Important Dates

Fellowship Award Includes

• Tuition and fees will be paid for the academic year (up to two years)
• $37K grant (one-time payment during each academic year)
• Up to $5,000 in conference travel support
• Paid visit to Facebook headquarters to present research
• Opportunity for a paid internship at Facebook

Eligibility Criteria

• Full-time PhD students who are currently involved in on-going research
• Students work must be related to one or more relevant disciplines
• Students must be enrolled during the academic year(s) the Fellowship is awarded
• The Fellowship Program is open to PhD students globally who are enrolled in an accredited university in any country
• First or second year PhD students who are members of a minority group that is underrepresented* in the technology sector have the option of being evaluated for an emerging scholar award.

Applications Must Include

• 1-2 page research summary which clearly identifies the area of focus, importance to the field, and applicability to Facebook of the anticipated research during the award (reference the topical areas below)
• Resume or CV, with email, phone and mailing address, and applicable coursework noted
• 2 letters of recommendation. Please provide reference email addresses, and one reference must be from an academic advisor

Research Areas

We are accepting applications from students with research related to one of the following areas:

• Natural Language Processing
• Computer Vision
• Machine Learning
• CommAI
• Networking and Connectivity Hardware
• Compute Storage and Efficiency
• Distributed Systems
• Security and Privacy
• Economics and Computation
• Computational Social Science
• Other: Relevant research in areas that may not align with the focus areas noted above.

*For the purpose of the Emerging Scholar Award, “underrepresented minority group” is considered to include persons who identify as: Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native American or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.