Microsoft Research PhD Scholarships 2008

ukacademia — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:42:00 GMT

In 2004, the Microsoft European Science Initiative launched the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme and sponsored a first batch of 10 PhD Scholars. Since then Microsoft has awarded another 68 scholarships. We are now in the process of making this year’s awards, a task that will bring our total close to a hundred students– and this does not include students to be sponsored at the Max Planck Institute in Saarbrücken or students sponsored through other mechanisms!

As in previous years, the majority of the applications came from the UK. The UK Academic Team would like to join with our colleagues at Microsoft Research, Cambridge in congratulating the following UK universities on their successful submissions.

Birmingham, Cambridge (2), Edinburgh (2), Lancaster, Manchester, The Open University, Oxford (2), St Andrew’s, University College London (2)

Congratulations to all!

Claire

For full details of each of the above scholarships please click here.

Funding Opportunity: Gaming in Computer Science

ukacademia — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:46:00 GMT

My colleagues in Microsoft Research have just announced a Request For Proposals (RFP) for the creation of curriculum and other resources that utilise gaming paradigms to enhance the teaching of core computer science concepts.

It's building on the work that was completed as part of an earlier RFP, and we're particularly keen to see applicants consider the use of a number of existing games engines, which include both XNA and the SimConnect API from FlightSim X.

Here's a calendar of important dates for the RFP:

Opening date for submission of proposals: Thursday, Oct 5, 2006

Last date for submission of proposals: Monday, Oct 25, 2006 12:00 PM, noon, Pacific Standard Time (-8 UTC/GMT)

Notification of Awards: Monday, Nov 20, 2006 5:00 PM, Pacific Standard Time (-8 UTC/GMT)

Full details of the RFP can be found on the Microsoft Research Website

Andy

UK Academic Team Blog : Funding Opportunities

Microsoft Research PhD Scholarships 2008

Funding Opportunity: Gaming in Computer Science