The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program 2024/25 is now accepting applications from international candidates. NVIDIA has long believed that investing in academic talent benefits the industry and is critical to its sustained growth and success. The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program funds Ph.D. candidates working on areas that will significantly improve accelerated computing and related applications. NVIDIA especially encourages contributions from students pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and other domains.

Each year, they choose students with the potential, outstanding, and initiative to work closely with them early in their careers. Recipients not only receive critical funds for their study, but they also have access to NVIDIA technology, products, and some of the most talented minds in the field. Furthermore, the Fellowship involves a summer internship before the Fellowship year.

Key Details

Organized by: NVIDIA Corporation

Application Deadline: 7 September 2023 (3 pm Pacific)

Deadline for Recommendation Letters: 6 September 2023 (3 pm Pacific)

Notification of Final Decision: End of November 2023

Eligible Countries: Open for all

Benefits of the NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program

NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program offers up to $60,000 in funding per award to Ph.D. students for their research.

Note: The student’s university will be responsible for administering the student award, and NVIDIA will pay the amount to the university rather than the student directly.

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Who Can Apply?

The following applicants can submit applications for the NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program:

• At the time of application, students must have completed their first year of Ph.D. level study.)
• Students must have majors in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• As part of their Ph.D. thesis, students must conduct active research.
• Students must be enrolled as full-time active Ph.D. students for the academic year 2024-2025 (9 months) of the award, which means they should not anticipate finishing before May/June 2025.
• Before the commencement of their Fellowship year, students must be available to complete a summer internship (which, under COVID-19, may be held remotely).
• Students must not be related to a current NVIDIA employee.

Required Documents

The following documents are necessary for application to the NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program:

• Summary of the research/thesis proposal about two pages with a bibliography.
• Curriculum Vitae (CV), including the contact information
• Two nomination letters from a professor, including one from a thesis adviser, up to 3 letters maximum – nomination letters from non-professors are acceptable as long as one is from your thesis advisor/professor.
• Confirmation letter for being available for the summer internship

Evaluation Criteria

The following will be the key to the evaluation of the selection panel:

• Student Quality
  • Recommendation Letters
  • Achievements & Academic performance (GPA)
• Research Quality
  • Research proposal for Fellowship
  • Track record of publication
  • Research results to date
• Relevance to NVIDIA
  • Explain how your work relates to NVIDIA’s key research fields.
  • How your research may impact the design, performance, or use of future GPUs

How to Apply?

Candidates should fill out the online application form by entering the link below:

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To learn more about NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Awards, please refer to NVIDIA’s website.

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