John Templeton Foundation TEX Fellowship: Theory-Experiment Cross Training
FAS/OSP Online Funding Inquiry Deadline: September 27, 2022
Sponsor Online Funding Inquiry Deadline: September 30, 2022
FAS/OSP Full Proposal Deadline (if invited): December 22, 2023
Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline (if invited): January 9, 2023
Award Amount: up to $250,000 to be distributed over the following budget categories: salary and benefits for the Fellow and faculty advisors, books & materials, travel, education costs, and 15% indirect costs

This program is designed to enable graduate students to bridge the divide between experimental and theoretical physics and encourage a more holistic graduate experience with the purpose of increasing the capacity and skill of the fellows to pursue groundbreaking research in fundamental physics, astronomy, or cosmology that pushes the conceptual frontiers at the foundations of these fields. The Foundation welcomes applications from outstanding PhD-track graduate students whose research focus is primarily either experimental or theoretical, and who wish to enrich their graduate experience by pursuing one year of research in the complementary “cross discipline” (theory for experimentalists or experiment for theorists). Every Fellow is expected to be employed full-time in research and not to be enrolled in courses or to have teaching or other non-research responsibilities during the two-year term of the Fellowship. The fellowship will be awarded as a grant to the university or college at which the Fellow is enrolled and employed. The Fellow must be mentored and supported by a primary doctoral advisor at the same institution, as well as by a cross-discipline advisor who may be affiliated with a different organization. An Institutional Statement indicating a commitment to support the project administratively and letters of support from the primary advisor and the cross-training advisor are required at the Online Funding Inquiry stage. The letters of support should, at minimum, indicate that the relevant faculty are aware of the student’s application, supportive of the research proposal, and willing to serve as advisors. The primary advisor must agree to serve as the Project Leader for the grant if it is awarded.