CREATE Homeland Security Fellowships for USC Master's and Doctoral Students

Currently accepting applications

CREATE, the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events which is funded by the U.S Department of Homeland Security, is offering graduate scholarships (one for a Master's students and one for a Ph.D student) to include stipends, tuition remission and/or both. Multi-year continuation will be granted based on satisfactory progress.

We are seeking University of Southern California SPPD-MPP, Viterbi-ISE and LAS-Economics applicants with a specific interest in homeland security and terrorism research. CREATE focuses on three main areas of research in homeland security: risk assessment, risk management and economic consequences of terrorism. Example areas of study include economic modeling or simulation, decision analysis, game theory, systems analysis, and operations research.

Details:

• Program begins in Fall and Spring seemsters for up to two/three years
• Stipend of $ 2,300 per month
• Tuition remission of six units per semester

Requirements:

• U.S. Citizen
• GRE Score above 1200
• GPA above 3.3
• Completion of project related to homeland security
• For PhD students, thesis topic related to homeland security
• Commitment to one year of service in homeland security related organization - to include university research centers, National Laboratories and any government organization including local, state and federal level.

To apply, please submit the following items to create@usc.edu:

• Statement of proposed research project (250 words max)
• Two faculty references
• GPA
• GRE Score
• Resume