Requests for Proposals: Google PhD Fellowship Program

Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Their research teams impact technology used by people all over the world and they encourage people of a wide range of backgrounds to apply. They currently offer fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.

Focus Areas

• Computer Architecture
• Algorithms and Optimization
• Health Research
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Machine Learning and ML Foundations
• Machine Perception
• Natural Language Processing
• Privacy, Safety, and Security
• Quantum Computing
• Software Engineering and Programming Languages
• Systems, Networking, and Cloud Computing

Funding Information

• Africa
  • Up to 3 year Fellowship
  • US $12K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
  • Google Research Mentor
• Australia and New Zealand
  • 1 year Fellowship
  • AUD $20K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
  • Google Research Mentor
• Canada and the United States
  • Up to 2 year Fellowship
  • US $85K per year: $70K Cost of Education allowance towards tuition and fees and $15K stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment (effective from 2025 for new recipients)
  • Google Research Mentor
• East Asia
  • 1 year Fellowship
  • US $10K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
  • Google Research Mentor
• Europe and the Middle East
  • Up to 2 year Fellowship
  • Yearly bursary towards stipend / salary, health care, social benefits, tuition and fees, conference travel and personal computing equipment. The bursary varies by country.
  • Google Research Mentor
• India
  • Early-stage PhD students
  • Up to 4 year Fellowship
  • US $50K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
  • Google Research Mentor
• Late-stage PhD students
  • 1 year Fellowship
  • US $10K to recognise research contributions, cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
  • Google Research Mentor
• Latin America
  • Up to 2 year Fellowship
  • US $15K per year to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
  • Google Research Mentor
• Southeast Asia
  • Up to 3 year Fellowship
  • US $10K per year for up to 3 years (or up to graduation, whichever is earlier) to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
  • Google Research Mentor

Eligibility Criteria

• General Eligibility Requirements (All Regions):
  • Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
  • Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
  • Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
  • Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.
• Region-Specific Eligibility Requirements:
  • Universities should only nominate students that meet the following requirements
• Africa, India, Latin America, and Southeast Asia
  • Incoming or early-stage PhD students can be nominated by their university; however, the Fellowship award is contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) within the academic award year of the Fellowship award, or the award shall be forfeited.
  • Grant of the Fellowship does not mean admission to a PhD program. The awardee must separately apply and be accepted to a PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) at an eligible institution.
  • Grant of the Fellowship will be subject to the rules and guidelines applicable in the institution where the awardee registers for the PhD program.
• Australia and New Zealand
  • Early-stage students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the academic award year).
• Canada and the United States
  • Students who have completed graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins.
• East Asia
  • Students who have completed most of their graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins. Students should have sufficient time for research projects after receiving a fellowship.
• Europe and the Middle East
  • Students enrolled at any stage of their PhD are eligible to apply.

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