At Google, we are committed to developing new technologies to help people find and use information. While we do significant in-house research and engineering, we also maintain strong ties with academic institutions worldwide pursuing innovative research in core areas relevant to our mission.
We are pleased to announce the Google European Doctoral Fellowship Programme for 2012. Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google European Doctoral Fellowship Programme was created to support outstanding Doctoral students doing exceptional research in Computer Science or closely related areas. Fellowships are available to PhD applicants or students at any stage of their research at universities chosen by Google. This is a highly competitive programme. Google will award approximately 12 named fellowships from amongst the following:
Applications cannot be accepted directly from students. Please contact your Computer Science department to find out if your university is one of the selected universities, or to receive additional information. Universities selected for this programme will be contacted directly by Google.
Google will award fellowships covering the research part of the PhD programme for up to three years, and consisting of:
In order to be considered for the 2012 Google European Doctoral Fellowship Programme, students must meet the following criteria:
Google Doctoral Fellows may not hold the Google Fellowship concurrently with another PhD scholarship/fellowship.
For each student nomination, the university's Computer Science department (or invited department) should please submit:
All application documents must be in English. Each selected university will be invited to submit a maximum of two student nominations for fellowship consideration.
We encourage universities to nominate students from under-represented groups where appropriate.
Nominations and application materials are due no later than 1st February 2012. An online nomination form will be available in early January 2012 for submissions and eligible universities will receive an e-mail once the form may be accessed. Committees of distinguished engineers and researchers from within Google will review all applications. Short-listed students may be invited for an in-person interview following the initial review.
Fellowship recipients will be announced in May 2012. For more information on previous Google Doctoral Fellows, please see Google Europe Doctoral Fellowship Recipients
Each invited university may nominate up to two students.
Materials must be submitted by chairs of the department from eligible universities, or their designated contact.
Google will provide information about how applications should be submitted in early January 2012.
We prefer documents in PDF format, but will accept other common formats.
Yes, as long as the other eligibility criteria are met.
No, students must be nominated by an eligible university in order to be considered.
Fellowship recipients are not subject to intellectual property restrictions unless they complete an internship at Google. If that is the case, they are subject to the same intellectual property restrictions as any other Google intern.
No, there will not be any employee relationship (except as an Intern) between fellowship recipients and Google.
No, fellowship recipients are not eligible for these Scholarships. However, they may apply to attend the Scholars’ Retreat. For more information, please see the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship or the Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities.
The 2012 Google European Doctoral Fellowships should begin in calendar year 2012, although may start later with the agreement of Google. Any monetary awards will be paid directly to the Fellow's university for distribution.
If you have any further questions about the Google European Doctoral Fellowship Programme, please contact us at doctoralfellowship-europe@google.com.