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color:#221E1F'>For more information contact Professors Miles Greiner and Dev Chidambaram by sending an e-mail to: <a href="mailto:NPF@unr.edu">NPF@unr.edu</a> </span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <div> <div> <h1 align=left style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:115%'><span style='font-stretch:condensed'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#221E1F'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></h1> <h1 align=left style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; 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color:#221E1F'>Full time graduate tuition at UNR. </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.25pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>Faculty research supervision and professional career advisement. </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.25pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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color:#221E1F'>An internship at a National Lab, the NRC or a nuclear industry facility performing research and analysis that will enhance the professional experience and development of the Fellow. Relocation costs for the internship will be provided by the fellowship program. </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <div> <h1 align=left style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:115%'><span style='font-stretch:condensed'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></h1> <h1 align=left style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#002E62'>Requirements </span><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p align=left style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:115%'><span style='font-stretch:condensed'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#221E1F'>The following conditions must be fulfilled to receive/maintain a fellowship: </span></span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>US Citizenship or permanent residency. </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>Full time enrollment in the graduate program at the University of Nevada, Reno. </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>Perform research leading to an MS or Ph.D. under supervision of a faculty research advisor. </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>Sign a Nuclear Regulatory Commission service agreement which requires the Fellow to work for in a nuclear related role for six months for every one year (or fraction thereof) of funding he/she receives from the Program (a sample agreement is at http://www. nrc.gov/aboutnrc/grants/scholarship-svc-agreement.pdf). </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>Maintain a GPA of 3.3 or better (on a 4.0 scale) each semester and make satisfactory progress toward completion of a dissertation or thesis. </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>Author or co-author and submit one paper per year to a peer reviewed conference. </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>Apply to the UNR Graduate Student Associate for supplemental travel funds to present a conference paper (http://www.unr.edu/gsapdf form-travel.pdf, funds not provided by the Association will be provided by the Fellowship Program). </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>Submit one application, with the support of the faculty advisor, to a national graduate fellowship program, such as those from the DOE NNSA or DOE Office of Science, if the fellow is eligible to apply. </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>Intern one summer at a nuclear related National Lab, government agency or nuclear industrial site. </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> </div> <h1 align=left style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:115%'><span style='font-stretch:condensed'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></h1> <h1 align=left style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#002E62'>Application Process </span><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>To apply for travel funds to attend an orientation weekend at UNR send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:NPF@unr.edu">NPF@unr.edu</a> </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:36.75pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:53.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-15.75pt;line-height: 115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#221E1F'>After receiving graduate admission to UNR, applicants should submit tentative proof of US citizenship or permanent residency, an essay describing professional background and goals, and an indication of willingness to fulfill the fellowship requirements (listed above) to <a href="mailto:NPF@unr.edu">NPF@unr.edu</a> </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t202" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="202" path="m,l,21600r21600,l21600,xe"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t202" style='position:absolute; 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This work has been funded by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, National Laboratories, the State of Nevada and industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=Default align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=CM1 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:495.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>About the University of Nevada Reno</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:495.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'>Established in 1874, UNR is dynamic land-grant institution with an enrollment of ~ 17,000. The Carnegie Foundation ranks the UNR in the Doctoral/Research University-Intensive category, which places UNR among the top 10 percent of all colleges and universities in the United States. Our location of Reno, Nevada, offers the best of many worlds for our students; we are situated at the gateway of the scenic Sierra Nevada, less than a 45-minute drive from Lake Tahoe, and are surrounded by several ski resorts. Reno has on numerous occasions been ranked among the most desirable places in the country to live.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#8E9295'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <![if !mso]></td> </tr> </table> <![endif]></v:textbox> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout'> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align=left> <tr> <td width=77 height=15></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><img width=1133 height=258 src="Index_files/image008.gif" alt="Text Box: Nuclear Power Research at UNR&#13;&#10;Since 1992, the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) has conducted externally-funded research on the response of spent nuclear fuel transport casks to fire accident conditions, and performance and reliability of materials in advanced nuclear power applications. This work has been funded by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, National Laboratories, the State of Nevada and industry.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;About the University of Nevada Reno&#13;&#10;Established in 1874, UNR is dynamic land-grant institution with an enrollment of ~ 17,000. The Carnegie Foundation ranks the UNR in the Doctoral/Research University-Intensive category, which places UNR among the top 10 percent of all colleges and universities in the United States. Our location of Reno, Nevada, offers the best of many worlds for our students; we are situated at the gateway of the scenic Sierra Nevada, less than a 45-minute drive from Lake Tahoe, and are surrounded by several ski resorts. 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