Deadline: January 27, 2025
Applications are open for the Google Research Scholar Program 2025. The Research Scholar Program aims to support early-career professors who are pursuing research in fields relevant to Google. The Research Scholar Program provides unrestricted gifts to support research at institutions around the world and is focused on funding world-class research conducted by early-career professors.
It is the hope that this program will help develop collaborations with new professors and encourage the formation of long-term relationships. Awards are disbursed as unrestricted gifts to the university and are not intended for overhead or indirect costs. They are intended for use during the academic year in which the award is provided to support the professor’s research efforts.
Funding
- The funds granted will be up to $60,000 USD and are intended to support the advancement of the professor’s research.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be a full-time assistant, associate, or professor at a university or degree-granting research institution at the time of the application submission.
- Post doctoral staff can only serve as a co-PI, not a primary PI.
- Applicants must have received their PhD within seven years of submission (e.g., applicants in 2024 must have received their PhD in 2017 or later).
- They consider exceptions for applicants who have been teaching seven years or fewer and had delays, such as working in industry, parental leave, leave of absence, etc. This exception request can be documented on the application.
- Applicants can submit one application per round.
- Faculty can only serve as a PI or Co-PI per round. Applicants cannot serve on two separate proposals.
- Applicants can apply a maximum of 3 times within the 7 years post-PhD.
Application
The deadline for all final applications is Monday, January 27, 2025, at 11:59:59 PM AoE (UTC-12) (the deadline shown above will adjust to the timezone you are located in). All applications must be submitted by the deadline. No late submissions will be accepted under any circumstances.
For more information, visit Google Research Scholar.
