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====== Teaching Assistantships ======
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====== Research Assistantships ======
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====== Fellowships ======
| Name | Date | Website | GPA | Demographics | Duration | Stipend | Tuition | Medical Ins. | Misc | Other Notes | Subject | 
| Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund | Jan | [[http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/liebmann/]] |  | US Citizen |  | $18K | Yes |  |  | Publications focusing on Armenian studies. | Humanities, social sciences or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training) | 
| Department of Homeland Security Graduate Fellowship | Jan | [[http://www.orau.gov/dhsed]] |  | Not held in 2012 due to budget cuts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| A.D. Hutchison Student Endowment Fellowship | Jan | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/fellowships/continuing]] | 3.0+ | UT enrollment | 9 months | $20K+ | Yes | Yes |  |  |  | 
| Donald D. Harrington Endowment Doctoral Fellowship | Jan | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/fellowships/harrington/]] | 3.0+ | Not a current or past grad student at UT, doctoral degree applicants | 1 or 3 years | $36K | Yes | Yes | $2000 |  |  | 
| Donald D. Harrington Endowment Dissertation Fellowship | Jan | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/fellowships/harrington/]] | 3.0+ | UT enrollment | 12 months | $36K | Yes | Yes | $2000 |  |  | 
| Houston Endowment President's Excellence Scholarship | Jan | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/fellowships/continuing]] | 3.0+ | UT enrollment | 9 months | $20K+ | Yes | Yes |  |  |  | 
| W. Gordon Whaley Fellowship | Jan | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/fellowships/continuing]] | 3.0+ | UT enrollment | 9 months | $20K+ | Yes | Yes |  |  |  | 
| Other UT continuing fellowships [Homer Lindsay Bruce Endowed Graduate Fellowships, Sidney Chandler Endowed Scholarships, William W. and Ruth F. Cooper Graduate Student Support Endowment, Cullen Trust Student Endowment Fellowships, Delco Graduate Fellowship Fund, Marye Anne Fox Fellowships, Wendall C. Gordon Endowed Graduate Fellowships, Hemphill-Gillmore Fellowship, W. H. Hildebrand Scholarship Fund, William S. Livingston Graduate Fellowship, Miller Graduate Fellowships, Moody Graduate Fellowships, Ralph Nelson Graduate Fellowships, William C. Powers Graduate Fellowship] | Jan | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/fellowships/continuing]] | 3.0+ | UT enrollment | 9 months | $20K+ | Yes | Yes |  |  |  | 
| IBM Goldstine Fellowship | Jan | [[http://www.research.ibm.com/goldstine/]] |  | Either received a Ph.D. degree after September 2008 or should expect to receive one before the fellowship commences in the second half of 2013 (usually in September) | 12 months | $95K to $115K | No | No |  |  | Algorithms (approximation, randomized, and on-line); complex systems; data mining (machine learning, pattern recognition, computational statistics); dynamical systems; high-performance computing (scientific computing, parallel computing, big-data); inverse problems; numerical analysis; optimization (discrete, continuous, global and stochastic); probability theory (stochastic models, risk management, queues & queuing networks); statistics (time-series, multivariate analysis, spatiotemporal analysis, design & reliability); simulation; and operations management (revenue management, pricing, performance modelling, supply-chain) | 
| National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship | Jan | [[https://ndseg.asee.org/]] |  | US Citizen, in final year of undergrad or less than 2 years of grad studies | 36 months | About $30K / year | Yes | $1000 |  |  | Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Biosciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Cognitive / Neural / Behavioral Sciences, Computer and Computational Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Geosciences, Materials Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Oceanography, Physics | 
| Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowship | Jan | [[http://www.kstf.org/teaching_fellowships_home.aspx]] |  | Intended for individuals committed to teaching high school mathematics, physical sciences or biological sciences |  | Yes | $18000 |  |  |  |  | 
| Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Fellowship | Jan | [[http://www.gwis.org/]] |  | Member of SDE/GWIS | 12 months | | | |  |  | 
| Google Anita Borg Scholarship | Jan | [[http://www.google.com/anitaborg/us/]] | 3.5+ | Female student entering her senior year of undergraduate study or be enrolled in a graduate program | 12 months | | | |  | Computer Science or Computer Engineering program | 
| Link Foundation Advanced Simulation and Training Fellowship | Jan | [[http://www.ist.ucf.edu/link_foundation.htm]] |  | Advanced to candidacy |  | $21.5K | From university, as condition of fellowship |  | $3500 |  |  | 
| AT&T Labs Fellowship | Jan | http://www.research.att.com/, http://www.research.att.com/export/sites/att_labs/techdocs/TD-6XZNR8.doc|  | US Citizens and Permanent Residents | 36 months |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Intel Foundation Fellowship | Feb | [[http://www.intel.com/education/highered/studentprograms/fellowship.htm]] |  | Within eighteen months of graduation | 12 months | Yes | Yes |  | Travel |  | Hardware Systems Technology and Design, Semiconductor Technology and Manufacturing, Software Technology and Design, Social Research and Ethnography | 
| NVIDIA Fellowship | Feb | [[http://www.nvidia.com/page/fellowship_programs.html]] |  | Completed first year of study |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| George H. Mitchell Award of Excellence in Graduate Research | Mar | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/awards/coop/]] |  | UT enrollment |  | | | |  |  | 
| Graduate School Diversity Recruitment Fellowship | Mar | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/fellowships/diversity_recruit/]] | 3.0+ | Incoming grad students, US Citizen or Permanent Resident | 9 months |  | Yes | Yes |  |  |  | 
| McNair Scholars Graduate School Fellowship | Mar | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/fellowships/diversity_recruit/]] | 3.0+ | McNair scholar undergrad, incoming grad students, US Citizen or Permanent Resident | 9 months |  | Yes | Yes |  |  |  | 
| South Texas Graduate School Fellowship | Mar | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/fellowships/diversity_recruit/]] | 3.0+ | Attended one of South Texas schools, Incoming grad students, US Citizen or Permanent Resident | 9 months |  | Yes | Yes |  |  |  | 
| West Texas Graduate School Fellowship | Mar | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/fellowships/diversity_recruit/]] | 3.0+ | Attended one of West Texas schools, Incoming grad students, US Citizen or Permanent Resident | 9 months |  | Yes | Yes |  |  |  | 
| William S. Livingston Outstanding Graduate Student Academic Employee Award | Mar | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/awards/livingston/]] |  | UT enrollment, TA/AI/GRA |  | | | |  |  | 
| Graduate School Outstanding Dissertation Award | Mar | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/awards/dissertation/]] |  | Dissertation work |  | | | |  |  | 
| Graduate School Outstanding Master's Thesis/Report Award | Mar | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/awards/thesis/]] |  | Thesis work |  | | | |  |  | 
| Google Hispanic College Fund Scholarship | Mar | [[http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=students.html&sid=...]] | 3.0+ | Hispanic background, US Citizen or Permanent Resident |  | | | |  | Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree, or a degree in a closely related field (such as Software Engineering) | 
| CNS Summer Research Abroad Scholarship | Mar | [[http://cns.utexas.edu/academics/international-study/research-abroad]] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Ex-Students Association Flying Longhorns Study Abroad Scholarship | Mar | [[http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/funding/ut_scholarships.html]] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Texas Ex Study Abroad Scholarship | Mar | [[http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/funding/ut_scholarships.html]] |  |  |  | | | |  |  | 
| AAUW Austin Branch Fellowship | Mar | [[http://austin-tx.aauw.net/special-projects/fellowships/]] | 3.5+ | Female, Doctoral candidate, UT enrollment |  | | | |  |  | 
| CNS Out-of-State Tuition Waivers | Apr | [[http://cns.utexas.edu/honors/scholarships-fellowships/prospective-student-scholarships/out-of-state-tuition-waivers]] |  | UT CNS enrollment + another scholorship with specific constraints |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| CNS Common Application for scholarships | Apr | [[https://www.utexas.edu/cns/scholap/]] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| UT Common Application for continuing and transfer students | Apr | [[http://www.texasscholarships.org/apply/continuing/CSA.html]] |  | US Citizen |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Google United Negro College Fund Scholarship | Apr | [[http://www.uncf.org/sections/ForStudents/SS_Scholarships/scholarships.asp]] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Google AISES Scholarship | Jun | [[http://aises.org/what/programs/scholarships/info/googlescholars]] | 3.0+ | American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian, UT enrollment, member of AISES |  | | | |  | Computer Science or Computer Engineering | 
| ACM/IEEE CS High Performance Computing PhD Fellowship | Sep | [[http://sc12.supercomputing.org/sites/default/files/SC12GeorgeMichaelFellowship2.pdf]] |  |  |  | | | | Travel and registration for SC conference, presentation opportunity |  | 
| Google AISES Travel Scholarship | Sep | [[http://www.aises.org/nationalconference/travel]] | 3.0+ | American Indian tribe / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian / First Nation, UT enrollment, AISES membership |  |  |  |  |  | To cover some of the expenses for selected students to attend the AISES National Conference |  | 
| National Academies Christine Mirzayan Policy Fellowship | Sep | [[http://www.nationalacademies.org/grantprograms.html]] |  |  | 12 weeks | $8240 |  |  |  | To attend a 12-week fellowship "program" on science policy | Social/behavioral science, medical/health discipline, physical or biological science, any field of engineering, law/business/publi administration | 
| Southern Association of Colleges and Employers Research Fellowship | Sep | [[http://174.132.54.62/research_fellowship.php]] |  | SoACE member |  | | | |  |  | 
| Mexican American Engineers and Scientists Scholarship | Sep | [[http://mymaes.org/program-item/maes-scholarships/]] | 2.0+ | US Citizen or Permanent Resident |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award | Sep | [[http://awards.acm.org/html/dda.cfm]] |  | Defended dissertation |  | | | |  |  | 
| SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering | Sep | [[http://www.siam.org/prizes/sponsored/cse.php]] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| International Education Fee Scholarship | Oct | [[http://world.utexas.edu/abroad/funding/scholarships/iefs]] |  |  |  | | | |  |  | 
| Dr. Ivy McQuiddy Scholarship | Oct | [[http://world.utexas.edu/abroad/funding/scholarships/ut]] |  | Going for the full academic year to non traditional locations |  | | | |  |  | 
| Marshall Scholarship | Oct | [[http://www.marshallscholarship.org/]] | 3.7+ | US Citizen |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Rhodes Scholarship | Oct | [[http://www.rhodesscholar.org/]] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Winston Churchill Memorial Trust | Oct | [[http://www.wcmt.org.uk/]] |  | British Citizenship |  |  |  |  |  | Return airfare, daily living, insurance, travel within the countries being visited and, in exceptional cases, some assistance with home expenses |  | 
| Sigma XI Scientific Research Society Grants-in-Aid of Research | Oct | [[http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/]] |  |  |  | | | |  |  | 
| Gates Cambridge Scholarship | Oct | [[http://www.gatescambridge.org/about/]] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | To pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge |  | 
| Microsoft Research and Live Labs PhD Fellowship | Oct | [[http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/apply-us.aspx]] |  | Third and fourth year of PhD | 24 months | $28K | Yes |  | $4000 |  |  | 
| Microsoft Research Graduate Women's Scholarship | Oct | [[http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/fellows-women.aspx]] |  | Female, second year of PhD | 12 months | | | |  |  | 
| Hertz Foundation Fellowship | Oct | [[http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/Fellowships/]] |  | US Citizen or Permanent Resident | Varies | $31K or $36K | Yes |  |  |  | Aeronautics/Astronautics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Earth and Geo Sciences, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Nuclear Engineering, Materials Science, Quantitative Biology and Bio-Engineering | 
| IBM Fellowship | Oct | [[https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/phdfellowship/]] |  | UT enrollment, completed at least one year of PhD | 12 months | Yes |  |  |  |  | Computer science and engineering (including cyber security and cloud computing), electrical and mechanical engineering, physical sciences (including chemistry, material sciences, and physics), mathematical sciences (including analytics of massive scale data with uncertainty, operations research, and optimization), public sector and business sciences (including urban policy and analytics, social technologies , learning systems and natural language understanding), and service science, management, and engineering (SSME). | 
| AAUW Eleanor Roosevelt Fund Award | Nov | [[http://www.aauw.org/learn/awards/erfund.cfm]] |  |  |  | | | | Broad range of activities including classroom teaching, education and research, and legal and legislative work in equality and education for women and girls |  | 
| Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans | Nov | [[http://www.pdsoros.org/]] |  | US Citizen / Permanent Resident, Early in the grad program | 24 months | | | |  |  | 
| National Physical Science Consortium Fellowship | Nov |  |  | US Citizen |  | lasting for up to six years; providing a $20,000 annual stipend; covering tuition; allowing a fellow also to hold a research or teaching assistantship; including one or two paid summer internships with a government agency; |  |  |  | emphasizing recruitment of a diverse applicant pool including women and minorities | physical sciences and related engineering fields | 
| NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | Nov | [[http://www.nsfgrfp.org/]] |  | US Citizen / Permanent Resident, first year of grad studies | 36 months | $30K | $12000 |  |  |  |  | 
| Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship | Nov | [[http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958]] |  | US Citizen | 36 months | $20K | $2000 |  | Expenses to at least one Ford conference |  |  | 
| AAUW Dissertation Fellowship | Nov | [[http://www.aauw.org/learn/fellowships_grants/american.cfm]] |  | Female, US Citizen / Permanent Resident, completing their dissertation | 12 months | $20K | None |  |  | Open to applicants in all fields of study. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering, and math and researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply. |  | 
| Graduate Education for Minorities (GEM) Fellowships | Nov | [[http://www.gemfellowship.org/gem-fellowship]] |  |  | 12 monts | $16K | Yes |  |  | Minimum one paid summer internship |  | 
| Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowship | Nov | [[http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047959]] |  | US Citizen, expecting to complete dissertation during the academic year | 12 months | $21K |  |  |  | Expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows |  | 
| Schlumberger Faculty for the Future | Nov | [[http://www.facultyforthefuture.net/]] |  | Female, Citizen of a developing country, PhD enrollment | 12 months | | | |  |  | 
| AAUW International Fellowships | Dec | [[http://www.aauw.org/]] |  | Female, not a US Citizen / Permanent Resident | 12 months | | | |  |  | 
| Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation Fellowship | Dec | [[http://dean-faculty.williams.edu/graduate-fellowships-2/graduate-fellowships/]] |  | US Citizen / Permanent Resident, must have completed all doctoral work except dissertation | 12 months | $36K |  | Yes | $4000 | Also relocation and housing assistance, academic support including office space and a computer. During the period of residence at Williams, the Bolin Fellows will be affiliated with an appropriate department or program and will be expected to teach one one-semester course each year, normally in the fall semester of year one and the spring semester of year two. |  | 
| Graduate School Professional Development Awards (Travel Awards) | Dec | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/funding/travel.html]] |  | UT enrollment |  | | | |  |  | 
| Graduate School Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award | Dec | [[http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/awards/teaching/]] |  |  |  | | | |  |  | 
| Symantec Fellowship | Dec | [[http://www.symantec.com/about/careers/college/fellowship.jsp]] |  | Grad enrollment |  | Max $20K |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service | Dec | [[http://www.asee.org/smart]] |  | US citizen; willing to accept post-graduate employment with the DoD |  | $25,000 - $38,000 depending on degree pursuing; up to 5 years |  |  |  | No outside funding allowed, TA only if directly related | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) | 


====== Information for New Employees ======
* [[http://www.utexas.edu/hr/orientation/new_employee.html|New Employee Checklist]]: This page is designed as a "one-stop-shop" to assist new employees with the various steps that need to be completed within your first month of employment.