Google PhD fellowship program
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 encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply. We currently offer Fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.
How to apply
The details of each Fellowship vary by region. Please see our FAQ for eligibility requirements and application instructions.
PhD students apply directly during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.
Africa
Applications are currently closed. Decisions for the March 2023 applications were announced via email in July 2023. Applications for the 2024 program will open in March 2024 and close in May 2024.
India
Applications are currently closed. Decisions for the 2023 applications will be announced via email in October 2023. Applications for the 2024 program will open in March 2024 and close in May 2024.
Southeast Asia
Applications are currently closed. Decisions for the 2023 applications will be announced via email in October 2023. Applications for the 2024 program will open in March 2024 and close in May 2024.
PhD students must be nominated by their university. Applications are to be submitted by an official representative of the university during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.
All public universities are welcome to submit two applications for this program. If you are interested in applying please reach out to research-programs-aunz@google.com for the application information.
Applications for the 2024 program will open March 2024 and close in May 2024.
PhD students must be nominated by their university. Applications should be submitted by an official representative of the university during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.
The Canada, Europe, and United States Google PhD Fellowship program application window is closed for the 2023 award cycle. Decisions were made in January 2023.
Applications for the 2024 program will open March 2024 and close in May 2024.
PhD students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan must be nominated by their university. After university’s nomination is completed, either university admin or the nominated students can submit applications during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.
Applications are currently closed. Decisions for the March 2023 applications were announced via email in July 2023. Applications for the 2024 program will open in March 2024 and close in May 2024.
PhD students apply directly during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.
The Latin America Google PhD Fellowship Program application window is closed for the 2023 award cycle. Notification of decisions were announced by email in June 2023. Applications for the 2024 program will open in March 2024 and close in May 2024.
The best and the brightest
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, optimizations and markets
- Computational neural and cognitive sciences
- Health research
- Human-Computer interaction
- Machine learning
- Machine perception, speech technology and computer vision
- Mobile computing
- Natural language processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction)
- Privacy and Security
- Programming Languages and Software Engineering
- Quantum computing
- Recommender systems
- Structured data and database management
- Systems and networking
