Google 2023 PhD Fellowships Program for East Asia: Japan, Korea and Taiwan

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. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply. We currently offer Fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.

• Table of Content
• About Google
• Google PhD Fellowships Program for East Asia
• Aim and Benefits of Google PhD Fellowships Program for East Asia
• Requirements for Google PhD Fellowships Program for East Asia Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Google PhD Fellowships Program for East Asia
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, and Facebook. Google was founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University in California. The company's rapid growth since incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions, and partnerships beyond Google's core se... read more

Google PhD Fellowships Program for East Asia

• Type Fellowship
• OrganisationGoogle
• Country to study -
• School to study -
• Course to study Not specified
• State of Origin
• Gender Men and Women
• Application Deadline May 10, 2023

Aim and Benefits of Google PhD Fellowships Program for East Asia

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

Requirements for Google PhD Fellowships Program for East Asia Qualification

All regions

• 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 Australia and New Zealand, East Asia, India and Southeast Asia PhD Fellowship programs are not eligible to apply again.

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:

• Australia and New Zealand: 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).

• Canada, East Asia, Europe and the United States: students who have completed graduate coursework by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins.

Direct applicant students in Africa, India, Latin America and Southeast Asia

• Incoming PhD students are eligible to apply, but the Fellowship award shall be 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.

  • Latin America: incoming or 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).

• 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.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Google PhD Fellowships Program for East Asia

PhD students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan must be nominated by their university. After university’s nomination is completed, either university admin or the nominated students can submit applications during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

The Google East Asia PhD Fellowship program application window is now open. Submit by 11:59:59pm UTC−12:00 May 10, 2023. Notification of decisions will be made in July 2023.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

The details of each Fellowship vary by region. Please see our FAQ for eligibility requirements and application instructions.

For more details visit: Google website.