Established in 2006, the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE NNSA SSGF) provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as: materials under extreme conditions, nuclear science, or high energy density physics.

The DOE NNSA SSGF program provides fellows with many unique benefits:

• A $42,000 yearly stipend (effective 9/1/2023).
• Payment of full tuition and required fees during the appointment period at any accredited U.S. university.
• An annual $1,000 academic allowance for research or professional development expenses
• A term of up to four years, subject to annual renewal.
• Participation in an annual DOE NNSA SSGF program review, with related travel expenses reimbursed.
• A 12-week research practicum at one of DOE's national defense laboratories: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory or Sandia National Laboratories (California or New Mexico).
• Augmented stipend during the practicum.
• The option to participate in a second practicum at a different DOE laboratory.
• The opportunity to join a larger scientific community that understands and appreciates the role stewardship science plays across a variety of science and engineering disciplines.
• Opportunities to attend and publish research results at other conferences.

During the fellowship period, fellows are required to be enrolled as full-time graduate students at an accredited U.S. university and conduct research in areas of interest to the Department of Energy. The summer should be spent conducting full-time research related to the completion of one's degree program, enrolled in classes or on a practicum assignment.

Eligibility: U.S. citizens who are senior undergraduates or students in their first or second year of doctoral study.

Deadline: January 10, 2024, with fellowship offers extended by mid-April for the academic year to begin September 1 and is renewable up to four years.

This equal opportunity program is open to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, religion, age, physical disability or national origin.

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