Doctoral Students

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Doctoral Internationalization Consortium

The UT CIBER is proud to participate in the CIBER Doctoral Internationalization Consortium, which comprises the CIBERs at Duke University (International Management/Organization Design), Purdue University (Operations Management), Temple University, University of California at Los Angeles (Finance), University of Michigan (International Cultural Management/Organizational Behavior), University of Pennsylvania (Accounting), University of Texas at Austin (Marketing), and University of Washington (Information Systems).

Participating CIBERs host consortia focusing on core academic subjects, inviting doctoral student from partner institutions and elsewhere to explore international themes in their discipline, and underwriting the cost of lodging and meals for attendees.

The UT Austin CIBER hosts a biennial Doctoral Internationalization Consortium in Marketing.  The fall, 2009 event brought 25 doctoral students together with prominent international faculty to discuss international topics related to marketing.  Participants delivered a research agenda to address the questions formulated during these discussions.  UT will host another consortium in 2011.  PhD students should monitor the CIBERWeb Portal for meetings.

SYLFF
Generally known as "SYLFF," The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund was established in 1987 by The Nippon Foundation. This fellowship fund is a program of the Tokyo Foundation.

The purpose of the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund is to financially assist young graduate students in the humanities and social sciences with leadership potential and interest in international affairs so as to help in the creation of a well-balanced and responsive core of future public and private sector leaders.
 

SYLFF Doctoral Fellowships in Business

Administered by the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

The objective of these awards, which are made possible by an endowment from the Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) of the Tokyo Foundation, is to support doctoral dissertation research on topics combining international and business perspectives. They will be made only to doctoral students who are currently enrolled in a graduate program at The University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), who have been admitted to candidacy, and whose approved dissertation research addresses, wholly or in significant part, the objective described above.

 

Process:

Using the SYLFF Doctoral Fellowship Application Form (pdf) graduate advisers submit nominations to CIBER in the McCombs School. Applications will be reviewed by the UT-Austin SYLFF Steering Committee, with input from McCombs School Doctoral Advisory Committee.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be currently enrolled at UT-Austin and admitted to candidacy. Awards are based on major accomplishments since entering graduate school, a well-defined program of research that combines international and business perspectives, a strong personal statement, and a letter of recommendation from the applicant's doctoral advisor.

Application Deadline: February 1 for the following year

Stipend: $10,000. Generally, four such awards are available annually.

Address:

Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
McCombs School of Business
CBA 3.204, Mail Stop B6000
(512) 471-1829

More Information:

David Platt, CIBER Director
david.platt@mccombs.utexas.edu


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