting programs.
Award Size and Duration
Awards will be for two years as a postdoctoral fellow (“CIFellow”). These will be subawards from the CRA to the Host Institution to cover annual salary of $75,000, fringe, and indirect (capped at 35%). CIFellows will have the ability to select September, 2020 or January, 2021 as start date.