WHAT:  The Google PhD Student Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional work in Computer Science or related research areas. Fellowships are available to PhD students who have completed all of their PhD coursework and will be embarking on or continuing their graduate research in the fall of 2017.  This is a highly competitive program with approximately 15 unique, 2-year fellowships being awarded this year.  The fellowships typically consist of tuition and fees, a $34,000 yearly stipend (paid over 9 months of the academic year), and a Google Research Mentor.

PROGRAM EMPHASIS: Google will award named fellowships in the following areas:

Google Fellowship in Computational Neuroscience

Google Fellowship in Human Computer Interaction

Google Fellowship in Machine Learning

Google Fellowship in Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision

Google Fellowship in Market Algorithms

Google Fellowship in Mobile Computing

Google Fellowship in Natural Language Processing

Google Fellowship in Privacy and Security

Google Fellowship in Programming Technology and Software Engineering

Google Fellowship in Structured Data and Database Management

Google Fellowship in Systems and Networking

Google Fellowship in Operating Systems

WHO: In order to be considered for the 2017 Google U.S./Canada PhD Fellowship Program, students must meet the following criteria: 

·      Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD in the research areas represented by the fellowships 

·      Must attend one of the eligible schools and universities. Student must remain enrolled in the PhD program or forfeit the fellowship award 

·      Must be nominated by their department

·      Must have completed their graduate coursework in the PhD program and be embarking on or continuing their graduate research in the fall of 2017

·      Students who are already receiving another fellowship are not eligible 

FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://research.google.com/research-outreach.html#/research-outreach/faq/phd-fellowships