Eligibility
No. You must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident to apply for the DOE CSGF.
Your department must certify that no more than one term of teaching, grading or other departmental support activity is required of you or that any requirements beyond one term will be waived. You must present your department chairperson’s waiver when you are offered a DOE CSGF award.
No. You must be a full-time student working toward your Ph.D. at a U.S. university (by fall 2023).
Undergraduate seniors, first year graduate students and those matriculating into a Ph.D. program (by fall 2023) are eligible for this fellowship. If you have a question as to whether this applies to you, review eligibility criteria and additional FAQs on this subject, or contact us.
At time of application, you cannot have completed more than one year of full-time graduate work towards your Ph.D. Please review eligibility criteria and additional FAQs on this subject, or contact us with specific questions.
You can apply to the DOE CSGF, but if you get an award you may have to give up your current fellowship. The DOE CSGF cannot be accepted concurrently with another federal fellowship.
Having a master's degree does not affect your application to the fellowship as long as you plan to attend a different university for your doctoral studies. Alternatively, if your doctoral department and advisor are different from that of your master's, you may remain at the same institution.
As long as you’ll start a doctoral program by the time the fellowship would begin (fall 2023), you’re eligible.
Yes, you are eligible as long as it has been at least two years since you earned you earned your master's degree.
Students in the physical, engineering, computer, mathematical or life sciences are eligible. If you feel your area of study doesn’t fit these categories but does emphasize high-performance computing, we encourage you to apply and convince reviewers that your work can be properly represented as computational science. Read more about fields of study supported by the DOE CSGF.
Transcripts
We need an official transcript from all universities listed on your application, including the current fall term (if you are enrolled). If the fall transcript isn’t available until after the deadline, we will still accept your application and consider it complete.
Official transcripts must be sent directly from the university, either by mail or through an e-transcript system (the latter is preferred when the option exists). Transcripts sent by an applicant will not be accepted regardless of delivery method.
Program of Study (POS)
You can attend any accredited U.S. university offering a Ph.D. during the fellowship period. Read about the program of study requirement.
Application Status & Submission
Yes, you can save your application and work on it any time. Your application is considered final — and no further changes can be made — once you click “Final Submission" within the "Review for Final Submission" section of the system. You can, however, continue using the online system to prompt listed references to submit their letters and/or to check your application’s status.
The 2023-24 application deadline is Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Krell Institute will continue to accept transcripts and reference letters beyond that date and into the review period. Log into your application at any time to check the status of received/outstanding documents.
For studies beginning in fall 2023, we will notify you by late April 2023.
For those considering whether to apply for this next class of awards, the fellowship start date will be September 1, 2023. Remember, funding is renewable for up to four total years.