Overview
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, one of the nation's leading non-profit organizations, focused on supporting innovative young leaders in the applied sciences and engineering fields, has awarded Hertz Fellowships to 15 students for support lasting up to five years of their graduate studies. Since 1963, the Hertz Foundation has provided the nation's most generous PhD Fellowships to over 1,070 uniquely gifted applied scientists and engineers with the potential to change the world for the better.
This year's class of fifteen Hertz Fellows was selected from an elite pool of nearly six hundred applicants. The 2010-2011 Hertz Fellows are comprised of eleven men and four women. Last year eight men and two women were offered Hertz Fellowships. Mathematics, electrical engineering and biophysics were the most popular current fields of study among the 2010-2011 new Fellows. In addition, eight of the new Hertz Fellows were previously awarded Goldwater Scholarships as undergraduates, the prestigious scholarships for students pursuing careers in science, mathematics and engineering. Also, three of the new Hertz Fellows were awarded Churchill Scholarships, one-year scholarships to Cambridge University for recent US undergraduates who demonstrate creative work at the advanced level in the sciences, engineering, or mathematics. A complete listing of the 2010-2011 Hertz Fellows follows.
Eligible Candidates
Eligible applicants for Hertz Fellowships must be students of the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America, and who are willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the United States in time of national emergency (see our Moral Commitment section).
College seniors wishing to pursue the Ph.D. degree in any of the fields of particular interest to the Foundation, as well as graduate students already in the process of doing so, may apply.
We screen Fellowship applicants for qualities the Foundation believes are essential ingredients of future professional accomplishment and/or reasonably reliable leading indicators of future professional success. These include:
• Exceptional Intelligence and Creativity
with particular emphasis on those aspects pertinent to technical endeavors
• Excellent Technical Education
evidenced not only by transcripts and reference reports from senior technical professionals, but also by the results of a personal, technical interview
• Orientation and Commitment to the applications of the physical sciences
as is typical of most applicants
• Extraordinary Accomplishment in technical or related professional studies
which may offset slightly lower academic records, or add luster to outstanding ones
• Features of Temperament and Character conducive to high attainment as a technical professional
the assessment of which is difficult, albeit important to the Foundation
• Appropriate moral and ethical values
of considerable interest to the Foundation in the furthering of our basic goals
• Leverage
what difference the award of the Hertz Fellowship is likely to make in the kind, quality, and/or personal creativity of the student's graduate research
We do not support students pursuing advanced professional degrees other than the Ph.D., such as enrollees in M.D., LLD or MBA programs, although we will support the Ph.D. portion of a joint M.D./Ph.D. study program. For a list of general fields of study in which Graduate Fellowships are offered by the Foundation, see Fields.
Fields of study
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
Amount Awarded
Valued at over $250,000, Hertz Fellowships are unique no-strings-attached fellowships, which allow exceptional applied scientists and engineers the freedom to innovate. Hertz Fellows pursue their own ideas with financial independence under the guidance of the finest professors at the country's top universities. Hertz Fellows are chosen for their intellect, their ingenuity, and their potential to bring meaningful and lasting change to our society.
Contact
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
2456 Research Drive
Livermore, CA 94550-3850
phone: 925-373-1642
fax: 925-373-6329
Office Hours:
September through April
8 AM to 3 PM (West Coast Time)
Monday through Friday
May through August
8 AM to 3 PM (West Coast Time)
Tuesday through Thursday
Further information can be found at: http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/newsevents/newsrelease.aspx?d=109
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this fellowship
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, one of the nation's leading non-profit organizations, focused on supporting innovative young leaders in the applied sciences and engineering fields, has awarded Hertz Fellowships to 15 students for support lasting up to five years of their graduate studies. Since 1963, the Hertz Foundation has provided the nation's most generous PhD Fellowships to over 1,070 uniquely gifted applied scientists and engineers with the potential to change the world for the better.
This year's class of fifteen Hertz Fellows was selected from an elite pool of nearly six hundred applicants. The 2010-2011 Hertz Fellows are comprised of eleven men and four women. Last year eight men and two women were offered Hertz Fellowships. Mathematics, electrical engineering and biophysics were the most popular current fields of study among the 2010-2011 new Fellows. In addition, eight of the new Hertz Fellows were previously awarded Goldwater Scholarships as undergraduates, the prestigious scholarships for students pursuing careers in science, mathematics and engineering. Also, three of the new Hertz Fellows were awarded Churchill Scholarships, one-year scholarships to Cambridge University for recent US undergraduates who demonstrate creative work at the advanced level in the sciences, engineering, or mathematics. A complete listing of the 2010-2011 Hertz Fellows follows.
Eligible Candidates
Eligible applicants for Hertz Fellowships must be students of the applied physical, biological and engineering sciences who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America, and who are willing to morally commit to make their skills available to the United States in time of national emergency (see our Moral Commitment section).
College seniors wishing to pursue the Ph.D. degree in any of the fields of particular interest to the Foundation, as well as graduate students already in the process of doing so, may apply.
We screen Fellowship applicants for qualities the Foundation believes are essential ingredients of future professional accomplishment and/or reasonably reliable leading indicators of future professional success. These include:
• Exceptional Intelligence and Creativity
with particular emphasis on those aspects pertinent to technical endeavors
• Excellent Technical Education
evidenced not only by transcripts and reference reports from senior technical professionals, but also by the results of a personal, technical interview
• Orientation and Commitment to the applications of the physical sciences
as is typical of most applicants
• Extraordinary Accomplishment in technical or related professional studies
which may offset slightly lower academic records, or add luster to outstanding ones
• Features of Temperament and Character conducive to high attainment as a technical professional
the assessment of which is difficult, albeit important to the Foundation
• Appropriate moral and ethical values
of considerable interest to the Foundation in the furthering of our basic goals
• Leverage
what difference the award of the Hertz Fellowship is likely to make in the kind, quality, and/or personal creativity of the student's graduate research
We do not support students pursuing advanced professional degrees other than the Ph.D., such as enrollees in M.D., LLD or MBA programs, although we will support the Ph.D. portion of a joint M.D./Ph.D. study program. For a list of general fields of study in which Graduate Fellowships are offered by the Foundation, see Fields.
Fields of study
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
Amount Awarded
Valued at over $250,000, Hertz Fellowships are unique no-strings-attached fellowships, which allow exceptional applied scientists and engineers the freedom to innovate. Hertz Fellows pursue their own ideas with financial independence under the guidance of the finest professors at the country's top universities. Hertz Fellows are chosen for their intellect, their ingenuity, and their potential to bring meaningful and lasting change to our society.
Contact
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
2456 Research Drive
Livermore, CA 94550-3850
phone: 925-373-1642
fax: 925-373-6329
Office Hours:
September through April
8 AM to 3 PM (West Coast Time)
Monday through Friday
May through August
8 AM to 3 PM (West Coast Time)
Tuesday through Thursday
Further information can be found at: http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/newsevents/newsrelease.aspx?d=109
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this fellowship
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