FIP Fellowships (Chambers & Fitzpatrick)

The Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP) is able to offer several graduate student fellowships through the continued support and generosity of the Fitzpatrick Foundation and Mr. John Chambers.

Students are nominated for these honors by their faculty advisers. The nomination procedure is detailed below.

John Chambers Fellows

Eligibility: Incoming FIP graduate students
Deadline for faculty to submit nominations: February 1
Award: $10,000 top-up on their stipend and $1000 towards educational travel
Length of Award: 1 year

John Chambers Scholars

Eligibility: Current FIP graduate students
Deadline for faculty to submit nominations: June 15
Award: $31,000 annual stipend, tuition remission, graduate school fees & health insurance
Length of Award: 2 years

Fitzpatrick Foundation Scholars

Eligibility: Current FIP/engineering graduate students
Deadline for faculty to submit nominations: June 15
Award: $31,000 annual stipend, tuition remission, graduate school fees & health insurance
Length of Award: 2 years

Nomination Procedure

Each candidate is nominated by a FIP faculty and judged on the criteria of research accomplishments, research potential, personal qualities, and collaborative potential.

For the Fellows, the FIP faculty must submit their nomination letter, the student’s c.v. (including GPA and publications/presentations) by March 10th.

For the Scholars, the adviser should provide a minimum of two nomination letters from FIP faculty, the student’s c.v. (including GPA and publications/presentations) and a two year research plan (no more than 3 pages in length) by June 15th. 

FIP faculty should submit all nomination packages as one (1) PDF file to august.burns@duke.edu by deadlines listed above.

The Fitzpatrick Institute Awards Committee:
Joseph Izatt, Chair
Robert “Judge” Carr
Jungsang Kim
Jie Liu
Hisham Massoud
Victoria Seewaldt

The Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics
Tuan Vo-Dinh, Director