No, candidates may come from any country.
Each nominator will be contacted with the results by the date listed on the how to nominate page. It will be their responsibility to inform students, nominees and/or endorsers of the outcome. Note that SIGHPC only contacts nominators; students should request status information from their advisor.
That depends. A male would need to be a member of an identifiable racial/ethnic group that the country and/or university defines as underrepresented. That's why we have the advisor, not the student, address this criterion. Examples might be members of an economically disadvantaged tribal group (e.g., First Nations in Canada) or a racial/ethnic group that typically does not pursue university education (e.g., Lapp groups in Scandinavia) or rarely enters the computing profession (e.g., African-Americans in the US). Note that the group must be considered underrepresented - by the government or some recognized agency - in computing in the country of study. University administrators track that kind of information and can answer questions about the criteria in your country.
Computational science and data science are defined on the fellowships webpage. Our interpretation is very broad, but the research advisor is required to explain why his/her program qualifies, as part of the nomination.
Not at all. We welcome applications from students who are coming to data/computational science from non-traditional backgrounds (forestry, agricultural or life sciences, liberal arts, etc.).
The intent is for Fellowship winners to interact in a long-term, meaningful way with faculty and other grad students, so the degree work must include at least a year of in-person, directed research, and must result in a dissertation or thesis. Online programs are eligible provided that at least a year of research under a research advisor at the institution is completed.
The "plan of study" is intended to include both phases of study: coursework and research. That is, the student must be less than halfway from enrolling in the program to completing the degree, as of August when the award will be made. The intent is to fund students who are near the start of their graduate career, and preference will be given to students in their first or second year of study.
There are no membership requirements - neither ACM nor SIGHPC - for anyone.
No. The nominator must be the student's research advisor, while the endorser must be someone else who knows the student's work well.
No. An advisor may nominate only one candidate.
If your student also receives other support from the unit or University (such as health insurance, cost-of-living allowance, recurring scholarships, etc.), please include the value of those as well as salary. Ideally the student will already be receiving at least some type of support. Note that the conditions of the Fellowship state that the stipend is intended to augment that support, not replace it.
Your research advisor has to start the process by clicking the nominations link on how to nominate. They will create a login and submit the nomination form. Once that is completed, the system will automatically send you an email (using the email address your nominator specified) so you can submit your portion. Once yours is completed and submitted, the system automatically contacts the endorser you named (using the email address you specified for them). If you find you specified the wrong email address, contact support@linklings.com for assistance.
This is an award, not a submission-and-review process. ACM's policy is that no individual feedback can be given to award nominators, since it might give them an unfair advantage.If you have a specific question that might benefit others as well, send it to fellowships@sighpc.org and we may add it as a new FAQ.
If you're a student, discuss your concerns with your research advisor or department head. Faculty often know the answers from dealing with research proposals or fellowships or will be able to find out by looking at the website (nomination websites can be hard for students to interpret correctly). If there's still a question, we invite advisors to contact us directly at fellowships@sighpc.org.