Summer Grants for Students

IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Graduate Student Research Grants

• The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS), an organization of technology professionals, supports graduate student research activity with a summer grant program. Students who are CIS members can apply for funds to cover summer research at their home university or at another university or research agency. The summer project must be related to the field of computer intelligence. Three to five grants are awarded per year in amounts from $1,000 to $4,000. A grant can be renewed for a second summer to continue the research. Eligibility requirements include a description and proposed time line of the proposed research, a detailed budget and two reference letters. Applications can be submitted online.

  IEEE Computer Society

  Headquarters Office

  2001 L Street, NW. Suite 700

  Washington, DC 20036-4910 USA

  202-371-0101

  ieee-cis.org

Google Summer of Code Grant

• Student computer programmers as young as 18 years old can apply for summer research projects sponsored by the technology corporation Google. Open-source software projects are the focus of the program. Full or part-time students can propose research with Google-approved companies or projects developing open-source software. Students receive a $5,000 stipend. Google started the program in 2005 and, in 2010, gave funding to 1,000 projects. Students worldwide can apply for the program, except for residents of countries that are on the United States trade embargo list, such as Cuba and North Korea. Applications are completed online. Students can submit up to 20 proposals but can only work on one summer project.

  Google Summer of Code

  1600 Amphitheatre Parkway

  Mountain View, CA 94043

  650-253-0000

  socghop.appspot.com

Mu Alpha Theta Summer Math Program/Research Grants

• High school and community college students with research interests in math can apply for grant support from Mu Alpha Theta. The mathematics honor society has chapters at over 1,500 schools, and applicants must be members of the organization. Grants of $2,000 may be used for tuition and fees at university summer math programs or for research expenses. Eight students received grants in 2010. Students must submit letters of recommendation, an essay, a resume and an itemized list of funding needs.

  Mu Alpha Theta Summer Grants

  c/o University of Oklahoma

  601 Elm Ave., Rm. 1102

  Norman, OK 73019

  405-325-4489

  mualphatheta.org