The VinUni-Illinois Smart Health Center (VISHC) is a collaboration between VinUniversity and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, through The Grainger College of Engineering, to conduct research on novel sensing and informatics to provide widely accessible health monitoring and improvement for people all over the world.
Vingroup, the largest conglomerate of Vietnam focusing on technology, industry, and service, has committed up to $13.5 millions in funding to VISHC over 10 years, in the form of full scholarships (including stipends) to 50 Masters students, 50 PhD students (25 with degrees granted by VinUni and 25 with degrees granted by Illinois), and 10 postdoctoral scholars from Vietnam to study and conduct research in VISHC at both institutions. VISHC will be formed by about 10 selected projects, each led by at least one faculty member from VinUni and one faculty member from Illinois. Each selected project will include the faculty from VinUni and Illinois jointly recruiting and advising about 5 PhD students, 1 postdoc, and some Masters students from the VISHC scholarship pool. Multiple faculty from both institutions per project are encouraged.
To facilitate the collaboration between VinUni and Illinois, each VISHC PhD student will be co-advised by faculty Principal Investigators (PIs) at both institutions. Typically, the PhD student will be admitted and spend the first 2 years at the degree-granting (home) institution, then the next 2 years at the other (host) institution, and then the final year back at the home institution to defend the thesis. In addition to the scholarships, $20K will be made available to the faculty advisors when each PhD student enrolls at the home institution, and then another $20K when the student visits the other institution. This funding may be used by the faculty advisors to support the research of the PhD student and the project, and as seed funding for obtaining external funding.
For questions about VISHC and proposals, please contact Prof. Minh Do (minhdo@illinois.edu).
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