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NSF PhD Pilot The National Science Foundation of the USA has announced a pilot program, UIDP I-PhD, with a budget of $47 million over five years to support the four-year education of more than 250 STEM PhD students. The industrial partner will fund at least one year of practical work on the dissertation, and each student will have academic and industrial mentors from both the university and the company. The NSF cites the context that among engineering, physical, computer, and information science graduates with a defined workplace, over 65% choose industry. The UIDP I-PhD program brings the university and company together at the stage when the PhD student is forming their dissertation topic and research skills. The pilot is led by the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership, an association of universities and companies. The university funds the first year of training, while the NSF funds the subsequent years. The industrial partner takes on at least one year of practical work, where the PhD student conducts research for their dissertation on the company's premises. The company pays for the work on the dissertation and participates in scientific supervision, rather than taking the graduate student on a regular internship. Each participant will have academic and industrial mentors, and the university and company together determine how this work will be incorporated into the degree preparation. The pilot program starts with the first cohort in fall 2026, and the NSF has allocated funds for a five-year pilot, with more than 250 PhD students participating in the first wave across the country, as reported in University-Industry Demonstration Partnership. 🔗 Read original →