Faculty Fellowship

How to submit a nomination

Nominations for the 2021 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship closed on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 12:00 PM (Noon) Pacific Time. Universities and Microsoft nominators should inform faculty nominees once they have submitted their nomination so the nominees can begin collecting the details on the Proposal tab. Nominated faculty will receive an invitation email in early March 2021 to submit their proposal.

A maximum of three nominations per university will be accepted; if more than one is nominated, then the other one or two nominees should help us increase the opportunities for faculty who are underrepresented in the field of computing. This includes those who self-identify as a woman, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and/or person with a disability.

Microsoft Research lab members and researchers within an applied research group in other parts of Microsoft may nominate a maximum of two faculty. If more than one faculty is nominated, then at least one nominee should help us increase the opportunities for faculty who are underrepresented in the field of computing. This includes those who self-identify as a woman, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and/or person with a disability.

Nominations must include:

• Your name, email, and job title as the person submitting the nomination on behalf of your university or as a Microsoft nominator
• For university nominations, a brief description (a few sentences) of your university’s process for determining which faculty to nominate for this fellowship
• For university nominations, attestation that the process used to determine which faculty to nominate from your university for this fellowship was fair and non-discriminatory
• Nominee’s name, email, country, university, and department
• Nominee’s primary and secondary areas of research (click on the Our research tab at the top of the page for a full list)
• Attestation that the nominee received their terminal degree (e.g. PhD, DSc) in May 2016 or later (having taken into account approved delays)
• Attestation that the nominee is a full-time faculty at a degree-granting college or university, conducting research, advising graduate students, and teaching in a classroom
• Attestation that the nominee you are putting forth is either someone who self-identifies as underrepresented in the field of computing (as detailed above) or not