Graduate Student Professional Development
Carnegie Mellon's graduate students need to develop multiple employment options, fungible skills, and focused, holistic self-knowledge. The Professional Development Seminar Series supports this process through a series of seminars in business, management and communications skills geared to better prepare our graduate students for successful careers in academic, corporate, public and research sectors. Students are exposed to a range of professional skills they will need to excel in future leading, mentoring, teaching, financial, and management roles. The seminars provide graduate students with a practical knowledge of the basic professional skillsets.
In addition to the seminar series, there is a companion Graduate Student Professional Development Resource Webpage that includes job listing website links, professional skills links, a bibliography of useful books and articles, and interviews with successful alumni and local professionals.
Graduate Research Funding
- GradUate Small project Help (GuSH) Funding
- Ford Motor Company Graduate Student Research Grant
Graduate Small project Help (GuSH) Funding
GuSH funding is financed by the Graduate Student Assembly, in collaboration with the Graduate Support Programs Office and the Provost's Office. GuSH funding is intended to help graduate students reach their full potential through the graduate work they do at CMU. These awards, for $500 each, are to be used against costs incurred in the completion of research required for a graduate degree at Carnegie Mellon. These funds are intended to be utilized by students whose personal or departmental resources have been exhausted. GuSH awards allow students to continue or complete projects toward their degree. Approximately 30 awards will be given out each academic year. Eligibility and evaluation criteria are outlined on the on-line application form, which may be found at: <GuSH/Ford Online Application form>
Ford Motor Company Graduate Student Research Grant
Applications for Ford Motor Company research grants are submitted through the GuSH on-line application form <GuSH/Ford Online Application Form> however, the guidelines and awards are different. For Ford Motor Company grants, research must be related to automotive or environmental issues. Research may focus on traditional fields of study (engineering, sciences, economics, etc.) or may be interdisciplinary (Engineering and Public Policy, Heinz, Social and Decision Sciences, etc.). Funded research may be a part of a larger research project in an existing lab or may be a product of independent research. Grants are awarded competitively based on proposals submitted by students. Requests for funding will be considered for a total of $500-$1,000. A maximum of $1,000 will be awarded per quarter. Participants in a project that receives funding are required to make a presentation and supply a final report to Ford Motor Company's Carnegie Mellon Campus Relations Team at the completion of the funded research. All presentations will be made on the Carnegie Mellon campus.
G.S.A. Graduate Conference Funding
G.S.A. Graduate Student Conference Funding is financed by the Graduate Student Assembly, in collaboration with the Graduate Support Programs Office and the Provost's Office. The goal of the funding is to enable more Carnegie Mellon graduate students to 1) make presentations at key conferences/exhibitions in their fields or 2) simply attend conferences and learn about the broader field of study to which they belong. This award is for $500 per student. It is considered a partial source of support and applicants are encouraged to seek funds from all other sources, including: 1) funding from the conferences they will be attending or speaking at, 2) their own advisor, 3) their department and 4) their college. A letter from the applicant's advisor is required indicating whether there are department- and college-level options for alternative funding. Graduate students may not receive more than one Conference Funding award per academic year. Approximately 90 awards will be distributed each academic year. Application is online at <Conference Funding Online Application Form>.
Further Information...
For further information on our programs for graduate students, please contact:
Nancy Klancher
Director, Graduate Support Programs
klancher+@andrew.cmu.edu
(412)268-7970
Carnegie Mellon University
Warner Hall, Room 527G
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213