Georgia Tech-RBI Announces 2017-18 Graduate Fellowship Awards

Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute has announced the award of eight new graduate research fellowships of up to four years of funding, beginning with the fall term 2017.

  

The winners are:

These professors will recruit entering graduate students accepted into their respective schools to conduct the research. The fellowships will provide up to four years of funding for these students, who will join more than 40 RBI Fellows on campus.

"We were very pleased with the enthusiastic response to the request for proposals, and with the strength of the responses this year," said RBI Director Norman Marsolan. "We congratulate our winners, and hope to encourage the other submitting investigators, as this year’s project proposals presented a very competitive choice.

 "We are also awarding seed-grant funding to four more proposals," Marsolan continued. "We are delighted to fund eight students through the endowment, and we can use additional member funding to support proof-of-concept research in several other areas of high interest."

 

The seed-grant winners are:

All of the projects are available for additional sponsorship to augment the research, which can carry intellectual property rights. "I urge those interested in supporting these projects or engaging with the students and investigators to contact me," Marsolan said. "Georgia Tech’s contract continuum has models to meet any company’s preferences. We are excited about these projects, and the opportunity to develop our students as future leaders of our industry."

In photo above, RBI Endowed Fellowship students discuss their research with company representatives and faculty at the RBI Executive Conference in March.