[PRL] hertz foundation

Matthias Felleisen matthias at ccs.neu.edu
Mon Oct 18 17:22:56 EDT 2004


For years they had a preference for physical sciences, but we had a 
faculty member at Rice for whom Hertz had paid the entire PhD at 
Stanford, in core CS. They have changed -- Matthias

On Oct 18, 2004, at 5:02 PM, Jeffrey D Palm wrote:

> Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>> The Hertz foundation has sent me a poster on its
>> extremely competitive and lucrative fellowships.
>> I have attached a copy to my door.
>> I have been a referee for the foundation, and we
>> have had some moderate success at Rice getting
>> PhD student money from this foundation. I honestly
>> don't know whether they even take apps from NU.
>> In any case, if you're interested, take a look,
>> make a copy, check them out. They are a bit
>> different. But success with them is a good
>> bullet on your CV.
>> -- Matthias
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> The first thing I was told in my interview a few years back for this 
> was that it was almost *exclusively* given to proposals in the 
> physical sciences (which was not an encouraging way to start).  But, 
> maybe things have changed.  Just a note.
>
> Jeff
>
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