Fellowships and Scholarships in Data Science
Fellowships
These fellowships have in common experiential learning in hands-on industry linked projects. Typically 6-8 weeks in duration, they can substitute for a traditional postdoc for graduate students seeking to transition into a data science career. Often they take place in data science hubs across the country, in California, New York, Massachusetts, and beyond. They all involve a lot of self-directed learning combined with industry professional mentorship and community building among the participants.
Bloomberg Data Science Fellowship
Insight Data Science Fellows Program -has specific programs in data science, data engineering, health data, AI, data project management, devops, blockchain engineering & analysis, and security
Data Science Fellowship for Non-Profits via datasciencedojo
Scholarships
There are many additional data science scholarships for PhDs shared in a list at the World Scholarship Forum, Apply now!
Cornell Career Services Canvas Module-Data Science
Use the Canvas platform available to the Cornell community (login using your netID) to explore careers in data science.
In this Data Science module, you will learn:
1. What data science is and how to learn more about the industry.
2. What technical skills and knowledge data scientists need.
3. Tips for finding opportunities in data science.
4. How to prepare for interviews.
Timing: 20-25 minutes
Explore
- What is the role of a data scientist?
- What is a data scientist vs. data analyst?
- What skills are required to be a data scientist?
- What process does a data scientist use?
Prepare and Apply
Resources for more info
Are you interested in the intersection between data science and big impact? Progressive Data Jobs lists opportunities to enact change
Contribute to the essential repository of code: Github, a platform to host and review coding, develop software and connect with other developers.
Data Science Central is a resource for big data practitioners
Discover Data Science provides an entrée to learning more about the profession
Obtain open certification badges through IBM and Google to document your skills
Learn the language of data science via Biospace -The Explosion of Big Data Jobs: These Biotechs Are Hiring Huge Numbers of Data Scientists
Discover nine areas in biotechnology where data scientists are employed-this is just the tip of the iceberg in biotech, says author Aditya Basrur
Careers Beyond Academia Mentors in Data Science
Reach out to Cornell alumni and other professionals who work in data science--they are eager to talk with you:
Henrique Aviero PhD'12 Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lena (Bartell) Bradley PhD'18 Applied Engineering Physics, minor in Biomedical Engineering
Katherine Blake PhD'22 Linguistics
Brandon Borde PhD'16 Biomedical Engineering
Joe Caron MS'15 Materials Science and Engineering
Lucien Clavier, PhD'15 Mathematics, EY
R. Alex Coots PhD'16 Nutrition
Oana Dan PhD in Sociology
David Drummond PhD in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics; spoke at Cornell
Eric Epstein PhD'17 Philosophy started January 2020
Poornima Gadamsetty PhD'16 Biomedical Engineering
Avani Gowardhan PhD'19 Astronomy
Mohammad Haft-Javaherian PhD'19 Biomedical Engineering
Zhen Han PhD'16 Ecology
Lei Huang PhD'17 Computational Biology
Colin Jermain PhD'17 Physics
Keegan Kelsey PhD'15 Genetics, Genomics and Development
Elizabeth Mahood PhD'22 Plant Biology
Natalie Morse PhD'18 Environmental Engineering
Alex Ogbonna PhD'21 Plant Breeding and Genetics
Yehudah (Yudi) Pardo PhD'19 Biomedical Engineering
Riccardo Pavesi PhD'19 Astronomy
Sheila Saia PhD'17 Biological and Environmental Engineering
Iskander Said PhD'23 Genetics
Sepehr Saroukhani PhD'16 Computational and Applied Mathematics
Brian Schaefer PhD'21 Physics
Rachel Schlund PhD'24 Organizational Behavior
Jashan Singhal PhD'23 Electrical Engineering
Beate Sissenich PhD '03 Political Science and Government; now at Nielsen
Jennifer Spindel PhD '15 Plant Genetics
Ellie Taagen PhD'22 Plant Genetics
Ruud van Deursen PhD in Computer-Aided Drug Design
Jiayue Wan PhD'24 Operations Research
Luna (Juan) Wang, Cornell PhD Biophysics-see her Microsoft credentials as examples
Mark (Koni) Wright PhD'10 Genetics and Development
Peter Zhiping Zhang PhD'21