A limited amount of funding is anticipated from the U.S. National Science Foundation for a travel grant to help defray the travel costs of U.S.-based conference participants. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students, faculty and universities, by establishing new models for graduate education and training. The Visiting Fulbright Scholar Program awards grants to foreign scholars to come to the United States to lecture or conduct postdoctoral research. More than 700 scholars come annually for an academic year or term. Sloan Research Fellowships Candidates are nominated by department heads or other senior scholars.
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The Training Resources Center , now available online, is a comprehensive listing of University of Illinois training opportunities from across all campuses and an online resource for training and education outside the University available to all faculty, staff and academic professionals. Check this site often as training opportunities will be updated frequently. The NExT program, designed for new and recent Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences, is a year-long program that addresses a full range of professional issues, focusing on the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics. One year of high level research in any area of science, technology and engineering tenable at any UK university of research institution. Must be a U.S. citizen and hold a Ph.D. in relevant field.