*Note: There is a PDF announcement from the sponsor. For a copy, please email research@uw.edu*

Intel is excited to be announcing the 2013 rollout of the Early Career Faculty Honor Program. This is the second year Intel has offered this program. In 2012 Intel honored 11 faculty members in the US with awards. Intel’s Early Career Faculty Honor Program provides financial and networking support to those faculty members who are early in their careers and who show great promise as future academic leaders in disruptive computing technologies. The purpose of this Program is to help promote the careers of promising early career faculty members and to foster long-term collaborative relationships with senior technical leaders at Intel. This award is a NOT a research grant to sponsor any specific research. The award is a one-time gift of $40,000. The award is intended to be used for:

• Travel expenses for networking opportunities with senior Intel technical leaders;
• Travel expenses for opportunities to speak at Intel sponsored events;
• Travel expenses for the formal award ceremony (planned for August 19th in Portland, OR);
• The balance to be used at the discretion of the Honoree per university policy for research or curriculum development support (class material, conferences sponsorship, travel expenses, computer lab infrastructure, web site development, textbooks, etc.).

Eligibility Requirements

Who Qualifies?

• Any full time, tenured or tenure track (or equivalent) faculty member involved in research;
• With less than 4-years cumulative experience as a full-time university faculty member;
• From universities invited by Intel to participate in this Program;
• Nominated by the dean of the university or appropriate department head (limited to 3 per university);
• Researching topics that have the potential to be disruptive to the computing industry in the areas outlined below; AND
• Has not previously been an award recipient.

What Areas of Research is Intel Interested In for this Award?

Stunning, progressive research in and around the following arenas from computer science and engineering to social science as related to the continuing global digital transition:

Circuits and Systems:

• Security
• Cloud
• Big Data
• Machine Learning
• I/O circuits and interconnects
• Sensor devices
• Novel circuits
• Memory technology

Interaction & Experience:

• Design research
• Applied anthropology
• Ethnographic praxis
• Human-computer interface design

Integrated Platforms:

• System-on-chip
• Energy Efficient Architectures
• High Level Synthesis and Design Exploration Tools
• Novel Circuits & Techniques
• Seamless Wireless Communications
• Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics
• Innovative Small-form factor devices
• Brain-inspired computing

Microprocessor and Programming:

• Dynamic productive languages and systems
• Safe and reliable programming
• Heterogeneous systems
• Responsiveness and dynamic user experience
• Power/energy efficient
• Parallelism and accelerations
• Adaptive optimizations
• Distributed and cloud programming
• Debugging and monitoring
• Persistency and evolutionary programming

What is the Award?

• A one-time award of $40,000. The award will be used for:
• Travel expenses for networking opportunities with senior Intel technical leaders;
• Travel expenses for opportunities to speak at Intel sponsored events;
• Travel expenses for the formal award ceremony (planned for August 19th in Portland, OR);
• The balance to be used at the discretion of the Honoree per university policy for research or curriculum development support (class material, conferences sponsorship, travel expenses, computer lab infrastructure, web site development, textbooks, etc.).

Application Instructions

Please submit a nomination letter from the Dean or Chair and CV of the nominee to research@uw.edu by Tuesday, March 12, 2013. This letter of support signifies that the Dean or Chair have ensured the nominee’s eligibility per the sponsor’s requirements, and that the nominee and application are likely to be of sufficient quality to be competitive nationally. Nominations are due to the sponsor 3/22/13, for which further instructions will be sent to those chosen to go forward. Full applications are due to the sponsor on 4/19/13, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 4/12/13 for processing if given the go ahead by the review committee.

OR internal deadline: 3/12/13

Nominations due to sponsor: 3/22/13

OSP deadline: 4/12/13

Full applications due to sponsor: 4/19/13