Hertz Foundation Applied Science Fellowships

The Hertz Foundation's mission is to build America's capacity for innovation by nurturing remarkable applied scientists and engineers who show the most promise to change the world.

Our nation and the world urgently need the talents of applied scientists and engineers to drive innovation, enhance competitiveness and help solve critical problems we face.

The Hertz Foundation identifies the rare young scientists and engineers with the potential to change the world for the better and supports their research endeavors from an early stage.

The Foundation empowers these outstanding young people with the freedom to innovate in collaboration with leading professors in the field.

	The Hertz Fellowship Application The Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship empowers outstanding young people pursuing a PhD degree in the applied physical, biological, and engineering sciences with the freedom to innovate and explore their genius in collaboration with leading professors in the field. Questions? Download the 2009 Poster View Last Year's Application

	Hertz Foundation Spring-Summer 2010 Newsletter In this issue: Remarks from President Jay Davis on new entrepreneurial experiences for Fellows; Hertz Fellows serving in the Military; announcing the Guzik Foundation and Peter Strauss Endowed Fellowships, and the Hertz Foundation Google Fellowship; Foundation expenditures FY09; new Awardees for 2010-2011 and new Alumni Fellows receiving their PhDs; and upcoming events. Download the PDF

	Symposium Speakers now on the Web View the full videos from the Hertz Symposium, Catalyzing the Future. Speakers include: Bill Gates, Jay Keasling, Tom Reed, Xiaowei Zhuang, Carl Wieman, Paul Horn, Walter Scott, Eric Boe, Wanda Austin, Justin Fox, Linda Garverick. View the Videos

	Network for Success Mentor Program Launched Join the new mentoring program designed to provide professional development support and guidance in the form of a "one-on-one" relationship in an atmosphere of mutual respect, friendship, motivation and advocacy among in-school, early-career, and later-career Hertz Fellows and friends. Download the Application

"The Hertz Fellowship was transformational. The technical depth it helped me pursue was crucial to earning credibility with the founders and inventors of GPS."

W. Neil McCasland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hertz Fellow 1988

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UPCOMING DATES

8/16/2010

Fellowship Application for 2011-2012 opens August 15, 2010

4/1/2009

Network for Success Mentoring Program Application Launched. DOWNLOAD PDF