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Google PhD Fellowships

What is the Google PhD fellowship?

The Google PhD fellowship recognise and support outstanding work in computer science and related fields. 

These awards are open to researchers working in the following areas:

  • Algorithms and Theory
  • Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing
  • Health & Bioscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization
  • Machine Intelligence
  • Machine Perception
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Networking
  • Quantum Computing
  • Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Systems
  • Speech Processing

Interested students will need to be nominated by UCL. 

Google PhD Fellowship nominations 2024/25

The Google PhD Fellowship programme nominations process for 2024/25 is now open, please find further information here. UCL is able to nominate 3 candidates and, if you wish to be considered, please complete this form by Sunday, 21st April: https://form.jotform.com/240864312392051

Please note, the deadline on the Google website is later because UCL needs to run their own internal selection process. 

You will need to provide the following materials in the form of one single PDF (not multiple PDFs – this is a requirement from Google).

  • Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair confirming the student passes eligibility requirements. (See FAQ "What are the eligibility requirements for students?")
  • Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
  • Short (1-page) CV of the student's primary advisor
  • 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee's work (at least one from the thesis advisor)
  • Research / dissertation proposal (maximum 3 pages, excluding references)
  • Transcripts of current and previous academic records

The fellowship is run externally by Google and we are unable to answer questions about the fellowship programme itself beyond what’s already available on the Google PhD Fellowship website. However, you may find the below useful: 

  • Google PhD Fellowship FAQs 
  • If the question you have is not answered in the FAQs, you can contact the Google PhD Fellowship team directly via this email address: europe-phdfellowship@google.com Please note, Google have stated that due to the volume of emails they receive, they may not be able to respond to questions where the answer is already available on the website (including in the FAQs) so we advise you look through the website and FAQs fully before contacting this email address.