Applications are currently being accepted for the esteemed Google PhD Fellowship Program for the 2024 academic year. This program aims to acknowledge and assist exceptional graduate students engaged in groundbreaking research within the realm of computer science and its affiliated fields.
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to pursue their studies within their home country or current university, with Google providing funding support. The fellowship amount is contingent upon the candidate’s study location. Deadline for applications is May 8, 2024.
The program at a glance
LEVEL: PhD. DEADLINE: May 8, 2024.
FUNDING: varies from $10,000 to $50,000 over three years.
TARGET GROUP: All nationalities.
ORGANIZATION: Google.
Advantages of the Google Doctoral Fellowship
- Benefits Overview
The Google 2024 Doctoral Fellowship offers various advantages tailored to the candidate’s study location, irrespective of their citizenship:
- Detailed Benefits
- Australia and New Zealand: A one-year Fellowship, providing AUD $15,000, covering stipends, research-related expenses, and travel costs, including international travel.
- East Asia: A one-year Fellowship, offering US $10,000, encompassing stipends, research-related expenses, and travel costs, including international travel.
- Africa: A stipend of 12,000 US dollars per annum for three years.
- Canada and United States of America: Full coverage of tuition fees (registration fees, health insurance, books), along with an annual stipend for two years.
- Europe: A Fellowship of up to two years covering stipends, healthcare, social benefits, tuition and fees, conference travel, and personal computing equipment. The grant varies by country.
- Latin America: A two-year Fellowship providing US $15,000 per annum to cover stipends, research-related activities, and travel expenses, including international travel.
- India: Early-stage PhD students can receive a four-year fellowship with US $50,000 to cover stipends and research-related activities, including travel and international expenses. Late-stage PhD students are eligible for a one-year fellowship with US $10,000 to recognize research contributions and cover similar expenses, also including a Google Research Mentor.
- Southeast Asia: Students can obtain a three-year fellowship offering US $10,000 per annum (up to graduation) to cover stipends, research-related activities, and travel expenses, including international travel.
All fellows will be provided with a Research Mentor from Google.
The Google Doctoral Fellowship is unrestricted, allowing fellows to allocate funds according to their individual needs and preferences.
Scholarship funds are directly transferred to the fellow’s university, which then disburses the stipend to the student in regular payments. The university is not permitted to deduct any fees from the stipend amount.
Eligibility Criteria
- Requirements for Applicants To qualify for the Google scholarship program, individuals must be either undergraduate or master’s students, early-stage PhD candidates (embarking on their thesis), or professionals.
- Application Conditions
- If you are pursuing an undergraduate or master’s degree, or if you are a professional:
- Have intentions to seek admission to a PhD program in an eligible field at a university either in your home country or abroad (e.g., Canada, Europe).
- Enrollment in a doctoral program is not compulsory at the time of application for the Google PhD Fellowship. However, successful applicants will only receive the fellowship stipend upon demonstrating enrollment in a PhD program.
- Maintain full-time enrollment in the PhD program for the duration of the scholarship.
- Professionals must be employed or affiliated with a recognized organization.
- If you are already enrolled in a doctoral program:
- Maintain full-time enrollment in the doctoral program throughout the scholarship period.
- Be at an early stage of your PhD studies (first year or initiating research).
Eligible research areas for the Google phd fellowship
The designated domains of research for which candidates may be considered for the Google 2024 PhD Fellowship encompass a range of disciplines, including but not limited to:
- Algorithms and Theoretical Studies
- Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing
- Health and Biomedical Sciences
- Interaction Design and Visual Representation in Human-Computer Interfaces
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computational Perception
- Natural Language Understanding and Processing
- Network Analysis and Infrastructure
- Quantum Computing
- Safeguarding, Confidentiality, and Mitigation of Misuse
- Development Methodologies in Software Engineering
- Architectural Frameworks in Software Systems
- Speech Recognition and Synthesis
- Additional domains specified within the application materials throughout the designated submission period.
To apply for the 2024 Google PhD Fellowship, interested students should proceed as follows:
Firstly, navigate to the following link: https://research.google/outreach/phd-fellowship/.
Secondly, it’s crucial to select the fellowship category that aligns with your place of study, rather than your nationality. For instance, if you’re an African student enrolled in a university in Canada, you should opt for the Google PhD Fellowship category designated for Canada/United States.
The application window for the Google 2024 doctoral scholarship program remains open from March 28, 2024, until May 8, 2024. Decisions regarding successful applicants will be relayed in July 2024.
Bear in mind that the required documentation varies depending on the country of study. For precise instructions, kindly refer to the official announcement.
Should you have any inquiries regarding the Google scholarships, please consult the frequently asked questions section or reach out via email to research-africa@google.com.
