Google PhD Fellowship Program

About

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. Our research teams impact technology used by people all over the world and we encourage people of a wide range of backgrounds to apply. We currently offer fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.

Entitlements

Early-stage PhD students:

• Up to 4 year Fellowship
• US $50K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• Google Research Mentor

Late-stage PhD students:

• 1 year Fellowship
• US $10K to recognise research contributions, cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• Google Research Mentor

Application Details

Announcement from Google and FAQs. PLEASE NOTE YOU CANNOT DIRECTLY APPLY HERE. ONLY THE INSTITUTE CAN.

Last date for submission of application (including all upload documents): 7th May 2025
Winners of the fellowship will be informed via email directly by the Google Team by end of August 2025

Required Documents before you fill in the above linked form:

• Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
• Research/dissertation proposal (maximum 3 pages, excluding references)
• Short (one-page) resume/CV of the student applicant’s primary PhD program advisor
• Available transcripts (mark sheets) starting from the first year/semester of Bachelor’s degree to date
• 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the applicant’s work (at least one from the thesis advisor for current PhD students)

Eligibility Guidelines:

• Students working in these broad areas of research can apply: Computer Architecture, Algorithms and Optimization, Health Research, Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning and ML Foundations, Machine Perception, Natural Language Processing, Privacy, Safety, and Security, Quantum Computing, Software Engineering and Programming Languages, Systems, Networking, and Cloud Computing
• Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
• Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
• Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
• Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.
• Incoming or early-stage PhD students can be nominated by their university; however, the Fellowship award is contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) within the academic award year of the Fellowship award, or the award shall be forfeited.
• Grant of the Fellowship does not mean admission to a PhD program. The awardee must separately apply and be accepted to a PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) at an eligible institution.
• Grant of the Fellowship will be subject to the rules and guidelines applicable in the institution where the awardee registers for the PhD program.

Termination of Fellowship:

IISc reserves the right to terminate a student’s fellowship in any of the following cases:

• The student is found to be ineligible to receive the fellowship, at any point of time during the entire duration of the fellowship.
• It is found that the student furnished false or misleading information in the application or during the reviews.
• Adverse report on the student is received from the institution.
• The student has indulged in misconduct, misbehaviour, or corrupt practices.
• The progress of student’s research work is found to be unsatisfactory.
• The student has violated any of the terms and conditions of the fellowship.
• The student has been found to have indulged in plagiarism or unethical practices.

Termination or cancellation of a fellowship will be done only after giving the student a fair opportunity to present their case.

Queries on the fellowship and reports of difficulties encountered during the application process should be sent by email to development.odaa@iisc.ac.in.