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King-Chávez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship Program (FFF)

Application deadline extended to February 23, 2024!

Established by the Michigan Legislature in 1986 and named in honor American civil rights activists Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), César Chávez (1927-1993), and Rosa Parks (1913-2005), the King-Chávez-Parks (KCP) Initiative is comprised of seven different programs.  The ultimate goal of these programs is to increase the number of Michigan’s most educationally or economically disadvantaged citizens who have the opportunity to complete college degrees and experience career success as active participants in a knowledge-based global economy. Preference is not given to applicants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Applications from minorities, women, people with disabilities, and individuals from cultural, linguistic, geographic, and socio-economic backgrounds who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the graduate student and faculty populations are encouraged to apply.

The KCP Future Faculty Fellowship (FFF) Program at Michigan State University (MSU) is funded by the State of Michigan’s Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and the MSU Graduate School.  This program aims to increase the pool of academically or economically disadvantaged candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers in postsecondary education.  Future Faculty Fellowship graduates are obligated, by a signed agreement, to remain in postsecondary faculty teaching or administration in a public or private, 2- or 4-year, in-state or out-of-state postsecondary institution for a minimum of three (3) years equivalent full-time. Fellows may also substitute up to one-third (1/3) of the 3 year full-time equivalency portion of teaching or administrative service credit with non-traditional service that has been pre- approved by the State of Michigan. Fellows who do not fulfill the teaching and/or other responsibilities, requirements, and obligations of their fellowship agreement may be placed in default, which would result in the fellowship being converted into a loan (referred to as a KCP Loan) that the fellow repays to the State of Michigan.

For detailed descriptions of the eligibility requirements (Sections 1 and 2), see  King-Chavez-Parks (KCP) Initiative Future Faculty Fellowship (FFF) Eligibility Requirements (PDF) . An applicant must satisfy all eight criteria in Section 1 and must satisfy at least one from Section 2 to be eligible.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The applications (only complete applications will be considered) will be evaluated by a KCP FFF Award Selection Committee. Preference will be given to those applicants who meet the following selection criteria: 

• Excellent academic credentials
• Outstanding letters of recommendation
• Compelling personal statement
• Detailed description of dissertation project
• Significance of contributions to field of research
• Informed statement on diversity/inclusiveness
• logical timeline and dissertation completion plan

AWARD AMOUNT

The KCP Future Faculty Fellowship award amount is a $35,000 lump sum. MSU supplements the award with a health care allowance, one credit of tuition and fees for the Fall and Spring semesters, and one credit of tuition and fees for a Summer semester. Requests for additional credits will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

Applicants are highly encouraged to speak with the Office of Financial Aid to determine how the fellowship may affect any aid received and the cost of attendance.  

CONDITIONS OF THE AWARD AND FELLOWSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

A KCP Future Faculty Fellowship awardee at MSU agrees to:

• participate in an orientation program and meet with Terah Chambers (MSU KCP Director, Graduate School Associate Dean) at least once per semester.
• complete a doctoral degree within two years of receiving the fellowship.
• complete a 3-year service obligation that can be met by a part- or full-time postsecondary teaching or approved administrative position (pre-approved teaching assistantships count toward this obligation).
• obtain a part- or full-time faculty teaching or approved administrative position in an accredited, public two- or four-year postsecondary institution within one year after obtaining the doctoral degree.
• submit an annual progress report until graduation.
• participate, if possible, in at least one activity in another KCP Initiative at MSU.
• remain in the local (East Lansing) area while completing the doctoral degree (exceptions may be made for those needing to move outside of the area for dissertation data collection).

Please Note :  While holding a KCP Future Faculty Fellowship, documented teaching verified by the KCP Initiative Office will apply toward the three-year full-time equivalent teaching agreement. This includes pre-approved teaching assistantship appointments as well as postsecondary teaching at two-year or four-year institutions. This Fellowship will be considered defaulted and a loan subject to repayment in full to the State of Michigan if the conditions for acceptance are not met.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants must complete the KCP-FFF application located in the KCP Future Faculty Fellowship Online Management System .

• In order to submit a FFF application, applicants must create a  MILogin ID  and “Request Access” to the KCP Future Faculty Fellowship Program under “Search Application”. Once access is granted, the application can be found under “My Opportunities” on the right-hand side of the page. 
• description of your dissertation project—i.e., an abridged dissertation prospectus (1500 words maximum)
• a detailed timetable for completing your dissertation
• a diversity statement that addresses your experience with diversity in the classroom and/or in your past or planned research endeavors, any experience mentoring diverse students or community outreach initiatives, and how you will advance inclusive excellence (1000 words maximum)
• two or three letters of recommendation (one of which must be from your faculty major adviser) -  Reference Report (PDF)

APPLICATION DEADLINE

The State of Michigan’s KCP-FFF Application is open October 1, 2023.

*EXTENDED* Michigan State University’s application submission deadline is February 23, 2024.

For questions or additional information pertaining to the KCP FFF, contact Dr. Terah Chambers at [email protected] or Deanne Hubbell at [email protected] .

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Department of Sociology College of Social Science

Two sociology phd students receive dissertation completion fellowships.

September 14, 2022

Sociology PhD students Zoey Lai and Angelica Ruvalcaba have been awarded Dissertation Completion Fellowships for Spring 2023 by the College of Social Science. Congratulations!

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College of education’s dissertation completion fellowship announcement .

To all EAD faculty and advanced PhD students:

The Graduate School and College of Education will continue to offer a number of “Dissertation Completion Fellowships” for advanced doctoral students who could benefit from  a $7000 fellowship [note increase]  to accelerate the completion of their dissertation.  Awards will be for spring, 2017, and summer, 2017.

Eligibility

The competition is open to doctoral students who are positioned to submit the final versions of their dissertations to the Graduate School by the end of summer, 2017; projected spring and summer PhD graduates are therefore eligible. Students who have already defended their dissertations and are engaged in final revisions at this time (even if it is likely that they will earn a spring 2017 degree) are  not  eligible for the award.

In order to be eligible,   all nominees for the Dissertation Completion Fellowships must have passed their comprehensive examinations, and have a copy of the examination completion form on file in the Graduate Records Office by November 1, 2015 .

During the semester of the award, recipients may hold   no more than a quarter-time assistantship . We require reassurance about progress and timely completions because future funding for this award from the University is always based in large part upon the success of these awards in expediting the completion of strong dissertations. We are pleased that virtually all of last year’s recipients finished in a timely fashion, which has kept our presence and strength visible across campus.

Review Process

There are two stages of the review process for this fellowship.  First, applicants will submit their materials to EAD for internal review.  This also allows the departments and programs, which have greater inside knowledge than the College committee, to make initial judgments about the applications.  Each department will then submit ranked nominations to the College-level review panel. Second, the College review panel will evaluate applications and submit its selections to the Graduate School, which will make the formal award.

o   By  November 1, 2016 : Have a copy of the comprehensive examination completion form on file in the Graduate Records Office.

o   By  November 4,   2016 : Submit all application materials to Marilyn Amey in EAD.

o   EAD will send complete nomination packages to the College review panel by November 18, 2016.

Application Materials

The nomination packet should include the following:

• One copy of the approved dissertation proposal . We ask that proposals be no longer than 30 pages, double-spaced. This limit does not pertain to essential appendices or reference lists. In some cases this may mean submitting a single representative section, but in most cases the entire proposal may be submitted. We want this in electronic (Word .docx) form from the departments, with the following filename:  DCF16Prop[your last name].docx. 
• One letter  of nomination/support from the director of the dissertation that attends to the following: it reaffirms the approval of the proposal, testifies to the dissertation’s strengths, and to the likelihood of completion before the end of summer, 2017. The letter must also include a timeline for completion, with major benchmarks, and should indicate the way in which the $7,000 award will help release time to complete the dissertation. These statements are critical to the reviewers, so please address them directly in the letter. Nominations without timelines will not be considered at the College level. The College will need these letters in electronic form, so they should be submitted using the following filename:  DCF17Letter[nominee’s last name].docx or .pdf 
• One MSU electronic transcript for all PhD program coursework. Here is how you secure and insert your MSU transcript (submit only your PhD coursework):
• Go to www.reg.msu.edu  [MSU Registrar’s homepage].
• Select Student Services menu.
• Select Transcripts.
• Select the linked text that reads “Validate and Order using MSUNet ID and password”.
• Under Transcript Order # 1, Select “Yes” to have your transcript sent to you.
• Select “Electronic (PDF)”.
• Enter your phone number and complete mailing address.
• Select Next.
• Review the information that will have been inserted into the request, and Select “Submit Order”.
• Within two business days you will receive an email with a link to your transcripts
• Save the .PDF,  rename it DCF16Transcript[your last name].pdf and attach it along with your Proposal

Submission Instructions

EAD students should email the three application documents to Dr. Marilyn Amey,  [email protected]  by 5 p.m. EAT, Friday, November 4, 2016.

Note : Most faculty do not have formal assignments at MSU during the summer. Expecting them to focus on the final stages of dissertation writing and the defense, therefore, is not something that anyone should take lightly. Therefore, summer semester DCF recipients will be able to turn their dissertations in to the Graduate School during the early part of fall semester, with defenses and final revisions completed after mid-August, but well before the fall Graduate School deadlines. This should help reduce pressure to have faculty members so deeply engaged in final dissertation work.

Please direct questions to Dr. Riyad Shahjahan ( [email protected] ).

For the first time Rosatom Fuel Division supplied fresh nuclear fuel to the world’s only floating nuclear cogeneration plant in the Arctic

The fuel was supplied to the northernmost town of Russia along the Northern Sea Route.

The first in the history of the power plant refueling, that is, the replacement of spent nuclear fuel with fresh one, is planned to begin before 2024. The manufacturer of nuclear fuel for all Russian nuclear icebreakers, as well as the Akademik Lomonosov FNPP, is Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Joint-Stock Company (MSZ JSC), a company of Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL that is based in Elektrostal, Moscow Region.

The FNPP includes two KLT-40S reactors of the icebreaking type. Unlike convenient ground-based large reactors (that require partial replacement of fuel rods once every 12-18 months), in the case of these reactors, the refueling takes place once every few years and includes unloading of the entire reactor core and loading of fresh fuel into the reactor.

The cores of KLT-40 reactors of the Akademik Lomonosov floating power unit have a number of advantages compared to the reference ones: a cassette core was used for the first time in the history of the unit, which made it possible to increase the fuel energy resource to 3-3.5 years between refuelings, and also reduce the fuel component of the electricity cost by one and a half times. The FNPP operating experience formed the basis for the designs of reactors for nuclear icebreakers of the newest series 22220. Three such icebreakers have been launched by now.

For the first time the power units of the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant were connected to the grid in December 2019, and put into commercial operation in May 2020. The supply of nuclear fuel from Elektrostal to Pevek and its loading into the second reactor is planned for 2024. The total power of the Akademik Lomonosov FNPP, supplied to the coastal grid of Pevek without thermal energy consumption on shore, is about 76 MW, being about 44 MW in the maximum thermal power supply mode. The FNPP generated 194 million kWh according to the results of 2023. The population of Pevek is just a little more than 4 thousand, while the FNPP has a potential for supplying electricity to a city with a population of up to 100 thousand people. After the FNPP commissioning two goals were achieved. These include first of all the replacement of the retiring capacities of the Bilibino NPP, which has been operating since 1974, as well as the Chaunskaya TPP, which has already been operating for more than 70 years. Secondly, energy is supplied to the main mining companies in western Chukotka in the Chaun-Bilibino energy hub a large ore and metal cluster, including gold mining companies and projects related to the development of the Baimsk ore zone. In September 2023, a 110 kilovolt power transmission line with a length of 490 kilometers was put into operation, connecting the towns of Pevek and Bilibino. The line increased the reliability of energy supply from the FNPP to both Bilibino consumers and mining companies, the largest of which is the Baimsky GOK. The comprehensive development of the Russian Arctic is a national strategic priority. To increase the NSR traffic is of paramount importance for accomplishment of the tasks set in the field of cargo shipping. This logistics corridor is being developed due regular freight voyages, construction of new nuclear-powered icebreakers and modernization of the relevant infrastructure. Rosatom companies are actively involved in this work. Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL (Rosatom Fuel Division) includes companies fabricating nuclear fuel, converting and enriching uranium, manufacturing gas centrifuges, conducting researches and producing designs. As the only nuclear fuel supplier to Russian NPPs, TVEL supplies fuel for a total of 75 power reactors in 15 countries, for research reactors in nine countries, as well as for propulsion reactors of the Russian nuclear fleet. Every sixth power reactor in the world runs on TVEL fuel. Rosatom Fuel Division is the world’s largest producer of enriched uranium and the leader on the global stable isotope market. The Fuel Division is actively developing new businesses in chemistry, metallurgy, energy storage technologies, 3D printing, digital products, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. TVEL also includes Rosatom integrators for additive technologies and electricity storage systems. Rosenergoatom, Joint-Stock Company is part of Rosatom Electric Power Division and one of the largest companies in the industry acting as an operator of nuclear power plants. It includes, as its branches, 11 operating NPPs, including the FNPP, the Scientific and Technical Center for Emergency Operations at NPPs, Design and Engineering as well as Technological companies. In total, 37 power units with a total installed capacity of over 29.5 GW are in operation at 11 nuclear power plants in Russia. Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Joint-Stock Company (MSZ JSC, Elektrostal) is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of fuel for nuclear power plants. The company produces fuel assemblies for VVER-440, VVER-1000, RBMK-1000, BN-600,800, VK-50, EGP-6; powders and fuel pellets intended for supply to foreign customers. It also produces nuclear fuel for research reactors. The plant belongs to the TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom.

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30 Best universities for Mechanical Engineering in Moscow, Russia

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Below is a list of best universities in Moscow ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 269K citations received by 45.8K academic papers made by 30 universities in Moscow was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

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Victor Mukhin

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Title : Active carbons as nanoporous materials for solving of environmental problems

However, up to now, the main carriers of catalytic additives have been mineral sorbents: silica gels, alumogels. This is obviously due to the fact that they consist of pure homogeneous components SiO2 and Al2O3, respectively. It is generally known that impurities, especially the ash elements, are catalytic poisons that reduce the effectiveness of the catalyst. Therefore, carbon sorbents with 5-15% by weight of ash elements in their composition are not used in the above mentioned technologies. However, in such an important field as a gas-mask technique, carbon sorbents (active carbons) are carriers of catalytic additives, providing effective protection of a person against any types of potent poisonous substances (PPS). In ESPE “JSC "Neorganika" there has been developed the technology of unique ashless spherical carbon carrier-catalysts by the method of liquid forming of furfural copolymers with subsequent gas-vapor activation, brand PAC. Active carbons PAC have 100% qualitative characteristics of the three main properties of carbon sorbents: strength - 100%, the proportion of sorbing pores in the pore space – 100%, purity - 100% (ash content is close to zero). A particularly outstanding feature of active PAC carbons is their uniquely high mechanical compressive strength of 740 ± 40 MPa, which is 3-7 times larger than that of  such materials as granite, quartzite, electric coal, and is comparable to the value for cast iron - 400-1000 MPa. This allows the PAC to operate under severe conditions in moving and fluidized beds.  Obviously, it is time to actively develop catalysts based on PAC sorbents for oil refining, petrochemicals, gas processing and various technologies of organic synthesis.

Victor M. Mukhin was born in 1946 in the town of Orsk, Russia. In 1970 he graduated the Technological Institute in Leningrad. Victor M. Mukhin was directed to work to the scientific-industrial organization "Neorganika" (Elektrostal, Moscow region) where he is working during 47 years, at present as the head of the laboratory of carbon sorbents.     Victor M. Mukhin defended a Ph. D. thesis and a doctoral thesis at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (in 1979 and 1997 accordingly). Professor of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Scientific interests: production, investigation and application of active carbons, technological and ecological carbon-adsorptive processes, environmental protection, production of ecologically clean food.   

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