New Delhi, 13 August 2021: The Facebook Fellowship Award for doctoral (PhD) students is open for applicants. A full-time PhD students who are enrolled in an accredited university (in any country) by the start of the Fellowship (i.e., Fall 2022) can apply for this global fellowships scheme.
Facebook Fellowship: The Facebook Fellowship is a global program designed to encourage and support promising doctoral students who are engaged in innovative and relevant research in areas related to computer science and engineering at an accredited university.
Fellowship Benefits:
- Tuition and fees paid for the academic year (up to two years/four semesters)
- A $42,000 annual stipend to cover living and conference travel costs
- Paid visit to Facebook headquarters for the annual Fellowship Summit (pending COVID-19 restrictions)
Eligibility Conditions:
Applicants must be full-time PhD students who are enrolled in an accredited university (in any country) by the start of the Fellowship (i.e., Fall 2022)
Students must be involved in ongoing research related to one or more relevant disciplines (see available fellowships below)
Students must remain enrolled full-time for the duration of the Fellowship to receive program benefits
Students should not apply for Facebook Fellowships if they are actively being funded by Facebook through some other sponsorship or collaboration and/or if they are actively being supervised (or co-supervised) by a Facebook researcher. If in doubt, please email academicrelations@fb.com.
Research Themes:
AI System HW SW Co-Design
Applied Statistics
AR/VR Computer Graphics
AR/VR Future Technologies
AR/VR Human Computer Interaction
AR/VR Human Understanding
AR/VR Perception, Cognition & Action
AR/VR Photonics and Optics
Audio Presence
Augmented Reality Audio
Blockchain and Cryptoeconomics
Computational Social Science
Database Systems
Distributed Systems
Economics and Computation
Networking
Privacy and Data Use
Programming Languages
Security and Privacy
Key Dates:
The application submission deadline is 20 September 2021.
The application portal has opened since 03 August 2021.
Winners of the Fellowships will be Announced by End of January 2022.
The fellowship is open to students at all universities both in the United States and in other countries.
For exact eligibility criteria, how to apply and other details, candidates should refer Facebook Fellowship notification.
https://research.fb.com/fellowship/
