The College of IST will provide $2000 to support any faculty member who seeks to host a Ph.D. student from an external institution if the following criteria are met.
Student criteria
- The student is a Ph.D. student in good standing from a comparable Ph.D. granting institution.
- The student’s home institution offers matching funds/pay for the remaining costs of the student’s travel.
- The student plans to seek a full-time faculty position after graduation and would consider applying for a job with IST and Penn State.
- The student comes from an underrepresented group and would help to diversify the IST faculty if hired after graduation.
- The student plans to stay at IST for a minimum of 8 weeks.
Faculty criteria
- The faculty member has exhausted all discretionary funds available for this purpose.
- The faculty member and student have a concrete plan for research with a deliverable at the end of the visit.
Requests should be submitted to the Associate Dean for Research.
Approved by: Dr. Andrew Sears, Dean, 10/11/2022