CONSORTIUM RESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAM

For a more in-depth description of the Consortium Research Fellows Program, please visit their website at www.consortium-research-fellows.org.

The Consortium Research Fellows Program (CRFP) works in partnership with the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI), the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), the National Defense University (NDU), and the Air Force Research Laboratory/Human Effectiveness Directorate (AFRL/HE). The program encourages the development of professionals with advanced degrees, allows for the exchange of information and expertise between the four organizations and college and university campuses, and contributes materially to the effective execution of ARI’s, DMDC’s, NDU’s, and AFRL/HE’s programs of research.

The program is a contractual arrangement in which students and faculty provide technical and analytical support to the sponsoring agencies. Our major activity is identifying and placing graduate students as Consortium Research Fellows and junior and senior undergraduate students as Consortium Research Assistants, as described below.

The CRFP also appoints university faculty to provide expertise not currently available in-house at ARI, DMDC, NDU, or AFRL/HE. Faculty are engaged on an occasional basis for short-term tasks, allowing a quick response to unexpected research requirements.

For further information about the Consortium Research Fellows Program, call 703-602-7815, or send email to the director, Dr. Robert S. Ruskin (robert.ruskin@hqda.army.mil).

Consortium Research Fellows and Consortium Research Assistants

By far the largest and most important activity of the Consortium Research Fellows Program is the placement of graduate students as Research Fellows and undergraduate students as Research Assistants. Each student works on a team at ARI, DMDC, NDU, or AFRL/HE and is mentored by a government professional. Fellows and Assistants become involved in their teams' projects, participating in literature reviews, experimental design, survey design, data collection and analysis, computer programming, web-site design, report writing, and other related activities. Most are students of computer science, economics, education, engineering, information systems, operations research, psychology, or sociology. The sponsoring agencies gain substantial technical and analytical assistance while the students acquire excellent applied experience and also receive financial support.

Research Fellows and Assistants must be students in degree-granting programs of study at accredited U.S. institutions of higher learning and must be U.S. citizens. Candidates for Fellowships and Assistantships provide resumes, transcripts, and recommendations from faculty in their departments, are screened by the program director, and interviewed by the staff of one or more of the sponsoring agencies. Those who are appointed work part-time during the school year and up to full-time during the summer and remain in place for a minimum of one year. All are paid an hourly rate, ranging from $12.65 to $25.65, based upon level of educational experience and academic discipline.

Sites currently hosting Fellows and Assistants are: 

U.S. Army Research Institute

· Advanced Training Methods Research Unit, Arlington, VA
· Armored Forces Research Unit, Ft. Knox, KY
· Army Personnel Survey Office, Arlington, VA
· Army Trends Analysis Research Unit, Arlington, VA
· Basic Research Office, Arlington, VA
· Computer Systems Support, Arlington, VA
· Force Stabilization Research Unit, Boise, ID
· Ft. Bragg Scientific Research Office, Ft. Bragg, NC
· Infantry Forces Research Unit, Ft. Benning, GA
· Joint Forces Command Scientific Coordination Office, Suffolk, VA
· Leader Development Research Unit, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, and Arlington, VA
· Research Support Group, Arlington, VA
· Rotary-Wing Aviation Research Unit, Ft. Rucker, AL
· Selection & Assignment Research Unit, Arlington, VA
· Simulator Systems Research Unit, Orlando, FL

Defense Manpower Data Center
· DMDC-East, Rosslyn, VA

· Special Programs & Client Support Division
· Survey & Program Evaluation Division
· Systems & Technical Support Division

· DMDC-West, Seaside, CA

· Access & Authentication Technology Division
· Database & Program Management Division
· Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) Division
· Management Information & Analysis Division
· Operations Support Division
· Personnel Testing Division
· Programming & Systems Analysis Division
· Systems & Technical Support Division

National Defense University, Ft. McNair, Washington, DC
· Industrial College of the Armed Forces
· Information Resources Management College

Air Force Research Laboratory/Human Effectiveness Directorate

· Biosciences and Protection Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, & San Antonio, TX
· Warfighter Interface Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
· Warfighter Training Research Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, & Mesa, AZ

Students interested in applying should call 703-602-7815, or send email to the director, Dr. Robert S. Ruskin (robert.ruskin@hqda.army.mil). Positions become available throughout the year, and we are happy to keep applicants' materials on file for potential future placement.