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The Google PhD Student Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional work in computer science, related disciplines, or promising research areas. 

Each department may submit up to four nominations to the Graduate College. Each university is limited to 2 nominations.

Google will award two-year fellowships consisting of:

• Tuition and fees
• $35k yearly stipend (paid over 9 months of the academic year)
• Google Research Mentor
• Third year extension possible at Google's discretion

Google will award approximately 15 fellowships from among the following topical areas:

• Computational Neuroscience
• Health Research
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Machine Learning
• Machine Perception, Speech Technology, & Computer Vision
• Market Algorithms
• Mobile Computing
• Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval & Extraction)
• Privacy & Security
• Programming Languages & Software Engineering
• Quantum Computing
• Structured Data & Database Management
• Systems & Networking
• Operating Systems

Applications are evaluated on the strength of the research proposal, research impact, student academic achievements, and leadership potential. Research proposals are evaluated for innovative concepts that are relevant to Google’s research areas, as well as aspects of robustness and potential impact to the field. Proposals should include the direction and any plans of where your work is going in addition to a comprehensive description of the research you are pursuing.

Additional Information Links:

• Grad College Fellowship Finder database: https://apps.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship-finder/index.cfm?action=main.fellowship&fid=3163
  
• Google: https://ai.google/research/outreach/phd-fellowship/