New Delhi: The Google PhD Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional work in computer science, related disciplines, or promising research areas. Fellowship students are given funding to support them in their graduate studies. Google runs PhD Fellowship programs in several regions throughout the globe including US/Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Australia, India, China and East Asia.
Now Google PhD Fellowship has invited applications for next session. The closing date for submission of online application is 27 April 2020.
The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the following fields:
Algorithms, Optimizations and Markets
Computational Neuroscience
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
Structured Data and Database Management
Systems and Networking
This highly competitive program will award up to four named fellowships. The fellowship recipient will be supported for a maximum period of four years with a monthly fellowship, a contingency grant for expenses like books, stationery etc and a travel grant for attending conferences.
Each fellowship recipient will be assigned a Google Sponsor who will mentor the PhD fellow over the research period. Engagement with the Google Sponsor will include discussions on research direction, research progress updates etc.
Internship opportunities are frequently available at Google. Based on mutual interest between the fellowship recipient and Google Sponsor, the fellowship recipient can do an internship at Google after successfully clearing the internship interview process.
Eligibility Criteria:
For current PhD Students
Applicants must have been enrolled at an Indian University, in a full-time PhD program, on or after 1-Jan-2019. For any questions about this criterion, please email research-programs-in@google.com.
Students must remain enrolled in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
- Applicants must be pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or related areas.
- Google employees and family members of Google employees are not eligible
- Students who are already receiving another corporate fellowship are not eligible.
- For current Undergraduate/Masters students and Professionals
- Student applicants must be full-time Undergraduate or Masters students enrolled at an Indian university. Professionals must be employed/affiliated with an organization registered in India.
The Google Fellowship award shall be contingent on the awardee registering for the full-time PhD program at an Indian university, in Computer Science or related areas, within the calendar year 2020, or the award shall be forfeited.
Grant of the Google Fellowship does not mean admission to the PhD program of a university. The awardee must also complete the PhD admission process of the respective institute/university where he/she wishes to register for PhD.
Grant of the Google Fellowship will be subject to the rules and guidelines applicable in the institute/university where the awardee registers for the PhD program.
Google employees and family members of Google employees are not eligible.
Students who are already receiving another corporate fellowship are not eligible.
