CyberPowder Fellows Program (2026) - graduate wireless networking training and research mentoring program

[Eric Eide]

We are pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the
2026 CyberPowder Fellows Program!
https://www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2026

CyberPowder is an NSF-funded wireless networking hands-on training and
research mentoring program for US-based graduate students.

The Fellows Program addresses the problem that wireless experimental
research is inherently multidisciplinary, crossing the EE and CS divide;
that wireless networking is undergoing rapid technology and regulatory
change; and that today's wireless testbeds are highly sophisticated,
which also means they require significant training to use.

The Fellows Program is led by three professors across EE and CS at the
University of Utah, Neal Patwari, Robert Ricci and Kobus Van der Merwe,
with support from the POWDER platform technical staff. The Program
trains students across the wireless stack to perform wireless related
research on POWDER, the world's largest openly accessible,
software-defined wireless testbed. POWDER is deployed across the
University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City and remotely accessible from
anywhere in the world.

For full consideration applications are due by **November 21 2025.**

For more information, other important dates and the link to the
application form please visit:
https://www.powderwireless.net/cyberpowder2026

CyberPowder and POWDER team