PhD and Masters Scholarship by Google

Africa PhD Fellowship Program:  Deadline: Friday 19th January 2018  BY Google  (The Google Africa Scholarship)  For more enquirers write to research-africa@google.com

About this scholarship:

Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google Africa PhD Fellowship Program has been created to support and recognize outstanding students pursuing or looking to pursue PhD level studies in computer science and related areas. The Google Africa PhD Fellowship program for 2018 is now open for application until 11:59pm GMT on Friday 19th January 2018. Review the steps below to learn more about how the Fellowship works, eligibility requirements and the application process. Apply here.

Eligibility:

For current PhD Students 

• Applicants must be enrolled into a full-time PhD program at a university in Africa.
•  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 should be early stage PhD students, i.e., should not have been into more than 1 year of their PhD. Applicants for the 2018 Fellowship must have started their program on or after 1 January 2017. 
• Students must remain enrolled in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award. Applicants must be pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or related areas. 
• Google employees and family members of Google employees are not eligible. Students who are already receiving another corporate fellowship are not eligible.(read-more)

Instructions for Applicants:

General notes

1. Applications are accepted directly from students. There is no limit to the number of students who may apply from each university. 
2. Applicant's areas of research interest must be one of the areas listed at https://research.google.com/. 
3. Awardees will be announced on the Google Research blog by mid-March 2018.

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