Google PhD Fellowship are annual awards aimed to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates who seek to influence the future of technology.
The fellowship includes support for up to four years for early-stage and one year for late-stage. PhD candidates who started with their PhD programs in or after January 2021 qualify for the early-stage track of the program.
Google PhD Fellowship Program
Google Ph.D. Fellowship students are a select group recognized by Google researchers and their institutions as some of the most promising young academics in the world. The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the following fields:
Algorithms, Optimizations, and Markets
Computational Neural and Cognitive Sciences
Health Research
Human-Computer Interaction
Machine Learning
Machine Perception, Speech Technology, and Computer Vision
Mobile Computing
Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction)
Privacy and Security
Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Quantum Computing
Recommender Systems
Structured Data and Database Management
Systems and Networking
Eligibility:
Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD and enrolled in an African, Indian, or Southeast Asian* institution.
Undergraduate or Master’s students and professionals may apply.
Undergraduate and Master’s student applicants must be currently enrolled, full-time students at an African, Indian, or Southeast Asian university.
Professionals must be employed/affiliated with an organization registered in Africa, India, or Southeast Asia.
For these applicants, the Fellowship award shall be contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program of an African, Indian, or Southeast Asian university in computer science (or an adjacent field) within the calendar year of the Fellowship award, or the award shall be forfeited.
Benefits
- Early-stage Ph.D. students
- Up to 4-year Fellowship
- The US $50K to cover stipend and other research-related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
- Google Research Mentor
- Late-stage Ph.D. students
- 1-year Fellowship
- US $10K to recognize research contributions, cover stipend, and other research-related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
- Google Research Mentor
How to Apply
PhD students apply directly during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.
Africa
The Google Africa PhD Fellowship program application window is now open. Submit by 11:59:59pm UTC-12 (AoE) April 27, 2022. Notification of decisions will be made in June 2022.
Submit application
India
The Google PhD Fellowship India program application window is now open. Submit by 11:59:59pm UTC-12 (AOE) May 18, 2022. Notification of decisions will be made in July 2022.
Submit application
Southeast Asia
The Google PhD Fellowship Southeast Asia program application window is now open. Submit by 11:59:59pm UTC-12 (AOE) May 18, 2022. Notification of decisions will be made in July 2022.
Submit application
Last Date to Apply
Last date 18th May 2022
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