A saying goes “the company is as good as their employees are.” As such, the top breed companies do their best to recognize the best people in the area and attract the right talent pool.
Google, the tech-giant, embraces this philosophy and calls for Google PhD Fellowship India 2019, to recognize students who are doing an excellent job in the fields of computer science. The fellowship includes a monetary award of USD 50,000 for a duration of 4 years. Divided into 12 major categories of computer-science, the fellowships are awarded to those students who represent the future of research in the fields of:
- Algorithms, Optimizations and Markets
- Computational Neuroscience
- 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
- Structured Data and Database Management
- Systems and Networking
Eligibility
- Applicants must be enrolled in a full-time PhD program at an Indian University. Pl. Note that applicants who are currently in their first year of a part-time PhD program and transferring to full-time positions are also welcome to apply.
- Students must remain enrolled in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship
- Current undergraduate, master students and professionals may apply. The Google Fellowship award shall be contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program of an Indian university in Computer Science or related areas within the calendar year of the fellowship, or the award shall be forfeited.
- Applicants enrolled in an undergraduate or masters program must be current, full-time students at an Indian university.
- Professionals must be employed/affiliated with an organization registered in India, and receipt of the award is contingent on them joining a full-time PhD program at an Indian university within the calendar year of the award.
Application
The Google India PhD Fellowship program for 2019 is now open until Friday, 12th April 2019.