Todd Otanicar
Boise State University, ID·Engineering
The semiconductor industry needs researchers who can move from university work to the demands of chip design and manufacturing. This grant is a graduate fellowship program at Boise State University.
- Fields
Engineering
Materials Science
Education Research
- Topics
microelectronics
semiconductors
semiconductor workforce
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Feb 2030
What they work on
- Support graduate fellows for three years of stipend and education costs as they carry out fundamental research aligned with technology and innovation goals in microelectronics.
- Integrate fellows from six Ph.D. programs, including electrical engineering, materials science, computing and biomedical engineering, into the Microelectronics Education and Research Center (MERC).
- Guide fellows through structured mentorship, career-readiness and experiential-learning activities designed to connect academic research with semiconductor industry demands.
More about the research
It does not fund a single research project. Instead, it supports doctoral students who carry out their own research in microelectronics-related areas, aligned with goals in technology, innovation and partnerships.
Why it matters
The program aims to build a workforce of Ph.D.-trained researchers ready for the semiconductor industry. It could help chip makers and technology companies find people who can link academic microelectronics research to industry needs. It also aims to strengthen research capacity at Boise State.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
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The school
Boise State University: 10 labs on PI Pages, $58M a year on research, 64 research doctorates a year.
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