Google PhD Fellowship Program in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Mainland China

The
new Google PhD Fellowship Program is now on offer to study in Japan, South
Korea, Hong Kong and Mainland China. International students are eligible to
apply for this fellowship programme.
The
Google PhD Student Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding
graduate students doing exceptional work in computer science, related
disciplines, or promising research areas.

While
we develop new technologies to help people find and use information, we also
maintain strong relations with leading academic institutions and support
education. Based on good cooperation with the universities, China University
Relations was initiated in 2007 to enhance interaction and cooperation with
universities. We have launched a variety of programs since then: Joint
Research, Curriculum Development, Faculty Training, Student Contest, Scholarship
Program, Faculty Award Program, CS4HS in China, Education Support to Western
Regions and so on
Course
Level:
Fellowship
is available to pursue PhD programme.
Study
Subject:

The program will award up to 6 fellowships in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and
Mainland China in 2017 from among the following:
  • Google
    Fellowship in Computational Neuroscience
  • Google
    Fellowship in Machine Learning
  • Google
    Fellowship in Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision
  • Google
    Fellowship in Mobile Computing
  • Google
    Fellowship in Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval
    and Extraction)
  • Google
    Fellowship in Robotics
  • Google
    Fellowship in Systems and Networking
Scholarship
Award:

Google will award one-year fellowship consisting of:
  • US$10K:
    to cover stipend and other research related activities travel expense
    including overseas travel. (Please be noted that monetary awards differ by
    regions)
  • Google
    Research Mentor
  • Opportunity
    to join Google global annual PhD Fellowship Summit and covering the travel
    cost
  • Opportunity
    to apply for a paid summer internship (but not guaranteed and not
    required)
Number
of Scholarships:

The program will award up to 6 fellowships in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and
Mainland China in 2017.
Scholarship
can be taken in
Japan,
South Korea, Hong Kong and Mainland China
Eligibility: In order to be
considered for the 2017 Google PhD Fellowship Program, students must meet the
following criteria:
  • Full-time
    graduate students pursuing a PhD in the research areas represented by the
    fellowships
  • Must
    attend one of the eligible schools and universities. Student must remain
    enrolled in the PhD program or forfeit the fellowship award
  • Must
    be nominated by their department/university
  • Must
    have completed their graduate coursework in the PhD program and be
    embarking on or continuing their graduate research in the fall of 2017
  • Students
    who have already received the fellowship from other companies are not
    eligible (but not conflict with those from local government).
  • Google
    employees and family members of Google employees are not eligible
Nationality:
International
students are eligible to apply for this fellowship programme.
College
Admission Requirement
Entrance
Requirements: Applicants must be full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD in
the research areas represented by the fellowships.
English
language Requirements: Applicants whose first language is not English are
usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher
level required by the University.
How
to Apply:

Students may not submit their own application. Nominations and application materials
must be submitted directly by the university. For each student nomination, the
university will be asked to submit:
  • Name
    of fellowship for which student is being considered
  • Student
    CV
  • Transcript
    of current and previous academic records
  • Research/dissertation
    proposal (recommended length 4-5 pages, no longer than 8)
  • 2-3
    letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee’s work (at
    least one coming from the thesis advisor)
  • All
    application materials should be in English
Each
eligible university is invited to submit a maximum of 2 student nominations for
fellowship consideration. Please feel free to extend your search to students
who may be in another department other than Computer Science but also pursuing
their research in the computational sciences. Note that given that the
fellowship areas overlap, we may choose a different fellowship for your
nomination. Nominations and applications materials are due May 31, 2017.
Committees of distinguished engineers and researchers from within Google will
be reviewing all applications.
Application
Deadline:
Application
deadline is May 31, 2017.
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