Rickover Fellowship Program in Nuclear Engineering

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Evaluation of Applications

When an application is received, the staff at MUSC reviews the application to ensure that the applicant meets the basic criteria and has submitted all required application materials.  If time permits, the staff will attempt to contact applicants who have submitted an incomplete application.  However, it is the applicant's responsibility to check with MUSC to ensure that an application is complete.

After an application is checked and designated complete, it is submitted, along with all other complete applications, to a review panel.  The review panel is composed of Naval Reactors prime contractor personnel, who are directly responsible for analysis and research in nuclear science and engineering areas applicable to the program. 

The panel reviews each application and selects finalists, which are then invited for in-person interviews. The review panel will subsequently select award recipients. 

Applications are reviewed on the basis of grades, GRE scores, career and goals statements, areas of research intent, and references.  Professional personnel needs of the DOE Naval Reactors research program are also considered.

The number of awards given each year is dependent on the available funding and the qualifications of the candidates.  Some applicants who do not receive awards are selected for "Honorable Mention" status.  This status recognizes their achievements and places them on a list for a possible award should additional funding become available.

MUSC will notify applicants of their award status.  Notification usually occurs in early April of each year.  Once fellowships are awarded, MUSC handles the administration of the fellowship for the Naval Reactors Program. 

Questions about stipends, payment of tuition and fees, practicum assignments, travel, etc. should be referred to MUSC. 

Shortly after acceptance of the appointment, an advisor from one of the Naval Reactors Prime Contractor Laboratories will contact the fellowship recipient.  This advisor is tasked to aid the recipient in selecting a research topic, if necessary, and location for the first practicum and, as previously mentioned, will be assigned to the fellow's graduate committee.