Google Ph.D. Fellowship (Fall 2015)

Internal CS Deadline: 10/30/2015
External (Grad College) Deadline: 11/10/2015
Google Deadline: 12/1/2015

See: https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/3163
http://research.google.com/university/relations/phd_fellowships.html

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.

This highly competitive program will award approximately 15 unique fellowships nationwide this year from among the following: Computational Neuroscience, Human Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision, Market Algorithms, Mobile Computing, Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction), Privacy and Security, Programming Technology and Software Engineering, Structured Data and Database Management, Systems and Networking, and Operating Systems

Fellowship Details:

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

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 2016
Students who are already receiving another fellowship are not eligible

Please ensure that the following materials are submitted by 5pm on 10/30/2015 to Colin Robertson (colinr@illinois.edu, 2233 SC):

1) Name of the area (from above list) in which student is being nominated.
2) Student's CV.
3) Research/dissertation abstract (~100 words).
3) Research proposal following the Graduate College's guidelines: Dissertation Research Proposal (maximum length 5 pages, single spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1-inch margins. Proposals not following this format will be disqualified). (Be sure to include a title for the proposed research.) An accompanying References Cited section (2 pages maximum) may also be submitted.
4) Letter of recommendation from thesis adviser.
5) 1-2 additional letters of recommendation from those familiar with the student's work. (I recommend 2 letters).
6) If chosen as one of the department's nominees to the Graduate College, applicants will have to deliver hard copies of all graduate and undergraduate transcripts (unofficial are OK) to the Fellowships Office by November 10.

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 colinr@illinois.edu. Students, please include your netid in your file names. I recommend that students submit their CVs and statement(s) to their letter writers at least a week prior to the deadline.