Fully Funded Google PhD Fellowship Program 2022

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

Degree Level:

Fully Funded Google PhD Fellowship Program 2022 is available to undertake Fellowship level programs at Australian Universities, New Zealand Universities, USA Universities, Canada Universities, Africa Universities, India Universities.

Available Subjects:

Following subjects are available to study under this scholarship program.

• All Subjects

Scholarship Benefits:

Google will provide fully-funded scholarships to the selected PhD students. 

Eligible Nationalities:

All Nationalities

Eligibility Criteria:

Nominated students in Australia and New Zealand, East Asia, Europe, the United States, and Canada

Universities should only nominate students that meet the following requirements:

• Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD and enrolled in an institution in one of the regions listed above.
• Completed graduate coursework by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins.
• 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.
• AU/NZ only: Early stage students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the academic award year).

Direct applicant students in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia

• Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD and enrolled in an African, Indian or Southeast Asian* institution.

  • Undergraduate or Master’s students and professionals may apply.
  • Undergraduate and Master’s student applicants must be currently enrolled, full-time students at an African, Indian, or Southeast Asian university.
  • Professionals must be employed/affiliated with an organization registered in Africa, India, or Southeast Asia.
  • For these applicants, the Fellowship award shall be contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program of an African, Indian, or Southeast Asian university in computer science (or an adjacent field) within the calendar year of the Fellowship award, or the award shall be forfeited.
  • Grant of the Fellowship does not mean admission to the PhD program of a university. The awardee must also complete the PhD admission process of the respective institute/university where they wish to register for a PhD.
  • Grant of the Fellowship will be subject to the rules and guidelines applicable in the institute/university where the awardee registers for the PhD program.
  • 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.

Countries eligible for the PhD Fellowship in Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.