Google PhD Fellowship Program 2026 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: April 30, 2026

Applications are open for the Google PhD Fellowship Program 2026. Google PhD Fellowships straight help graduate college students as they pursue their PhD. Nurturing and sustaining sturdy relations with the educational group is a prime precedence at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to acknowledge excellent graduate college students doing distinctive and revolutionary analysis in areas related to pc science and associated fields.

Fellowships help promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who search to affect the way forward for know-how. Their analysis groups affect know-how utilized by folks all around the world and we encourage folks of a variety of backgrounds to apply. They at present provide fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.

Benefits

Africa

• Up to three 12 months Fellowship
• US $15K to cowl stipend and different analysis associated actions, journey bills together with abroad journey

Australia and New Zealand

• 1 12 months Fellowship: AUD $20K to cowl stipend and different analysis associated actions, journey bills together with abroad journey

Canada and the United States

• Up to 2 12 months Fellowship
• US $85K per 12 months in direction of schooling prices (tuition and costs), residing bills, journey, and private gear (efficient from 2025 for brand new recipients)

East Asia

• 1 12 months Fellowship: US $10K to cowl stipend and different analysis associated actions, journey bills together with abroad journey

Europe and the Middle East

• Up to 2 12 months Fellowship: Yearly bursary in direction of stipend / wage, well being care, social advantages, tuition and costs, convention journey and private computing gear. The bursary varies by nation.

India

• Early-stage PhD college students
  • Up to 4 12 months Fellowship: US $50K to cowl stipend and different analysis associated actions, journey bills together with abroad journey
• Late-stage PhD college students
  • 1 12 months Fellowship: US $10K to acknowledge analysis contributions, cowl stipend and different analysis associated actions, journey bills together with abroad journey

Latin America

• Up to 2 12 months Fellowship: US $15K per 12 months to cowl stipend and different analysis associated actions, journey bills together with abroad journey

Southeast Asia

• Up to three 12 months Fellowship: US $10K per 12 months for as much as 3 years (or as much as commencement, whichever is earlier) to cowl stipend and different analysis associated actions, journey bills together with abroad journey

Eligibility

General Eligibility Requirements (All Regions):

• Students should stay enrolled full-time within the PhD program all through the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
• Google staff, and their spouses, kids, and members of their family usually are not eligible.
• Students which are already supported by a comparable trade award usually are not eligible. Government or non-revenue group funding is exempt.
• Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program usually are not eligible to apply once more.

Region-Specific Eligibility Requirements:

Universities ought to solely nominate college students that meet the next necessities

• Africa, India, Latin America, and Southeast Asia
  • Incoming or early-stage PhD college students will be nominated by their college; nevertheless, the Fellowship award is contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program in pc science (or an adjoining discipline) throughout the tutorial award 12 months of the Fellowship award, or the award shall be forfeited.
  • grant of the Fellowship doesn’t imply admission to a PhD program. The awardee should individually apply and be accepted to a PhD program in pc science (or an adjoining discipline) at an eligible establishment.
  • Grant of the Fellowship will likely be topic to the foundations and pointers relevant within the establishment the place the awardee registers for the PhD program.
• Australia and New Zealand
  • Early-stage college students enrolled within the first or second 12 months of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the educational award 12 months).
• Canada and the United States
  • Students who’ve accomplished graduate coursework of their PhD by the educational award 12 months when the Fellowship begins.
• East Asia
  • Students who’ve accomplished most of their graduate coursework of their PhD by the educational award 12 months when the Fellowship begins. Students ought to have enough time for analysis initiatives after receiving a fellowship.
• Europe and the Middle East
  • Students enrolled at any stage of their PhD are eligible to apply.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Google PhD Fellowship.