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Home»Search by Region»Africa»Google PhD Fellowship Program 2024 (Funded)

Google PhD Fellowship Program 2024 (Funded)

Jude OgarMarch 29, 20245 Mins Read
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Deadline: May 8, 2024

Applications are open for the Google PhD Fellowship Program 2024. Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor. 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. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourage people of diverse backgrounds to apply. They currently offer fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.

Research Areas

Google PhD 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 and Theory
  • Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing
  • Health & Bioscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization
  • Machine Intelligence
  • Machine Perception
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Networking
  • Quantum Computing
  • Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Systems
  • Speech Processing
  • Other areas listed in application forms during application window

Fellowship

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 $15K 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 (effective from 2024 for new recipients)
  • Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment
  • 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

  • Up to 2 year Fellowship (effective from 2024 for new recipients)
  • 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 (effective from 2024 for new recipients)
  • 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

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.
  • For incoming PhD students (Africa, India, Latin America and Southeast Asia),
    • 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.

Nominated students in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and the United States, East Asia and Europe.

Universities should only nominate students that meet the following requirements:

  • Africa: Incoming PhD students are eligible to apply, but the Fellowship award shall be 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.
  • 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 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: Students enrolled at any stage of their PhD are eligible to apply.

Direct applicant students in India, Latin America and Southeast Asia

  • Incoming PhD students are eligible to apply, but the Fellowship award shall be 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.
    • Latin America: incoming or 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).

Application

Submit by 11:59:59pm UTC-12 (AoE) May 8, 2024. Notification of decisions will be announced via email in July 2024.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit Google PhD Fellowship Program.

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