Google PhD Fellowship Program for Graduate Students in Africa for Master

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, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.

• Table of Content
• About Google
• Google Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of Google Fellowship
• Requirements for Google Fellowship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Google Fellowship

Application Deadline	27 Apr 2022
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	Google
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Google Fellowship

• Up to 3 year Fellowship
• US $30K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
• Google Research Mentor.

Requirements for Google Fellowship Qualification

• Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD and enrolled in an African 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 university.
  • Professionals must be employed/affiliated with an organization registered in Africa.
  • For these applicants, the Fellowship award shall be contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program of an African 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.

Application Deadline

April 27, 2022

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Google on research.google to apply