FPN06-01

NSSA Graduate Fellowship Program

January 10, 2006

The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration has initiated a graduate fellowship program in Stewardship Science. Stewardship science encompasses areas of fundamental science and technology relevant to the stewardship of the country's nuclear stockpile. The objective of the Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF) program is to encourage the training of scientists by providing financial support to talented students who enter a period of study and research in designated areas of stewardship science accompanied by practical work experience at DOE research facilities.

Areas of interest for this competition include

Properties of Materials under Extreme Conditions and Hydrodynamics
High-Energy-Density Physics, including inertial confimement fusion
Low-Energy Nuclear Science

The fellowship provides an annual stipend of $32,400, full tuition, and support for spending time at a DOE facility.

Additional information on SSGF, including an on-line application, may be found at the web site maintained by the Krell Institute who administers the program for DOE: http://www.krellinst.org/ssgf/index.shtml