Google PhD Fellowship program
Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD. 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. Our research teams impact technology used by people all over the world and we encourage people of a wide range of backgrounds to apply. We currently offer fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.
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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.
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