The Frontera fellowship program provides a year-long opportunity for talented graduate students to compute on the most powerful academic supercomputer in the world and collaborate with experts at the Texas Advanced Computing Center.

Fellows will receive:

  • $34,000 stipend in two installments of $17,000
  • Up to $12,000 in tuition allowance throughout the year
  • Travel support to present research results at a Frontera user community event and/or professional conference
  • 50,000 node-hours on Frontera
  • Paid visits to TACC in Austin, TX

Applications will only be accepted from students who are studying in the United States or its territories at a US institution. Applicants must also:

  • Be enrolled as a graduate student at the time of application
  • Have completed at least one academic year (two semesters) of their PhD graduate program
  • Have at least one full year (12 months) remaining in their program as of June of the year of the award
  • Be able to spend one week during the summer semester, and one week in the spring semester in residence, at TACC in the year of the award (roughly June/July for summer and April/May for spring, but will vary according to your school’s calendar)

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