The CSGrad4US Fellowship Program

计算研究协会(CRA)将管理计算机与信息科学与工程(CEISE)研究生奖学金计划(CSGrad4US)，目的是增加在CEISE领域从事研究和创新职业的国内研究生的数量和多样性。许多本科学位获得者在行业和其他组织都有出色的工作机会，这些人中只有一小部分人考虑攻读与计算机相关的博士学位课程。CSGrad4US奖学金为可能在工业或其他部门工作的学士学位持有者提供了重返学术界并在CESE领域攻读以研究为基础的博士学位的机会。该项目通过为人们成功申请和坚持博士项目提供金钱激励和支持，有可能影响国内CEISE博士学位的流水线和生产。该计划强烈鼓励来自计算机行业代表性不足的群体的人申请。评估将为从劳动力市场返回的个人提供进入和通过博士项目的途径的特点，包括一种可用于支持更多样化的国内学生群体的指导和专业发展模式。根据CSGrad4US导师计划和计算创新研究员过去的经验，CRA将管理CSGrad4US奖学金的所有阶段，包括：拓展和招募潜在申请者；促进奖学金申请过程；确定审核者并进行小组审查；根据计划目标选择申请者；为参与者运行导师计划，从申请过程开始并贯穿整个博士项目；向CSGrad4US高等教育机构颁发奖项；进行持续评估以评估结果并跟踪参与者，并传播结果。CSGrad4US包括每年提供最多70名选定的个人指导准备，然后为研究生学习提供三年的研究金支持，使其能够在经认证的授予博士学位的高等教育机构中获得以研究性为基础的博士学位，该机构的校区位于美国、其领土或领地或波多黎各联邦。该项目建立在CRA教育委员会(CRA-E)和扩大参与委员会(CRA-WP)制定的CSGrad4US指导计划的经验教训基础上。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Computing Research Association (CRA) will manage the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Graduate Fellowship (CSGrad4US) Program with the aim of increasing the number and diversity of domestic graduate students pursuing research and innovation careers in the CISE fields. Many undergraduate degree recipients have outstanding job opportunities in industry and at other organizations, and only a small fraction of these individuals considers pursuing a computing-related doctoral degree program. The CSGrad4US Fellowship provides an opportunity for bachelor’s degree holders who may be working in industry or other sectors to return to academia and pursue research-based doctoral degrees in a CISE field. This program has the potential to impact the domestic CISE PhD pipeline and production by providing the monetary incentives and the supports for people to successfully apply and persist in a doctoral program. The program strongly encourages people from groups that are underrepresented in computing to apply. The evaluation will provide insight into the characteristics of pathways into and through PhD programs for individuals returning from the workforce, including a model of mentoring and professional development that can be used to support a more diverse, domestic student population. Building upon past experience with the CSGrad4US Mentoring Program and Computing Innovation Fellows, CRA will administer all phases of the CSGrad4US Fellowship including: outreach and recruitment of potential applicants; facilitating the fellowship application process; identifying reviewers and conducting panel reviews; selecting applicants according to program goals, running a mentoring program for participants starting with the application process and going throughout the PhD program; making awards to CSGrad4US institutions of higher education; conducting ongoing evaluation to assess outcomes and track participants, and disseminating the findings. CSGrad4US includes providing up to 70 selected individuals each year mentored preparation, followed by three years of fellowship support for graduate study that leads to a research-based doctoral degree in a CISE discipline at an accredited doctoral degree-granting institution of higher education having a campus located in the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. This project builds upon the lessons learned from the CSGrad4US Mentoring Program developed by CRA’s Committees on Education (CRA-E) and Widening Participation (CRA-WP).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.