The University of Maryland, based in College Park, MD offers a fully funded in PhD in Information Studies. The PhD in Information Studies prepares students to address the hardest social and technical problems of today and tomorrow. With a multidisciplinary faculty focusing on diverse information science research areas such as online communities, information systems, information policy, human-computer interaction, and digital cultural heritage, the UMD iSchool cultivates doctoral students from a wide range of backgrounds. Guarantee funding for all admitted full-time students.