Internal CS Deadline: 11/2/2017
External (Grad College) Deadline: 11/10/2017

Google Ph.D. Fellowship (Fall 2017)

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
$34k 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
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 Technology & Software Engineering
Structured Data & Database Management
Systems & Networking
Operating Systems

See: https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/index.cfm?action=main.fellowship&fid=3163
http://research.google.com/university/relations/phd_fellowships.html

Eligibility

Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD in the research areas represented by the fellowships
Must attend an eligible university, including Illinois.
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 2018
Students who are already receiving another fellowship are not eligible

Submission Details (by 11/2/17)

Required Materials:

Name of the area (from above list) in which student is being nominated.
Student's CV.
Research/dissertation abstract (maximum 1000 characters).
Research proposal following the Graduate College's guidelines: Dissertation Research Proposal. The recommended length is 4-5 pages (single-spaced), with maximum length of 8 pages. The proposal must have 12 point font, in Times New Roman, and with 1-inch margins. Proposals not following this format will be disqualified. A descriptive title must appear at the top of the first page of the proposal. An accompanying References Cited section (1 pages maximum) may also be submitted.
Letter of recommendation from thesis adviser.
Additional letters. 1-2 additional letters of recommendation from those familiar with the student's work. (I recommend 2 letters).
Short CV of thesis adviser.
Transcripts. Graduate and undergraduate transcripts (unofficial are sufficient). (Unofficial Illinois transcripts can be obtained for free at: https://apps.uillinois.edu/selfservice/)

Materials should be submitted by 5:00PM on November 2, 2017 to Samantha Hendon (2237 SC).

Note: Electronic documents are preferred and should be submitted as PDFs, Word documents, or plain-text files. Letters of recommendation should be sent from the letter writer directly to shendon@illinois.edu. Students, please include your netid in your file names. I recommend that students submit their CVs and drafts of their statement(s) to their letter writers at least a week prior to the deadline.

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