Google PhD Fellowships

Restricted Call: Google PhD Fellowships (Internal deadline: Sunday 14 July 2024)

To view this information online, visit https://www.tech.cam.ac.uk/apple-google-phd-fellowships. This information is being circulated to both Department research contacts and Graduate Offices

Google will soon open nominations for the 2024 programme of Google PhD Fellowships, awarded to full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD who represent the future of research in the following fields:

· Algorithms and theory

· Distributed systems and parallel computing

· Health and bioscience

· Human-computer interaction and visualisation

· Machine intelligence

· Machine perception

· Natural language processing

· Networking

· Quantum computing

· Security, privacy and abuse prevention

· Software engineering

· Software systems

· Speech processing

What is included?

Students receive named Fellowships of up to 3 years, which include a monetary award. The funds are given directly to the university to be distributed to cover the student’s expenses and stipend as appropriate. In addition, the student will be matched with a Google Research Mentor. There is no employee relationship between the student and Google as a result of receiving the fellowship. The award does not preclude future eligibility for internships or employment opportunities at Google, nor does it increase the chances of obtaining them. If students wish to apply for a job at Google, they are welcome to apply for jobs and go through the same hiring process as any other person.

Who is eligible to apply?

This award is NOT open to incoming students (beginning Michaelmas 2024) and is NOT a full PhD studentship.
Registered as a full-time PhD student for the entirety of the 2025-26 academic year
Expect to have completed first-year assessment by Michaelmas Term 2025
Not supported by a comparable industry award (Government and non-profit organisation funding are exempt)
Not a Google employee, nor the student’s spouse / children / members of their household

More information can be found on the call website and FAQs.

Internal selection process:

This call will be run as a restricted call, as institutions can nominate up to three students for this fellowship. The internal selection process will be managed by the School of Technology, as delegated by the University’s Research Policy Committee.

We hope to notify all applicants of the outcome by Friday 2 August 2024. The three students selected as nominees will then be invited to complete a full application by 3 September 2024.

How to apply

Students should apply directly to the School by Sunday 14 July 2024 by completing the outline application form (Raven login required). The form will automatically close at 08:00 on Monday 15 July and applications after this time will not be accepted. Each application must include the following documents, preferably combined into a single pdf:

Completed summary sheet (attached; or download from https://www.tech.cam.ac.uk/apple-google-phd-fellowships)
CV including publications (no photo or date of birth)
1 page research proposal
Brief statement of why you are applying and the expected impact of the fellowship on your career (max. 1 page)

Ask your PhD supervisor to submit an online reference for you via the supervisor reference form. This must be received by 08:00 on Monday 15 July. Applications without a corresponding reference will be not be accepted; it is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure references are received in time. If your PhD supervisor is on leave during this time, you may request a reference from your Adviser instead.

Funder deadline: TBC

NB students are permitted to apply for both the Apple PhD Fellowship in AI/ML and the Google PhD Fellowship, circulated separately at the same time. A separate application must be submitted for each scheme.

If you have any queries please write to: phdfellowships@tech.cam.ac.uk

Posted on 10/07/2024