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Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourage people of diverse backgrounds to apply.

Universities may nominate up to four eligible students. An internal selection committee will determine the University's 4 nominees. Students may apply by submitting all application materials including at least two letters of reference by the internal deadline of Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

Eligibility

Students must have completed graduate coursework in their PhD by the beginning of the academic year in which the fellowship begins (Fall 2024).
Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.

Research Areas of Focus

The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the fields listed below. Please see here for complete descriptions.

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

Important Dates

Internal application deadline: Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Selected proposals will be submitted to Google prior to the close of the application portal on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

Application Materials

Student is a full-time graduate student pursuing a PhD at the submitter's institution.
Student has completed graduate coursework by the Fall of the award year (Fall 2024).
Student is not already supported by a comparable industry award (Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt).
Student is not a Google employee and does not have any members of this student's household that is a Google employee (spouse, parent, children).
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). Letters must be submitted in the application portal by letter writers by the May 1 deadline.
Research/dissertation proposa l (Max 3 pages excluding references)
Research Impact student essay (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
Leadership student essay (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)
Transcripts of current and previous academic records (Official preferred; unofficial accepted)

Please complete all application materials via the application portal here.

Students should prompt their letter writers as soon as possible so they may upload their letters in the application portal by May 1.

Applications are evaluated on the strength of the research proposal, research impact, student academic achievements, and leadership potential. Research proposals are evaluated for innovative concepts that are relevant to Google’s research areas, as well as aspects of robustness and potential impact to the field. Proposals should include the direction and any plans of where your work is going in addition to a comprehensive description of the research you are pursuing. In the United States, Canada, and Europe, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

More information available here.

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08 Sep 2022

Engineering DPhil Liliane Momeni receives Google PhD Fellowship

The awards are presented to exemplary PhD students in computer science and related fields and directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD

Engineering DPhil Liliane Momeni is one of the recipients of the 2022 Google PhD Fellowships , in the Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision category. Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor. The award covers full tuition, fees, and a stipend for the school year.

Liliane Momeni is a fourth year DPhil student in the Visual Geometry Group (VGG) at the University of Oxford, supervised by Professor Andrew Zisserman . She is interested in vision and language, in particular in the context of sign language. Her research so far has made progress on the task of ‘sign spotting’, where the aim is to identify where a particular sign has been performed in a sign language video. Her work takes steps towards enabling applications that have been identified as important among members of the deaf community. Previously she studied the MEng in Engineering Science at Oxford.

Liliane attended the online Google Fellowship summit in July this year to mark the official commencement of the program, when the students were introduced to their Google Research Mentor. She says, “I’m very honoured to have been awarded a Google PhD Fellowship in Machine Perception. I’m thankful for the support of my advisor and collaborators. I am excited to meet other recipients and use the award to further research in vision and language, in particular in the context of sign language.”

Google commented on the awards, "Google is pleased to confirm the recipients of the North American and European Google PhD Fellowships for 2022. These awards have been presented to exemplary PhD students in computer science and related fields. We have given these students unique fellowships to acknowledge their contributions to their areas of specialty and provide funding for their education and research. We look forward to working closely with them as they continue to become leaders in their respective fields."

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Since 2009, Google has been supporting top graduate students who want to make an impact on the future of technology. The Google PhD Fellowship program recognises candidates doing important and innovative research in computer science and related fields. In Australia and New Zealand, the program focuses on early-stage candidates. Winners receive fellowships which include a monetary award of $15,000 AUD to cover stipend and other research related activities, as well as a Google Mentor who works on topics related to their field of study and provides guidance. In 2021, we’re pleased to announce four new PhD students in Australia who have been awarded fellowships for their outstanding efforts.

Sampson Wong, Google PhD Fellowship in Algorithms, Optimisations and Markets, The University of Sydney

"Transport networks require regular monitoring and maintenance to sustain a high level of operability. As networks grow and as technologies improve, there is a rising demand for data-driven analysis of transport network data. This has resulted in governments and companies developing domain-specific tools to provide its citizens and users with the best recommendations. The speed and quality of these tools depend greatly on their fundamental building blocks. The goal of my thesis is to develop efficient algorithms for fundamental problems involving geometric movement data on transport networks. We use clustering and other algorithmic methods to detect commuting patterns in geometric movement data, and to select beneficial upgrades for a transport network."

Theekshana Dissanayake, Google PhD Fellowship in Machine Learning, QUT

"Deep learning has shown great success in solving biosignal-based medical diagnostic problems. However, present solutions cannot generalise across multiple datasets captured from different experimental settings. Furthermore, the black-box nature of current solutions hinders the trust associated with the predictions made from a clinical perspective. This PhD research focuses on the generalisability and interpretability of deep learning models designed for biosignal-based medical diagnostics and considers both single and multi-channel biosignals (such as heart signals and brain signals using EEG and ECG)."

Xinlong Wang, Google PhD Fellowship in Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision, The University of Adelaide

Xinlong's research interests lie in computer vision and machine learning, specifically in enabling machines to see and understand the environment. Xinlong’s research focuses on object-level recognition, including 2D/3D/video object detection and instance segmentation.

Yun Li, Google PhD Fellowship in Machine Learning, University of New South Wales

"Deep learning has been demonstrating the potential to significantly revolutionise the practice of medicine and the delivery of healthcare. However, low volume, high sparsity, and poor quality of healthcare data and their diverse contexts may limit the efficacy of deep learning methods. In my research, we aim to develop a suite of robust and versatile few-shot machine learning methods to effectively discover personalised, transferable insightful knowledge with very limited data. Specifically, we have identified and proposed the solutions to 1) data-efficient methods for genomics sequencing; 2) medical image argumentation, 3) hierarchical multi-view data analysis; and 4) tinnitus diagnosis. We will continue to improve the explainability, transparency, and personalisation for better clinical translation. Our studies will have a broader impact on a wide range of practical scenarios such as genome study, medical diagnosis, drug discovery, and disease treatment."

In supporting these Australian Fellows we recognise their significant academic achievements and hope that they will go on to be leaders in their respective fields. We look forward to building even stronger links between industry and academia to help support important research in Australia. You can find out more about the Google PhD Fellowship program here

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Google PhD Fellowship Program

Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

In the United States, Canada, and Europe, PhD students must be nominated by their university. Any accredited research institution that awards research degrees to PhD students may submit nominations by an official representative of the university. Please see our FAQ for more information.

Universities may nominate up to four eligible students. We encourage nominating students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. If more than two students are nominated then we strongly encourage additional nominees who self-identify as a woman, Black / African descent, Hispanic / Latino / Latinx, Indigenous, and/or a person with a disability.

Materials must be submitted by chairs of the department from eligible universities, or their designated contact.

Duke Internal: April 8, 2024
Nomination Deadline: May 8, 2024

Algorithms and Theory
Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing
Health & Bioscience
Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization
Machine Intelligence
Machine Perception
Natural Language Processing
Quantum Computing
Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention
Software Engineering
Software Systems
Speech Processing
Other areas listed in application forms during application window

Universities should only nominate students that meet the following requirements:

Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.
Canada and the United States : students who have completed graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins.

Students cannot apply directly to the program; they must be nominated by an eligible university during the application period.

United States and Canada:

Up to 2 year Fellowship (effective from 2024 for new recipients)
Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment
Google Research Mentor

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Owing to the sponsor's restriction on the number of applications that may be submitted from Duke, anyone wishing to pursue nomination should submit the following materials as one PDF.

Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair confirming the student passes eligibility requirements. (See FAQ "What are the eligibility requirements for students?")
Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe your research, the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.

Please submit internal materials through My Research Proposal. (Code ILN) https://www.grantinterface.com/sl/YWplou

Instructions for creating an account (if needed) and submitting your materials: https://ctsi.duke.edu/about-myresearchproposal

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Nomination Process

Application Process

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Fellowship details

Algorithms and Theory
Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing
Health & Bioscience
Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization
Machine Intelligence
Machine Perception
Natural Language Processing
Quantum Computing
Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention
Software Engineering
Software Systems
Speech Processing
Other areas listed in application forms during application window

For more information, visit the Google PhD fellowship program website

Up to 2 year Fellowship (effective from 2024 for new recipients)
Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment
Google Research Mentor

UCI Application Open: March 8, 2024 UCI Internal Deadline: April 8, 2024 External Deadline : May 8, 2024

Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.
Students must be in at least their 3rd year of a PhD program by the fall semester or quarter of the year when the Fellowship begins. The nominating university will be asked to confirm the student’s PhD program start date.

UC Irvine Graduate Division may nominate up to four eligible students . We encourage students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. Students may apply directly to the Graduate Division here: https://uci.questionpro.com/t/AaSycZ1wV6

The application will ask for the following materials. Upload them to the application form as PDFs and be mindful of the word counts.

Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair confirming the student passes eligibility requirements.
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)
Student essay response ( 350-word limit ) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
Student essay response ( 350-word limit ) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)
Transcripts of current and previous academic records

Note: The review committee advises that proposals are more successful in the review process when the advisor takes an active role in reviewing and editing the proposal.

Cover sheet

Internal UCI questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at [email protected] . Additionally, questions can be sent directly to Google: [email protected]

Google PhD Fellowship

Biological Sciences
Physical Sciences
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Social Sciences
Spring Quarter (April-June)
Early graduate school
Research Grant
Must be nominated to apply
No citizenship requirements

Friday, April 12, 2024 at 5pm Central

The university is limited to four nominations each year for the Google PhD Fellowship. Applicants must apply by the internal deadline to be considered as a university nominee.

Download the Google PhD Fellowship application form and instructions.

Submit completed applications to the fellowships team at UChicagoGRAD ([email protected]).

Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional work in computer science and related research areas.

In the United States, Canada, and Europe, accredited PhD granting institutions in Computer Science or related fields may nominate up to four eligible students during the application period. The fellowship offers:

2 year Fellowship with opportunity to extend to 3rd year
Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment
Google Research Mentor

The university will nominate students that meet the following requirements:

Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD and enrolled in an institution in the U.S.
Completed graduate coursework by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins.
Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.

Algorithms, Optimizations and Markets
Computational Neuroscience
Human-Computer Interaction
Machine Learning
Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision
Mobile Computing
Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction)
Privacy and Security
Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Quantum Computing
Structured Data and Database Management
Systems and Networking

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Google PhD Fellowship Program

Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

How to apply

PhD students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan must be nominated by their university. After the university's nomination is completed, either an official representative of the university or the nominated students can submit applications during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

Applications are currently closed. Decisions for the 2024 application cycle will be announced via email in July 2024. Please check back in 2025 for details on future application cycles.

Research areas

Health & Bioscience
Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization
Machine Intelligence
Machine Perception
Natural Language Processing
Quantum Computing
Speech Processing
Silicon Research (Algorithms, Architecture, Open Source Tooling)

What does the Google PhD Fellowship include?

Students receive named Fellowships which include a monetary award. The funds are given directly to the university to be distributed to cover the student’s expenses and stipend as appropriate. In addition, the student will be matched with a Google Research Mentor. There is no employee relationship between the student and Google as a result of receiving the fellowship. The award does not preclude future eligibility for internships or employment opportunities at Google, nor does it increase the chances of obtaining them. If students wish to apply for a job at Google, they are welcome to apply for jobs and go through the same hiring process as any other person.

1 year Fellowship
10,000 USD to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
Google Research Mentor

Is my university eligible for the PhD Fellowship Program?

Universities must be an accredited research institution that awards research degrees to PhD students in computer science (or an adjacent field).

Restrictions: All award payments and recipients will be reviewed for compliance with relevant US and international laws, regulations and policies. Google reserves the right to withhold funding that may violate laws, regulations or our policies.

What are the eligibility requirements for students?

Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again
Students who have completed most of graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins. Students should have sufficient time for research projects after receiving a fellowship.

What should be included in an application? What language should the application be in?

All application materials should be submitted in English.

For each student nomination, the university will be asked to submit the following material in a single, flat (not portfolio) PDF file:

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)
Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)
Transcripts of current and previous academic records

How do I apply for the PhD Fellowship Program? Can students apply directly for a Fellowship?

In Japan, Korea and Taiwan, students cannot apply directly to the program; they must be nominated by an eligible university during the application period. Note to students: If there's no information about the nomination process from your university, students can submit applications via the online form. But we may ask your university to make a selection from all submitted applications from your university and then nominate up to 3 students within 2 weeks after the application window is closed.

How many students may each university nominate?

Universities in Japan, Korea and Taiwan may nominate up to three eligible students. We encourage nominating students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. If more than two students are nominated then we strongly encourage the additional nominee who self-identifies as a woman.

*Applications are evaluated on merit. Please see FAQ for details on how applications are evaluated.

Who should submit the applications?

How are applications evaluated?

Essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

A nominee's status as a member of a historically marginalized group is not considered in the selection of award recipients.

Research should align with Google AI Principles.

Incomplete proposals will not be considered.

How are Google PhD Fellowships given?

Any monetary awards will be paid directly to the Fellow's university for distribution. No overhead should be assessed against them.

What are the intellectual property implications of a Google PhD Fellowship?

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.

Will the Fellowship recipients become employees of Google?

No, Fellowship recipients do not become employees of Google due to receiving the award. The award does not preclude future eligibility for internships or employment opportunities at Google, nor does it increase the chances of obtaining them. If they are interested in working at Google, they are welcome to apply for jobs and go through the same hiring process as any other person.

Can Fellowship recipients also be considered for other Google scholarships?

Yes, Fellowship recipients are eligible for these Scholarship .

After award notification, when do the Google PhD Fellowships begin?

After Google PhD Fellowship recipients are notified, the Fellowship is effective starting the following school year.

What is the application time period?

Applications for the 2024 program will open in March 2024 and close in May 2024 for all regions. Refer to the main Google PhD Fellowship Program page for each region’s application details

A global awards announcement will be made in September on the Google Research Blog

I have received a fellowship from the local government, can I apply for Google's PhD Fellowship program?

Yes, you can apply for the program.

How can I ask additional questions?

If your question has not been answered by a FAQ, please email [email protected] .

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Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

Penn has been invited to submit 2-4 nominees for the Google PhD Fellowship Program. Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply. Fellowships are currently offered in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, East Asia, Europe, India, the United States and Canada.

Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD in Computer Science or related field (see research areas below)
Completed graduate coursework by Fall 2024, when the Fellowship begins.
The recipient must remain an active, full-time student in a PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship (up to 3 years) or forfeit the award.
Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible.

Approximately fifteen fellows will be named in the following areas this year:

Algorithms, Optimizations and Markets
Computational Neural and Cognitive Sciences
Health Research
Human Computer Interaction
Machine Learning
Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision
Mobile Computing
Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction)
Privacy and Security
Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Quantum Computing
Recommender Systems
Structured Data and Database Management
Systems and Networking

For Fellowship details please see the FAQ here .

This application requires 2-3 letters of recommendation, at least one of which should be from your thesis advisor. You will be able to request letters of recommendation through the Interfolio application process; please start the application soon to give your recommenders ample time to submit letters of recommendation before the March 10 Penn Deadline.

Applicants will be required to submit the following:

Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
1-page CV of student’s primary advisor
Unofficial PDF copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts
Research/dissertation abstract (no more than 1,000 characters)
Research/dissertation proposal (no longer than 3 pages)
Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?).

Once that is prepared, visit the application form in Interfolio to submit your application. You will be able to request letters of recommendation through the application process.

Deadlines :

Internal Competition Deadline: March 10 , 2024, at 11:59 PM ET

Internal Competition Winners notified: April 15, 2024

Provost’s Office submits 2-4 nominees: April 26, 2024

Contact Information

Dr. Anita Mastroieni , Ed.D., Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education

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The limited competition (up to four nominees from UIC) closed May 1st

April 2024 Update:

The competition is open! The campus deadline is May 1st. Should there be more than four applications, the Dean of the Graduate College will determine the university's final slate of nominees.

The information below pertains to applications from US institutions. There does not seem to be a citizenship requirement.

Students receive named Fellowships which include a monetary award. The funds are given directly to the university to be distributed to cover the student’s expenses and stipend as appropriate. The funds are given as an unrestricted gift, and it is Google’s policy not to pay for overhead [F&A]. In addition, the student will be matched with a Google Research Mentor who we hope will become a valuable resource to the student. There is no employee relationship between the student and Google as a result of receiving the fellowship. Fellowship recipients are not subject to intellectual property restrictions unless they complete an internship at Google. Fellowship recipients serving an internship are subject to the same intellectual property and other contractual obligations as any other Google intern. If a Fellowship student is interested, an internship at Google is encouraged, but not guaranteed or required. Awardees will be notified in August.

Benefits include:

Up to 3 years of Fellowship
Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment [amount not specified]
Google Research Mentor

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Since UIC can nominate only a finite number of students, the Graduate College is running a limited competition. If UIC nominates more than two individuals, Google encourages the nomination of students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. If more than two students are nominated then we strongly encourage additional nominees who self-identify as a woman, Black / African descent, Hispanic / Latino / Latinx, Indigenous, and/or a person with a disability

Eligibility

Students must:

Be enrolled full-time and pursuing a PhD in computer science or related program*;
have completed graduate coursework by the Fall of the award year, when the Fellowship begins. This is usually the 3rd year for US and Canadian students;
remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award;
Not be Google employees, and their spouses, children, and or members of a Google employee household;
Not be already supported by a comparable industry award.
Conduct research that aligns with Google AI Principles .

* Fields include:

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

For more information on research foci, visit: https://research.google/programs-and-events/phd-fellowship/#research-areas-of-focus-3

In the United States, Canada, and Europe, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

A nominee’s status as a member of a historically marginalized group is not considered in the selection of award recipients.

Nomination Procedures

Applications

For each student nomination, the university will be asked to submit the following material in a single PDF file. Thus, it is the student’s and their program’s responsibility to furnish the following as a single PDF:

Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair/Head confirming the student passes eligibility requirements. This paragraph should include the student’s UIN, semester of PhD matriculation, anticipated graduation term, when coursework was completed, current funding, and Google employment. (See FAQ “What are the eligibility requirements for students?”); [no form is provided]
Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
Short (1-page) CV of the student’s primary advisor
Two to three (2-3) letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee’s work (at least one from the thesis advisor)
Research / dissertation proposal including references (maximum 3 pages, excluding references)
Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)
Transcripts of current and previous academic records

Submissions

Given that the application includes confidential letters of recommendation, the head/chair, DGS, mentor, or a grad staff member is expected to submit the nomination file. Nominations must be sent as an email attachment (with all the materials in a single file) to the Graduate College’s Limited Competition folder in Box (a FERPA-compliant cloud storage service): [email protected]

File naming convention:

The PDF files should be saved using the following naming convention: Google2024_ DepartmentName_NomineeLastNameFirstInitial.pdf

Example of Chuck Baudelaire’s application from Computer Science without using spaces in the file name: Google2024_CS_BaudelaireC.pdf

Deadline: 4 p.m. (CT), May 1, 2024.

After a hiatus, the competition has returned and the restriction on the number of nominations per university necessitates the limited campus competition.

Graduate College contact: Benn Williams, Fellowships and Awards Coordinator ([email protected])

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Google Ph.D. Fellowship

What is the Google Ph.D. Fellowship?

The Google PhD Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields.

The University of Minnesota may nominate up to four (4) eligible candidates to the Google PhD Fellowship .

How much is the award?

Information about what is included in the Google PhD Fellowship can be found on this Google website .

Who is Eligible?

Eligibility requirements for the Google PhD Fellowship can be found on this Google website . An applicant’s research should align with Google AI Principles and represent one or more of the fields listed below. See all research fields in drop-down below.

How Do I Apply?

Program Nomination required. Please reach out to your Director of Graduate Studies or Graduate Program Coordinator ( link ). Programs can nominate up to four (4) doctoral students.

For Program Nomination, log in to the electronic nomination form .

what is the deadline?

The submission deadline is March 1, 2024 by 5:00pm CST.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION FOR UMN INTERNAL REVIEW?

Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair
Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
Short (1-page) CV of the student's primary advisor
Research/dissertation proposal excluding references (maximum 3 pages)
Student essay response 1 (350-word limit), see prompt details below
Student essay response 2 (350-word limit), see prompt details below
Transcripts of current and previous academic records

If a nominee is selected for UMN Nomination to the Google PhD Fellowship, the nominee will also need to submit 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee’s work (at least one from the thesis advisor) ahead of the Google PhD Fellowship deadline.

+ Google Research Fields

The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the following fields:

Algorithms, Optimizations and Markets
Computational Neural and Cognitive Sciences
Health Research
Human-Computer Interaction
Machine Learning
Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision
Mobile Computing
Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction)
Privacy and Security
Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Quantum Computing
Recommender Systems
Structured Data and Database Management
Systems and Networking

+ STUDENT ESSAY #1 PROMPT

(350-word limit) Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.

+ STUDENT ESSAY #2 PROMPT

(350-word limit) Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)

+ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

An interdepartmental faculty committee reviews nominations and selects up to four (4) nominees for the University to nominate to the Google PhD Fellowship.
Per this Google FAQ , applications are evaluated on the strength of the research proposal, research impact, student academic achievements, and leadership potential. Research proposals are evaluated for innovative concepts that are relevant to Google’s research areas, as well as aspects of robustness and potential impact to the field. Proposals should include the direction and any plans of where your work is going in addition to a comprehensive description of the research you are pursuing.
Yes, applicants who are selected to be nominated by the University to the Google PhD Fellowship will need to gather 2-3 letters of recommendation by the deadline provided by the Graduate School Fellowships Office.
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Google PhD fellowship program

Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.

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Application status, how to apply, research areas of focus, review criteria, award recipients.

Applications are currently closed.

Decisions for the 2024 application cycle will be announced via email in July 2024. Please check back in 2025 for details on future application cycles.

Launch March 27, 2024
Deadline May 8, 2024
Winner selected by July 31, 2024

The details of each Fellowship vary by region. Please see our FAQ for eligibility requirements and application instructions.

PhD students must be nominated by their university. Applications should be submitted by an official representative of the university during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

Australia and New Zealand

Canada and the United States

India and Southeast Asia

PhD students apply directly during the application window. Please see the FAQ for more information.

Latin America

The 2024 application cycle is postponed. Please check back in 2025 for details on future application cycles.

Google PhD Fellowship students are a select group recognized by Google researchers and their institutions as some of the most promising young academics in the world. The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the fields listed below. Note that region-specific research areas will be listed in application forms during the application window.

Algorithms and Theory

Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing

Health and Bioscience

Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization

Machine Intelligence

Machine Perception

Natural Language Processing

Quantum Computing

Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention

Software Engineering

Software Systems

Speech Processing

In Canada and the United States, East Asia and Latin America, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

What does the Google PhD Fellowship include?

Students receive named Fellowships which include a monetary award. The funds are given directly to the university to be distributed to cover the student’s expenses and stipend as appropriate. In addition, the student will be matched with a Google Research Mentor. There is no employee relationship between the student and Google as a result of receiving the fellowship. The award does not preclude future eligibility for internships or employment opportunities at Google, nor does it increase the chances of obtaining them. If students wish to apply for a job at Google, they are welcome to apply for jobs and go through the same hiring process as any other person.

Up to 3 year Fellowship
US $12K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
Google Research Mentor
1 year Fellowship
AUD $15K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
Up to 2 year Fellowship (effective from 2024 for new recipients)
Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment
US $10K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
Yearly bursary towards stipend / salary, health care, social benefits, tuition and fees, conference travel and personal computing equipment. The bursary varies by country.

Early-stage PhD students

Up to 4 year Fellowship
US $50K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Late-stage PhD students

US $10K to recognise research contributions, cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
US $15K per year to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Southeast Asia

US $10K per year for up to 3 years (or up to graduation, whichever is earlier) to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Is my university eligible for the PhD Fellowship Program?

Africa, Australia/New Zealand , Canada, East Asia, Europe and the United States : universities must be an accredited research institution that awards research degrees to PhD students in computer science (or an adjacent field).

India, Latin America and Southeast Asia : applications are open to universities/institutes in India, Latin America (excluding Cuba), and in eligible Southeast Asian countries/regions (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam).

Restrictions : All award payments and recipients will be reviewed for compliance with relevant US and international laws, regulations and policies. Google reserves the right to withhold funding that may violate laws, regulations or our policies.

What are the eligibility requirements for students?

All regions

Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.
Grant of the Fellowship does not mean admission to a PhD program. The awardee must separately apply and be accepted to a PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) at an eligible institution.
Grant of the Fellowship will be subject to the rules and guidelines applicable in the institution where the awardee registers for the PhD program.

Nominated students in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and the United States, East Asia and Europe.

Universities should only nominate students that meet the following requirements:

Africa: Incoming PhD students are eligible to apply, but the Fellowship award shall be contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) within the academic award year of the Fellowship award, or the award shall be forfeited.
Australia and New Zealand : early-stage students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the academic award year).
Canada and the United States : students who have completed graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins.
East Asia: students who have completed most of graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins. Students should have sufficient time for research projects after receiving a fellowship.
Europe: Students enrolled at any stage of their PhD are eligible to apply.

Direct applicant students in India, Latin America and Southeast Asia

Latin America : incoming or early stage-students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the academic award year).

What should be included in an application? What language should the application be in?

All application materials should be submitted in English.

For each student nomination, the university will be asked to submit the following material in a single, flat (not portfolio) PDF file:

Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
Short (1-page) resume/CV of the student's primary PhD program advisor
Available transcripts (mark sheets) starting from first year/semester of Bachelor's degree to date
Research proposal (maximum 3 pages, excluding references)
2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee''s work (at least one from the thesis advisor for current PhD students)
Student essay response (350-word limit) to: What impact would receiving this Fellowship have on your education? Describe any circumstances affecting your need for a Fellowship and what educational goals this Fellowship will enable you to accomplish.
Transcripts of current and previous academic records
1-2 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee's work (at least one from the thesis advisor)

Canada, East Asia, the United States

Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair confirming the student passes eligibility requirements. (See FAQ "What are the eligibility requirements for students?")
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)
Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)

Students will need the following documents in a single, flat (not portfolio) PDF file in order to complete an application (in English only):

Student applicant’s resume with links to website and publications (if available)
Short (one-page) resume/CV of the student applicant's primary PhD program advisor
2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the applicant's work (at least one from the thesis advisor for current PhD students)
Applicant's essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
Applicant's essay response (350-word limit) to: What are your long-term goals for your pathway in computing research, and how would receiving the Google PhD Fellowship help you progress toward those goals in the short-term?

How do I apply for the PhD Fellowship Program? Who should submit the applications? Can students apply directly for a Fellowship?

Check the eligibility and application requirements in your region before applying. Submission forms are available on this page when the application period begins.

India, Latin America and Southeast Asia: students may apply directly during the application period.

Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, New Zealand, and the United States : students cannot apply directly to the program; they must be nominated by an eligible university during the application period.

How many students may each university nominate?

India, Latin America and Southeast Asia : applications are open directly to students with no limit to the number of students that can apply from a university.

Australia and New Zealand : universities may nominate up to two eligible students.

Canada and the United States : Universities may nominate up to four eligible students. We encourage nominating students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. If more than two students are nominated then we strongly encourage additional nominees who self-identify as a woman, Black / African descent, Hispanic / Latino / Latinx, Indigenous, and/or a person with a disability.

Africa, East Asia and Europe : Universities may nominate up to three eligible students. We encourage nominating students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing. If more than two students are nominated then we strongly encourage the additional nominee who self-identifies as a woman.

*Applications are evaluated on merit. Please see FAQ for details on how applications are evaluated.

How are applications evaluated?

In Canada and the United State, East Asia and Latin America, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

A nominee's status as a member of a historically marginalized group is not considered in the selection of award recipients.

Research should align with Google AI Principles .

Incomplete proposals will not be considered.

How are Google PhD Fellowships given?

Any monetary awards will be paid directly to the Fellow's university for distribution. No overhead should be assessed against them.

What are the intellectual property implications of a Google PhD Fellowship?

Will the Fellowship recipients become employees of Google?

Can Fellowship recipients also be considered for other Google scholarships?

Yes, Fellowship recipients are eligible for these scholarships .

After award notification, when do the Google PhD Fellowships begin?

After Google PhD Fellowship recipients are notified, the Fellowship is effective starting the following school year.

What is the program application time period?

Applications for the 2024 program will open in March 2024 and close in May 2024 for all regions. Refer to the main Google PhD Fellowship Program page for each region’s application details.

A global awards announcement will be made in September on the Google Research Blog publicly announcing all award recipients.

How can I ask additional questions?

Due to the volume of emails we receive, we may not be able to respond to questions where the answer is available on the website. If your question has not been answered by a FAQ, email:

Africa: [email protected]

Australia and New Zealand: [email protected]

Canada and the United States: [email protected]

East Asia: [email protected]

Europe: [email protected]

India: [email protected]

Latin America: [email protected]

Southeast Asia: [email protected]

See past PhD Fellowship recipients.

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Google PhD. Fellowship

This highly competitive program awards approximately 12 unique fellowships per year. The fellowships are awarded for two years and consist of:

tuition and fees
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Google PhD Fellowship

NEW for 2024: Google has revised its application cycle timeline. The competition will now take place during the winter term. Waterloo’s new annual institutional deadline for applicants is April 1.

Google PhD Fellowship students are a select group recognized by Google researchers and their institutions as some of the most promising young academics in the world. The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the following fields: Algorithms, Optimizations and Market; Computational Neuroscience; Human-Computer Interaction; Machine Learning; Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision; Mobile Computing; Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction); Privacy and Security; Programming Languages and Software Engineering; Quantum Computing; Structured Data and Database Management; Systems and Networking.

Up to 2 year Fellowship with a monetary award
Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment
Google Research Mentor
Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD
Must have completed all graduate coursework before the Fellowship begins
Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
Past awardees from Australia and New Zealand, East Asia, India and Southeast Asia PhD Fellowship programs are not eligible to apply again.
Applications are evaluated on the strength of the research proposal, research impact, student academic achievements, and leadership potential. Research proposals are evaluated for innovative concepts that are relevant to Google’s research areas, as well as aspects of robustness and potential impact to the field. Proposals should include the direction and any plans of where your work is going in addition to a comprehensive description of the research you are pursuing.
Essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.
A nominee's status as a member of a historically marginalized group is not considered in the selection of award recipients.
Research should align with Google AI Principles .

Current Waterloo students who are interested in applying for the Google PhD Fellowship must submit their application directly to Waterloo. Applicants are not permitted to apply directly to Google. Waterloo will nominate up to four applicants annually.

The following components are required as part of a complete application:

Reference letters:

Applicants must select 2-3 referees that are familiar with their work (at least one referee must be their thesis advisor). Applicants must ask referees to upload their signed reference letters to the Computer Science Vault (for Referees ) by April 1.

Application package:

Applicants must upload the following documents in the following order as one PDF to the Computer Science Vault (for Applicants ) by April 1:

Student CV (with links to website and publications, if applicable)
Condensed CV of student’s primary advisor (maximum 1 page)
Research / dissertation proposal (maximum 3 pages excluding references; note that this max length changed from 8 to 3 pages effective 2024)
Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time.
Note: A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?
Waterloo transcript: Applicants must obtain a copy of their most recent Waterloo transcript. They may ask their department graduate co-ordinator to generate their unofficial UW transcript. If selected to be nominated by the University, GSPA will replace the unofficial UW transcript with an official one.
Non-Waterloo transcript: Applicants must obtain official electronic copies of their non-Waterloo transcripts (if applicable). They may ask their department graduate co-ordinator to pull the transcripts on-file which were submitted at the time of admission to UW. If UW has not been supplied with a specific institution’s transcript or the version on-file is not the final version, the student is responsible for ordering the most recent transcript themselves and including it with their application package.

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Google phd fellowship, award overview.

Award Category: Doctoral Awards , In-Course Awards , Indigenous Student and Postdoc Awards , International Awards
Student Deadline : Date set by graduate unit
Application Dates : Summer
Graduate Unit Deadline : March 28, 2024 (not for students—unit must forward all nominations to SGS by this date)
Value & Duration : Up to 3 years of funding
Level of Study : Doctoral
Year of Study : 2+
Required Legal Status : Domestic / International
Results : TBA (likely late Summer 2024)

Value & Duration

Recipients will:

Receive full tuition and fees for up to 3 years (includes enrolment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment.
Be matched with a Google Research Mentor.

The Google PhD Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourages people of diverse backgrounds to apply.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

Be full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD (normally in 2 nd year) in one of the research areas listed below.
Not be Google employees, their spouses, children, or members of their household.

Recipients must:

Have completed all graduate coursework by the time the Fellowship begins (usually 3rd year for Canadian students).
Remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
Not be already supported by a comparable industry award. (Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.)

Note: Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.

Research areas

Algorithms, Optimizations and Markets
Computational Neural and Cognitive Science
Health Research
Human-Computer Interaction
Machine Learning
Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision
Mobile Computing
Natural Language Processing (including Information Retrieval and Extraction)
Privacy and Security
Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Quantum Computing
Recommender Systems
Structured Data and Database Management
Systems and Networking

Underrepresented groups

At least two out of the four U of T nominees for this award must self-identify as a woman, Black/African descent, Hispanic/Latino/Latinx, Indigenous, and/or person with a disability.

Selection Criteria

In the United States, Canada, and Europe, essay responses are evaluated in addition to application materials to determine an overall recommendation.

Research should align with Google AI Principles .

Application Process

Nominations are made by graduate units in the Summer session. The University of Toronto may submit up to four (4) nominations university-wide (with min. two (2) from an underrepresented group) for the Google PhD Fellowship competition. Given the extremely competitive and prestigious nature of this international award, graduate units are asked to carefully consider and forward only the highest quality applications to SGS for nomination.

Applicants must submit an electronic copy of their completed application as a single flat (not portfolio) PDF file via email to their graduate unit by the graduate unit’s application deadline, with the subject title “Google 2024 – NAME OF APPLICANT”. Students applying for both Google and Apple fellowships must submit two separate applications as each competition has its own list of required items.

A complete application package will include all of the following items in the order listed:

Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair or designate confirming that the student passes the eligibility requirements, as stated above (to be supplied by graduate unit before forwarding to SGS).
Student CV with links to website and publications (if available).
Short (1-page) CV of the student’s primary supervisor.
Research / dissertation proposal with references ( maximum 3 pages, excluding references ).
Student (research) essay response ( maximum 350 words ): Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
Student (leadership) essay response ( maximum 350 words ): Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)
Transcripts of current and previous academic records. Scans of official transcript are preferred but unofficial and web-based transcripts are accepted.
2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee’s work (at least one from the thesis advisor). Letters must be emailed by each referee as a PDF attachment directly to the graduate unit (not SGS) with the subject title “Google 2024 Ref – NAME OF APPLICANT” by the graduate unit’s application deadline.

Applicants should list their Google Research Area(s), in order of relevance if more than one, in the body of the submission email to their graduate unit.

Underrepresented group applicants only : please indicate within the body of the submission email if you self-identify as a member of an underrepresented group. Your underrepresented group status will not be disclosed during the SGS Committee review, and applications will be reviewed based solely on the strength of the submitted materials.

The University competition results will be communicated by the SGS Graduate Awards Office in early May. The results of the international competition will be communicated to nominees when available, likely in late Summer 2024.

Contacts & Resources

For more information, visit the Google PhD Fellowship FAQ page and/or contact [email protected] or

Janine Harper Graduate Awards Office School of Graduate Studies 416-978-3555 [email protected]

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Google PhD Fellowship Program 2024 (Funded)

Deadline: May 8, 2024

Applications are open for the Google PhD Fellowship Program 2024 . Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor. Nurturing and maintaining strong relations with the academic community is a top priority at Google.

The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence the future of technology. Google’s mission is to foster inclusive research communities and encourage people of diverse backgrounds to apply. They currently offer fellowships in Africa, Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States.

Research Areas

Algorithms and Theory
Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing
Health & Bioscience
Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization
Machine Intelligence
Machine Perception
Natural Language Processing
Quantum Computing
Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention
Software Engineering
Software Systems
Speech Processing
Other areas listed in application forms during application window
Up to 3 year Fellowship
US $12K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
Google Research Mentor

Australia and New Zealand

1 year Fellowship
AUD $15K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Canada and the United States

Up to 2 year Fellowship (effective from 2024 for new recipients)
Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment
US $10K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
Yearly bursary towards stipend / salary, health care, social benefits, tuition and fees, conference travel and personal computing equipment. The bursary varies by country.
Up to 4 year Fellowship
US $50K to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel
US $10K to recognise research contributions, cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Latin America

US $15K per year to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Southeast Asia

US $10K per year for up to 3 years (or up to graduation, whichever is earlier) to cover stipend and other research related activities, travel expenses including overseas travel

Eligibility

All regions

Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.
Grant of the Fellowship does not mean admission to a PhD program. The awardee must separately apply and be accepted to a PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) at an eligible institution.
Grant of the Fellowship will be subject to the rules and guidelines applicable in the institution where the awardee registers for the PhD program.

Nominated students in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Canada and the United States, East Asia and Europe.

Universities should only nominate students that meet the following requirements:

Africa: Incoming PhD students are eligible to apply, but the Fellowship award shall be contingent on the awardee registering for a full-time PhD program in computer science (or an adjacent field) within the academic award year of the Fellowship award, or the award shall be forfeited.
Australia and New Zealand : early-stage students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the academic award year).
Canada and the United States : students who have completed graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins.
East Asia: students who have completed most of graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins. Students should have sufficient time for research projects after receiving a fellowship.
Europe: Students enrolled at any stage of their PhD are eligible to apply.

Direct applicant students in India, Latin America and Southeast Asia

Latin America : incoming or early stage-students enrolled in the first or second year of their PhD (no requirement for completion of graduate coursework by the academic award year).

Application

Submit by 11:59:59pm UTC-12 (AoE) May 8, 2024. Notification of decisions will be announced via email in July 2024.

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For more information, visit Google PhD Fellowship Program .

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CSE Professors Received the Google Research Scholar Award

Yan Gu and Yihan Sun received 2024 Google Research Scholar Awards, which support early career professors pursuing research in fields relevant to Google. The program provides unrestricted gifts to support research at institutions around the world, and is focused on funding world-class research conducted by early-career professors. The award-winning project by Yan and Yihan, titled "Efficient Parallel Algorithms for Graph Mining", aims to design efficient solutions for processing various tasks on real-world graphs. Graph processing is a critical topic in computer science, and their research seeks to make significant advancements on multiple topics in this area. More information about the program can be found at: https://research.google/programs-and-events/research-scholar-program/.

2024 NFS Graduate Research Fellowship Program announces awardees and honorable mentions

Twelve boilermakers from the College of Science are honored

The National Science Foundation ( NSF ) has announced the 2024 Graduate Research Fellowship Program ( GRFP ) which included 20 awardees and 12 honorable mentions from Purdue University. Of the pool of innovators, the Purdue University College of Science students stood out with ten awardee offers and two honorable mentions:

Awardees:

Katie Wilson: Applied Math major with EAPS and CS minors; Field of study : Geosciences - Computationally Intensive Research
Abigail Haydee Soliven : Chemistry (ACS), Honors College with distinction, and a minor in English; Field of study : Chemistry - Chemical Catalysis
Meenakshi McNamara : Physics and Math major; Field of study : Mathematical Sciences - Quantum Information Science
Brady R Layman : Chemistry graduate student in Professor Jeffrey Dick’s laboratory; Field of study : Chemical Measurement and Imaging
Mikail Habib Khan : CS, with Mathematics minor; Field of study : Comp/IS/Eng - Formal Methods, Verification, and Programming Languages
Daniel Miroslav Hristov : Chemistry and Honors College; Field of study : Chemistry - Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanism
Stephanie Sara DeLancey : Chemistry with Psychology minor; Field of study : Chemistry - Undergraduate American Chemical Society accredited
Addison Curtis : EAPS graduate student; Field of study : Geosciences - Geochemistry
Grace Crim : Chemistry and Electrical Engineering, minor in Biological Sciences; Field of study : Engineering - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Haleigh Brown : EAPS graduate student Field of study : Geosciences and Astrobiology

Honorable Mentions:

Mariana Blanco-Rojas : EAPS graduate student
Sara Cuevas-Quiñones : Physics and EAPS major

The purpose of the NSF GRFP is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. A goal of the program is to broaden participation of the full spectrum of diverse talents in STEM. The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support inclusive of an annual stipend of $37,000.

To learn more about GRFP or to apply for future awards, current students at the undergraduate and graduate level can check the NSF GRFP resources webpage . The College of Science is proud of our students who are driven to instigate the next giants leaps in STEM and look forward to following their research into their five-year fellowships term.

Learn more about some of the students who were offered the fellowship below.

Katie Wilson :

“I am about to graduate from Purdue with a bachelor’s degree in applied math and minors in computer science and EAPS at Purdue. I fell in love with atmospheric science at Purdue, specifically clouds, and am excited to continue my education on the topic in grad school. At Purdue, I have been deeply involved in the Women in Science Program as a mentee, mentor, and team leader, from which I have made so many fun memories and impactful relationships. Being awarded the GRFP changed my future and opened exciting opportunities for me. Because of it, I am now able to pursue research in a field that I am passionate about without having to stress much over funding, something that greatly influenced my graduate school decision. I am very grateful for the opportunity to prove myself and make discoveries with my research as a woman in science. My plans for the GRFP are to go to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and get my master’s through their Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Research Program. I plan to do research on cloud microphysics/aerosols to learn more about factors that affect cloud properties and how this impacts climate change using numerical models and remote sensing data.”

Haleigh Brown :

“I am a computational astrobiologist working within the PHAB lab under Associate Professor Stephanie Olson at Purdue’s Earth Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences department. Broadly my work involves using numerical climate models and machine learning to better understand exoplanet habitability. I have wonderful peers and mentors helping me achieve my goals and I am thrilled to have the support of the NSF GRFP as well. I am eager to take advantage of the new tools accessible to me now due to the NSF and I am confident this will aid in my ability to contribute great work within my field.”

Mikail Habib Khan:

“I'm a senior in Purdue Computer Science, working on Programming Languages research with some Physics Education work on the side. I want to eliminate incidental complexity from software engineering to make programming more productive and accessible. For fun I like skating, reading sci-fi/fantasy, and playing video games. I worked with Associate Professor Tiark Rompf on CS research and Professor Sanjay Rebello for physics. Assistant Professor Ben Delaware has also given me a ton of advice and told me to apply for the GRFP in the first place. To me, the GRFP means that I'll have more freedom to pursue my interests in grad school. I won't have to worry about finding a funded project, and I might be able to leverage it to more easily find visiting scholar positions. I'm starting a PhD at CMU, where there are a ton of advisors I'd love to work with. I might work on WebAssembly, Program Synthesis, or Verification.”

Abigail Soliven

“I am a senior earning my degree in chemistry on the ACS track and a minor in english. When not in the lab, I spend my time involved on campus or reading, soaking up sunshine, and making playlists. The NSF GRFP is a vote of confidence in my abilities as a researcher and the impact I can make in my field as a graduate student and beyond. Through the GRFP, I will be able to focus entirely on my work and advancing chemical knowledge by knowing I have the financial support and resources to be creative and inventive. I am pursuing a PhD in organic chemistry at UC Berkeley post-graduation from Purdue. Boiler up and go bears!”

Stephanie DeLancey

“I am graduating from Purdue with a BS degree in chemistry (ACS) and a minor in psychology. I have worked in the Ren lab for three and a half years, studying iron-based organometallic complexes with applications in the catalysis and materials fields. I look forward to starting my PhD at UNC Chapel Hill in the fall where I will continue to pursue research themes rooted in sustainable chemistry. Being awarded an NSF GRFP was an incredible honor that greatly validated my potential as a researcher. I am so grateful to have been recognized by a prestigious institution and provided the financial support to pursue my research goals with greater freedom and focus in grad school. However, receiving this honor has also made me all the more thankful for my mentorship in the Ren group that shaped me into the scientist I am today. Starting this summer, I will begin working towards my PhD in inorganic chemistry at UNC Chapel Hill. I hope to conduct impactful research with relevance to energy storage and conversion, potentially with the CHASE Solar Hub at UNC. I cannot wait to start my next chapter knowing the NSF GRFP will allow me to more freely explore these interests.”

Grace Crim

“I am majoring in biochemistry (Department of Chemistry) and electrical engineering. During my time at Purdue, I have been involved in research, WISP, WIE, and SWE, as well as first-generation student honors and ambassador programs. I am passionate about interdisciplinary research and involving multiple STEM communities to solve big research problems. The GRFP is an accomplishment that everyone in research recognizes. I learned about the prestige of the NSF GRFP in sophomore year, when the graduate student I was doing research under won the award herself. I was lucky to have incredible research advisors that helped me through learning about the fellowship application process and graduate school as a whole. Coming from financial need, having the financial freedom to pursue research without worrying about funding is a relief. My plans are to pursue a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. My goal is to design micro-scale sensors with biological processes and chemical detection in mind, specifically for wildlife monitoring and astrobiology. Lab on a chip technology is new and promising. I am hoping to diversify applications of this tech ethically and responsibly to help fields other than ECE. My PhD will consist of a lot of time in the semiconductor cleanroom and collaborating with researchers from other universities and national labs in many different fields. Purdue has prepared me well for this type of research and I can't wait to get started!”

Daniel Hristov

“I am originally from Knoxville, TN with backgrounds from Bulgaria and Puerto Rico. I have been completing research with Professor Julia Laskin’s group the past four years working with electrochemistry and mass spectrometry-based techniques to better understand the fundamentals of ions and charged interfaces. I really enjoyed working with my graduate mentor, Hugo and having meaningful discussions about the molecular dynamics of our systems. I am truly grateful to the valuable mentoring provided by Dr. Hugo Samayoa and Professor Julia Laskin, and the scientists I interned for at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Dr. Grant Johnson and Dr. Venky Prabhakaran, that allowed me to broaden horizons in my projects and think critically about results. This award has meant a great amount not only to myself as a scientist, but every scientist who has mentored and supported me throughout my four years. I will start my PhD in physical chemistry in the fall at the University of California Berkeley.”

Addison Curtis:

“I am a queer, disabled geologist currently working towards my master’s in earth science. My research in the Thermochronology @ Purdue Lab under Assistant Professor Marissa Tremblay focuses on using radioactive isotopes in specific minerals to determine the ages and thermal histories of rocks in the North Cascades, WA to better understand regional tectonic changes about 50 million years ago! Outside of my research, I am extremely passionate about geoscience education and increasing representation for both disabled and Queer individuals in geology and academia as a whole. I am extremely grateful to have received the NSF GRFP to support me through the rest of my graduate school career. I am honored to join a cohort of other Fellows and continue to strive for excellence in both science and outreach. Graduate school is difficult for anyone but especially for someone who holds my identities, so having this support helps to relieve some of that pressure. It is also extremely validating and encouraging to receive such an award, showing that despite my additional challenges, I am still an intelligent, capable scientist with potential to significantly impact my field. Since I am currently a master’s student, I plan on using the GRFP as support in my future PhD program. While I don’t know where I will be going next, this award allows me to be able to pursue the specific research that I am interested in at another institution without having to worry about the logistics of future funding.”

Meenakshi McNamara

“I am graduating with a math and physics double major, and I plan to become a professor someday. I am passionate about conducting research in these fields, as well as helping build community as I have been doing through club leadership and mentoring programs. In my free time, I love to read, write, and draw. You may also find me rock climbing or playing board games with friends. I am honored to have been awarded the NSF GRFP. Winning this fellowship means that the committee felt that I have the potential to become a strong graduate student and researcher, and this is very meaningful because my goal is to have a research career. Further, communicating pure math research well can be difficult, and I certainly learned important skills during the application process. Thus, it was amazing to see that these efforts paid off and I have more confidence in my ability to communicate about my research and apply for similar things in the future.”

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Six Clemson students and alumnus awarded prestigious graduate research fellowships

Clemson's graduate research fellowship recipients in order: Virginia (Gracie) Dellinger, Annika DeVol, Lillian (Lily) Margeson, Joshua Murray, Kayleigh Trumbull and Michael Smith.

Five Clemson University students and one recent alumnus were recently recognized with the country’s most prestigious STEM-focused graduate research fellowship, awarded annually through the National Science Foundation (NSF) . Three students also received Honorable mentions.

Clemson’s dedication to research fulfills our land-grant mission and supports the University’s strategic vision to transform lives in South Carolina and beyond while building economic prosperity. Our students’ selection for prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships bears witness to that commitment. We are proud of their accomplishments and look forward to their achievements in the future. Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Robert H. Jones

The NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship program helps ensure the quality, vitality and diversity of the country’s scientific and engineering workforce by supporting outstanding students pursuing research-based graduate degrees at accredited United States institutions.

Clemson’s recipients were selected from more than 12,000 applications. They each receive a three-year annual stipend of $37,000 and a $16,000 cost-of-education allowance, which is paid to the University to cover their tuition and fees. They also receive access to expanded opportunities for professional development.

Past graduate research fellowship recipients have become leaders in their respective fields, with 42 program alumni becoming Nobel laureates and more than 450 becoming National Academy of Sciences members.

Clemson Student GRF Recipients

Virginia (gracie) dellinger (‘24).

Gracie Dellinger, an Honors student from McClellanville, South Carolina, is a genetics and microbiology double major with a biochemistry minor and concentration in biomedicine. Dellinger has been working with Associate Professor Kimberly Paul in Clemson University’s Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) since the summer after her junior year of high school. Their research focuses on the parasite that causes African Sleeping Sickness, a disease that can be fatal if left untreated. So far, they have shared their findings at academic conferences at Clemson and the University of Georgia.

Last summer, Dellinger also participated in an NSF-funded Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) at UNC-Chapel Hill. This full-time position allowed her to explore different adaptations of an intestinal pathogen responsible for a hospital-acquired disease called C. difficile infection and to present her findings to UNC medical school students. After she graduates from Clemson, Dellinger will attend Duke University to obtain a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and microbiology.

Annika DeVol (’24)

Annika DeVol is a materials science and engineering major with a chemistry minor from Central, South Carolina. Her research in Endowed Chair and Professor Rajenda Bordia’s research group explores the connection between material properties and performance, such as how heat can impact the structural integrity of a material, which she’s explored in lab environments both on and off campus. DeVol’s work has brought her several awards, including an Astronaut scholarship in 2023 and recognition as an outstanding student at the departmental and college levels.

By the time she graduates, DeVol will have written two research reports, presented a poster at an Oak Ridge National Laboratory symposium, given two presentations to industry research engineers and presented at the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s Annual Innovators Week conference. In addition to her research, she has held several leadership positions in campus and professional societies, supporting the next generation of scientists. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. at the Materials Department of the University of California Santa Barbara, working with high-temperature ceramic composites and coatings for turbine engine applications.

Lillian (Lily) Margeson (’24)

Lily Margeson is an environmental and natural resources major, with an emphasis on conservation biology, from Tega Cay, South Carolina. Her research explores how a beetle grub’s habitat or taxonomic family can impact its surface microbiome. Margeson has conducted her research in Assistant Professor Sharon Bewick’s multiscale ecology and evolution lab. They are currently finalizing a paper about the Zoraptera (angel insect) microbiome, which will be published in an industry journal. They are also embarking on a second round of data analysis exploring the ecology-versus-phylogeny of leafhopper insects, specifically the relationships between microbiome, host plant and phylogeny in leafhoppers from Purchase Knob in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A class on immature insects inspired Margeson’s current research focus, which she says is not often studied in the terrestrial insect field. When she’s not researching insects, Margeson works in TV production for Clemson Athletics and plans to continue that line of work while pursuing a Ph.D. in entomology at Texas A&M University.

Joshua Murray

Joshua Murray is an automotive engineering graduate student from Apex, North Carolina, exploring renewable fuels and developing emissions reduction strategies for internal combustion engines on the University’s International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) campus. He has also conducted his research through a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grant at North Carolina State University, followed by internships at manufacturers in North Carolina. As an undergraduate student, Murray was also part of a team of students from the U.S., Japan and United Arab Emirates (UAE) that invented an award-winning design for a mask, called Chatterbox, that allows a person to have a private, online conversation while sitting in a crowded room.

Murray is also an active volunteer, serving as an engineering tutor, academic success coach and admissions ambassador while working towards his undergraduate degree. After Murray finishes his master’s degree, he plans to continue working with CU-ICAR researchers as he completes a Ph.D. focused on engine research and coursework.

Kayleigh Trumbull (’24)

Kayleigh Trumbull from Chapin, South Carolina, is an Honors student and chemical engineering major who focuses on ways to facilitate peripheral nerve regeneration post-injury, work Trumbull started with Endowed Associate Professor Jessica Larsen’s research lab the summer after her first year on campus. As a sophomore, Trumbull formulated a promising post-injury nerve regeneration approach, which she later worked on collaboratively with Jeffrey Twiss at the University of South Carolina to determine how it could be applied to patients. Last summer, she participated in a REU at the University of Florida, where she focused on creating silk sponges as a platform for developing an in vitro skeletal muscle tissue model.

Trumbull has presented posters of her work at several research symposiums and industry conferences. She has also mentored other students since high school and trained others, including graduate students, in the Larsen lab. Trumbull will be pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Northwestern University in the fall.

Clemson Alumni GRF Recipients

Michael smith (’22).

Michael Smith from Columbia, South Carolina, graduated from Clemson with a degree in biosystems engineering and applied for a Graduate Research Fellowship as an alumnus. He is looking for ways to turn waste into something that can benefit society instead of burdening it. Smith’s excitement for this kind of research began in the Fall of 2020, when he started researching in Assistant Professor Diana Vanegas’ biosystems engineering lab group. In addition to his work on Clemson’s campus, Smith conducted research through a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant at Penn State and partnered with a local farm.

While at Clemson, Smith was involved in a STEM outreach program and worked for the Clemson Sustainability Commission, revamping the University’s sustainability action plan and designing a sustainability fellows program, which pairs students with a faculty member in their field. After graduating from Clemson, Smith worked as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in the Czech Republic before starting a graduate degree in biological and agricultural engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he is exploring creative ways to use agricultural waste from the Central Valley in California. Next year, Smith plans to further explore an economic and environmental impact analysis of agricultural waste and renewable energy in California.

Alumni recipients who are pursuing graduate degrees at other institutions include:

Sarah Fields (’22), a former physics major and Honors student, is now a Physics Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University.
Danielle LaVigne (’23), a former genetics major and Honors student, is now a Ph.D. student at Washington University.
Claudia Wong (’21), a former bioengineering major, Honors student and National Scholar, is now a Ph.D. student at Duke University.

Honorable Mentions

Students who received an Honorable Mention as undergraduates are eligible to apply for the Graduate Research Fellowship again as graduate students.

Grayson Cliff (’24), a National Scholar and Honors student majoring in mechanical engineering, is working to advance thermal management and generation through dynamic origami structures. Cliff plans to pursue a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin this fall.

Marlee Johnson (’24, ’27) is a Graduate Research Assistant and Ph.D. student focusing on industrial-organizational (I/O) psychology. Johnson plans to continue researching teams in high-stress environments, such as in the military or athletics, with Associate Professor Marissa Shuffler.

Ashly Nussbaum (’28) is a Graduate Research Assistant and Ph.D. student who researches testing for a primed genomic architecture for rapid transcriptional responses to external stimuli in butterfly model organisms. Nussbaum plans to spend the summer collecting samples in southern Florida, proving her model before expanding into a population genetics study.

Alumni Honorable Mention recipients who are pursuing graduate degrees at other institutions are:

Gerald Enverso (’22), a former microbiology major and Honors student, is now at the University of Georgia.
Sam Holberg (’23), a former biosystems engineering major and Honors student, is now at North Carolina State University.

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Congratulations to GDDF and PDY Fellowship Awardees

Congratulations to the Engineering graduate students who were awarded the GDDF and PDY Fellowships by the UCI Graduate Division Office!

Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship

The Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship ( GDDF ), aims to increase dissertation and thesis completion amongst doctoral and MFA students. The $5000 award will allow students to forgo their non-research related employment obligations to concentrate on completing their dissertation/degree during the summer of 2024.

President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship

The President’s Dissertation Year ( PDY ) Fellowship is intended for students in their final year of graduate study, who are planning to pursue teaching and research appointments after their dissertation fellowship year. This award assists graduate students with the completion of their dissertation and enhances their qualifications as candidates for university faculty teaching and research appointments by providing professional opportunities needed to successfully obtain a faculty appointment.

For additional information on current fellowships open for applications to Engineering graduate students, please visit our Active Fellowships page.

Student Awards 2023-24 DRAFT

(Please note that additional awards are forthcoming and will be added as they are finalized.)

DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

The Freedman Award for Undergraduate Research in Anthropology was awarded to Devyn Francis Bryant and Anna Rose Marion.

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

The inaugural 2024 Association for Asian American Studies Conference Travel Grants went to Elissa “E” Domingo Badiqué, Ariel Monzon Dela Cruz and Saomai Nguyen.

DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES

The Asian Studies Summer Study, Research, and Service Travel Grants went to Nancy Cao (Japan), Kasey Gray (Korea), Yuki Li (Korea), Sharon Liu (Japan), McKenna Norton (Taiwan), Khadija Rashid (Pakistan and Indonesia), Mutty Un (Cambodia) and Zhijia Ye (Japan).

An award from the Diversity Research Grants Program in support of Asian Studies-related undergraduate research went to Sabrina Raichoudhury.

The Tina Han Su Cooper ’66 Award in support of outstanding undergraduate engagement in the study of Chinese cultural areas went to Tianran Song.

The Robert J. Smith/Russell Mann Gift for top beginning and intermediate Japanese language students was awarded to Beilin Liu, Waverly Phillips and Emily Shen.

The Japanese Language Program Robert Sukle Award for three years of outstanding work went to Nancy Cao.

The Korean Language Program Award for three years of outstanding work went to Nicole Dreier, Seokyoung Hong and Chelsea Tenezaca.

DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY

The Cranson and Edna B. Shelley Graduate Research Award, given to a graduate student to recognize outstanding accomplishment in astronomical research, went to Chris O’Connor and Lukas Wenzl.

The Cranson and Edna B. Shelley Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, given to a graduate student in recognition of outstanding performance as a teaching assistant, went to Bugao Zou.

The Eleanor York Prize, given to a graduate student to reward service to the community as well as academic achievement, went to Maddeline Pettine.

The Professor Yervant Terzian Scholarship Award went to Benjamin Jacobson-Bell.

The Cranson and Edna B. Shelley prize for Undergraduate Research went to Maggie Li.

CAPS (THE BRITTANY AND ADAM J. LEVINSON CHINA AND ASIA-PACIFIC STUDIES PROGRAM)

The Sherman Cochran Prize was awarded to Nicole Kristen Mah.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

The American Chemical Society (ACS) Cornell Section Undergraduate Research Award was awarded to senior Shamitri Bandyopadhyay.

The Royal Society of Chemistry Certificate of Academic Excellence was awarded to seniors Isabelle Goodrow and Ariana Wanvig Dot.

The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Award was awarded to senior Eve Fantozzi.

The ACS Cornell Section Graduate Teaching Awards, given to graduate students in recognition of their performance as teaching assistants, were awarded to George Du Laney, Alexandra Lim, Rana Lomlu, Daniel Nakamura, Elizabeth Ryan and Ju-An Zhang.

The ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Undergraduate Award was awarded to senior Beatrice Pence.

The Bauer Scholarship Award was awarded to David Bain, Amy Katherine Bracken, Kaitlyn Keasler, Julian Kellner Rogers, Kaining Mao, Robert Miller and Tristan Pitt.

The George C. Caldwell Prize was awarded to seniors Elena Chen and Darren Langer.

The GSR Catalyst Safety Prize was awarded to Hales Rugh.

The Darryl H. Wu Memorial Prize was awarded to junior Julia Pitolaj.

The A.W. Laubengayer Prize was awarded to Kaitlyn Varriale (CHEM 1560), Aditya Bakshi (CHEM 2070), Kiefer Kleist (CHEM 2090) and Lyndon Hess (CHEM 2150).

The Harold Adlard Lovenberg Prize for juniors was awarded to junior Ryan Pinard.

The Leo and Berdie Mandelkern Prize for seniors was awarded to seniors Yichen Qiu and Rina Wang.

The Frank and Lynnet Douglas Fellowship was awarded to junior Anthony Lara and first-year student Daniel Salter.

The Gerald and Kathleen Hill Fellowship for Undergraduate Research was awarded to sophomore Haein Kim.

The J. Emery Morris Fellowship for Undergraduate Research was awarded to juniors Clea Crane and Tatiana Solodova.

The Robert Work Fellowship for Undergraduate Research was awarded to junior Zayim Jamil.

The Howard Neal Wachter Memorial Prize for graduate students was awarded to Paul Padgett and Ju-An Zhang.

The Tunis Wentink Prize for graduate students was awarded to Udit Kumar Chakraborty, Jaehwan Kim and Jonas Rein.

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS

The Classics Department Book Prize went to Classics honors seniors Emma Glaser, Austin Manning, Kim Montpelier and Grace Ryan.

A fellowship for summer ancient language study was awarded to Grace Liu ’27; she will be participating in the Greek Workshop at University of California, Berkeley.

The 2024 recipients of the Harry Caplan Travel Fellowship are Julia Fritsch ’25, Cristina Kiefaber ’25 and Ashley Koca ’25. Their travels will take them to Italy, Greece and the British Museum in London, respectively.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

The Edgar Rosenberg Travel Grant for students majoring in comparative literature, to support intensive language study outside the U.S., was awarded to Nina Davis to travel to France to study French with the Alliance Française, to Giuliana Keeth to travel to France to study French with the EDUCO program, and to Alice Roberts to travel to France to study French at the Sciences Po Summer School.

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Robert H. Whittaker award, given in recognition of the best oral presentation made by a graduate student at the Annual Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Symposium, was presented to Ethan Duvall.

The LaMont C. Cole award is given for an outstanding paper in a particular year by a graduate student of an EEB faculty member or joint appointee. This year, it was awarded to Ethan Bass for his paper “Associational Effects of Desmodium Intercropping on Maize Resistance and Secondary Metabolism” published in The Journal of Chemical Ecology in 2024.

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Book Award, given in recognition of the best oral presentation by a beginning ecology and evolutionary biology department/field graduate student at the Annual Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Symposium, went to Sarah Arnold and Hannah Monti.

The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology was given to Ethan Bass.

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

The following graduating seniors are receiving Excellence in Economics in Memory of Tapan Mitra awards: Adelyn Carney, Jessica Chen, Sophia Giarusso, Nicole Kimmel, Qianyi Liu and Yicheng Yang.

The L.R. "Red" Wilson M.A. '67 Excellence in Economics Award to support thesis proposal, research and writing was awarded to graduate students Zebang Xu and Sen Zeng.

The Tapan Mitra Memorial Prize went to graduate students Yiqi Liu and Yaling Xu.

The Ernest Liu ‘64, Ta-Chung and Ta-Chao Liu Memorial Fellowship, which funds graduate student tuition, stipend and health insurance for one semester, was awarded to graduate students Yiqi Liu and Yu Wang.

The Labor Economics Small Grant Awards went to graduate students Yaling Xu, Kalie Pierce, Leonardo Peñaloza-Pacheco and Vaios Triantafyllou.

The Louis Walinsky Fund in Economics Outstanding Teaching Award in Honor of Professor Herbert Joseph Davenport went to graduate students Patrick Ferguson and Yiwei Sun.

The Ernest Liu Family Outstanding Teaching Award went to graduate students Enjie (Jack) Ma and Yu Wang.

The Howard and Abby Milstein Graduate Teaching Assistantship went to graduate students Deborah Doukas and Zebang Xu.

The Anindya (Bappu) Majumder '98 Memorial Prize for Excellence in Teaching was awarded to graduate student Brenda Prallon.

DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN STUDIES

The Goethe Prize is awarded annually for the best essays on any topic connected with German literature or culture. In the Freshman/Sophomore Category, first prize went to Xianyi (Zoey) Zhou for “Marx and Mao.” In the Junior/Senior category, first prize went to Emily Hong for “Instant Commodities: Time-Space Compression and Commodification in Walter Benjamin’s The Arcades Project and the US Consumer Credit Market”; second prize went to Rafaela Uzan for “Stasi files and Vergangenheitsbewältigung in The Lives of Others: An Accurate Portrayal?” In the Graduate Category, first prize was awarded to Luke Witchey for “Resistance to Signification: Rhetoric and Genre in Hofmannsthal’s ‘Ein Brief.’”

The Simmons Award in German is given to the student who has done the “best work in German” in the College of Arts & Sciences. This year’s recipient was Myka Melville.

Book prizes are given to outstanding students nominated by their German instructors. The recipients were Erin Hoskins, Sebastian Mostek, Lara Murray Palma, Maliha Aamir, Michael Yin, Jacob Hagen, Angela Chang, Hannah Whang, Ilma Ljubovic, John Roemer, Adriana Isabella Palmieri, Sam DeLisa, Jack Chaney, Jason Liu, Petar Teodorovic, Nina Mitin, Olivia Kim, Anja Minty, Franklin Zheng, Anna-Sophia Schaldenbrand, Leo Sterz and Grant Smith.

The Language Certificate in German Language Study for having achieved an advanced level of language competence through course work at the 3000-level corresponding to the criteria set by The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level B2+) was awarded to Emir Erkenkalkan, Marc Foley, Emily Hong, Mingjia (Lindy) Liu, Myka Melville, Gabriel Montalvo-Zotter, Rafaela Uzan and Peter Wenger.

DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT

The Clyde A. Duniway Prize, given to an outstanding student with a major in government, was awarded to Richard Li.

The Sherman-Bennett Prize for the best essay discussing the principles of free government was awarded to Elizabeth Rene.

The Kasdan-Montessori Peace Prize for the best essay on the problems of securing peace in the world was awarded to Court Hyken.

The Lieutenant David Chrystall Prize for the best essay or treatise dealing with diplomacy, international relations or the preservation of peace was awarded to Penelope Day.

The Janice N. and Milton J. Esman Undergraduate Prize for outstanding undergraduate scholarship was awarded to Neva Peltz.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

The 2024 Undergraduate Messenger Chalmers Prize for best thesis essay on research and thinking on human progress was awarded to Mayanka Dhingra and Katherine Esterl.

The Cornelius W. DeKiewiet Prize to the outstanding history majors (junior) who have demonstrated unusual promise and excellence in the field was awarded to Abigail Hammarlund and Lindsay Williams.

The Clyde A. Duniway Book Prize for the best junior in the College of Arts & Sciences was awarded to Feifei Hung.

The Bernard and Fannie Lang Prize for the best honors thesis in U.S. history or American studies was awarded to Maggie Sandler.

The Anne Macintyre Litchfield Prize to an outstanding woman graduating with a major in history was awarded to Mayanka Dhingra.

The George S. Lustig Prize, awarded to the outstanding senior who intends to continue the study of history at the graduate level, went to Katherine Esterl.

The Benard E. West Prize, awarded competitively to the most promising undergraduate research scholar specializing in American history, went to Katherine Esterl.

The 2024 Messenger Chalmers Graduate Prize for best dissertation essay on research and thinking on human progress was awarded to Aparajita Majumdar and Daniela Samur.

JOHN S. KNIGHT INSTITUTE FOR WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES

Spring 2023 Awards:

The Writing in the Majors Prize honorable mention went to Noah Courtney for “Lifespan: An Overview of Contributing Factors.”

The James E. Rice Prizes were awarded to Rafaella Gonzalez for “Beauty Behind Machinery: The Ascent of Formula 1 Photography as a Fine Art” and Madison Zunder for “Humanity on Display: The Politics of Looking in Tiger Bay.” Honorable mentions went to Maryam Albakry for “How the Body Measures Growth,” Landon Le for “Why Aid to Ukraine is The Deal of The Century,” and Drew Wilenzick for “Megascript: Writing About Writing About Writing.”

The English 2880, Expository Writing Prize went to Samantha Heller for “Will Prescribing Weight Loss Solve the Childhood Obesity Epidemic?” Honorable mention went to Eleanor Zweber for “Cornell’s Student-Athletes: A Mental Health Crisis, Overlooked.”

The Gertrude Spencer Prize for Students and Instructors was awarded to Rowan Lopez, student, and Gina Goico, instructor, for “Perseverance Through Art: Identity, History and Resistance in Yelaine Rodriguez’s Mal De Ojo.”

The Spencer Portfolio Award for Students and Instructors went to Nicole Loy, student, and Sara Stamatiades, instructor, for “Gertrude Spencer Portfolio - ENGL Voices.”

The James F. Slevin Assignment Sequence Prize was awarded to Rachel Horner for “Written Approaches to Festival, Ritual, and Carnival.” Honorable mention went to Asey Koh for “Learning to Close Read: Literary Analysis as Process.”

The Neil Lubow Prize was awarded to Eleanor Zweber for “Legislating Morality: The Conservative Christian Effort to Ban Drag.”

The John S. Knight Award for Writing Exercises and Handouts went to Tianyi Shou for “The Pros and Cons of “Cosmopolitanism”: Toward a Comparative Argumentative Essay.”

Fall 2023 Awards:

The Adelphic Award went to Flora Meng for “The Ivory Tower: Why should we still consider a legal ivory trade for elephant conservation?” Honorable mention was awarded to Kevin Feng for “The Role of Social Media in the Development of a Social Controversy: A Case Study.”

The Spencer Portfolio Award for Students and Instructors was awarded to Evie Grossman, student, and Alexandra Cooperstock, instructor, for “The Paradox of American Meritocracy: An Exploration of Inequalities in U.S. Public Education.”

The Writing in the Majors Prize went to Shivani Shroti for “Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) of Martha Van Rensselaer Commons.”

The James E. Rice Prizes were awarded to Jasmine Li for “’Space Odyssey’ Made Real? Interrogating the Moral Bounds of the AI-Human Friendship through Aristotelian and Confucian Frameworks” and Mackenzie Thompson for “The PTA, Christian Education, and Parental Rights: The Historical Implications of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay Bill,” 1950-2022.” Honorable mention went to Ayah El-Hardan for “The Glass Shard.”

The Elmer Markham Johnson Prize went to Ian Branigan for “Ethnicity and Imperialism in the Annexation of Ryukyu.”

The ENGL 2880, Expository Writing Prize went to Tracy Zeng for “"Ogres of East Africa" and "DNA": Navigating Racial Identity.”

The Gertrude Spencer Prize for Students and Instructors was awarded to Varija Mehta, student, and Maria Al-Raes, instructor, for “Family Ties Unraveled: Navigating Isolation and Responsibility in ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘The Turn of the Screw.’” Honorable mention went to Krystlove Yeboah, student, and Alexandra Cooperstock, instructor, for “Unlocking Education’s Divide: Navigating the controversy of school voucher programs.”

The James F. Slevin Assignment Sequence Prize was awarded to Joseph Lasky for “Cartographic Essay.”

The Buttrick-Crippen Fellowship was awarded to Francine Barchett for “How can we save our planet without preaching to the choir?” Honorable mentions went to Sophia Taborski for “Are You Not Entertained?: Gladiators in Roman and Contemporary Society” and Nora Siena for “From Boccaccio to ChatGPT: How Short Forms Influence our World.”

The Neil Lubow Prize was awarded to Yiyi Wu for “The Impact of the CCP's Cultural Policies on China's Ethnic Minority Music.”

The John S. Knight Award for Writing Exercises and Handouts went to Abigail Brown for “Writing in Style.”

LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER

The Lisa Sansoucy Language Scholar Award, recognizing a student who excels in learning a less commonly taught language, went to Avneet Kaur Mehr.

LATINA/O STUDIES PROGRAM

The Latina/o Studies Program award for outstanding work in the Latina/o studies undergraduate minor, community engagement and academic achievements was awarded to Olivia Ochoa.

The Latine Student Success Office certificate of appreciation recognizing outstanding dedication and service to Cornell's Latinx student community was awarded to Juliette Corazón, academic advising dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and former advisor for the Latine Student Success Office in Latina/o Studies.

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER STUDIES PROGRAM

The Undergraduate Prize for work on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies went to Jennifer Xin He Zhang for writing, “Queerness and Boundaries, Disruption and Transversality in ‘Funeral Parade of Roses.’” The second place prize went to Gwendolyn Harth Klein for writing, “The Pen is my Sword: Rhetorical Techniques of Gay and Transgender People Responding to Bigotry.”

The Biddy Martin Graduate Prize for work on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender studies went to Du Fei, Ph.D. candidate, for his essay, “Thinking with Kulthūm Nana: Gendering Knowledge in Islam.” The honorable mention went to Jessie Taieun Yoon, Ph.D. candidate, for their essay, “Disaffected Fatigue of Asian Camp and its Affective Dissonance."

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Department teaching awards, which recognize the importance of faculty and graduate students in the teaching and learning of mathematics, were awarded to graduate students Kimball Strong and MingYi Wang.

The Robert John Bättig Graduate Prize for excellence and promise in mathematics was awarded to Harry Fluck, Prairie Wentworth-Nice and Ruoqi Zhang.

The Eleanor Norton York Award for achievements to date in mathematics went to graduate students Emily Dautenhahn and Alex Vidinas.

The Hutchinson Fellowship for outstanding work as teaching assistants or as students in the graduate program was awarded to Xuan Yao.

The Torng Prize for outstanding work as a teacher was awarded to graduate student Chase Vogeli.

Winners of the First-Year Prize Exam are Andrii Nykyforchyn (first place), Rishi Gujjar (second place) and William Pan and Sergio Lopez (third place).

The Harry S. Kieval Prize in Mathematics was awarded to undergraduate mathematics majors Yeuk Yin Lam, Bryan Lu and Zhenghui Zhang.

The Transcendence Award in Mathematics was awarded to undergraduate mathematics major Tiffany Sarver and Zhenghui Zhang.

MILSTEIN PROGRAM IN TECHNOLOGY & HUMANITY

The inaugural Venture Prizes for graduating Milstein seniors were awarded to Pareesay Afzal and Andres Wu.

DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

The Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award was awarded to Jonathon Thomalla.

The George P. Hess Travel Award was awarded to Shamar Wallace.

Rita and Joe Calvo Graduate Student Teaching Awards were awarded to Isaac Lamptey and Jaymee Palma.

The CALS Outstanding Teaching Awards were awarded to graduate students Connor Kean and Sabrina Leddy.

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

The Ellen Gussman Adelson Prize, which rewards and encourages outstanding Cornell students excelling in instrumental music performance, went to Luke Ellis, Dean Zhang and Nanor Seraydarian.

The John James Blackmore Prize, which assists undergraduate and graduate students studying music, was awarded to Jack Yarbrough, Elisabeth Wang and Cheryl Tan.

The H.A. Falconer Memorial Scholarship, which assists talented undergraduates in studying voice, went to Arianna Regis and Jessi McGlashan.

The Otto R. Stahl Memorial Award, which honors a graduate composer for excellent work, went to Seare Farhat.

The Barbara Troxell Vocal Music Award, for outstanding vocal students who evidence professional musical interests, went to Anthony Washington and Adedayo Perkovich.

The Donald J. Grout Memorial Prize, for recognition of exceptional dissertations, went to Samantha Heinle and Dani Hawkins.

DEPARTMENT OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIES

Language Awards for excellence in Arabic went to Shahabir Amin Sami, Valerie Yehan Hu, Simone Faith Green, Tahm Faraday Loyd, Willem Elliot Parent, Anees Mitri and Youssef Attia.

The Language Award for excellence in Persian went to Avery Lacon.

Language Awards for excellence in Hebrew went to Danielle Malloy, Alexis Morgan Cohen, Dylan Harrison Shenson and Matthew Irving Gonzalez.

The Language Award for excellence in Turkish went to Will Sarbinowski.

DEPARTMENT OF NEUROBIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

The Robert R. Capranica Award for outstanding undergraduate honors thesis in neuroethology went to Jiarui Fang (laboratory of David M. Smith) and Destiny Smith (laboratory of Katherine Tschida).

The Miriam M. Salpeter Award for outstanding undergraduate honors thesis in neurobiology went to Xiyu Mei (laboratory of David Deitcher).

The Cynthia Kagarise Sherman Award for outstanding undergraduate honors thesis in behavior went to Daniel Chang Kuo (laboratory of Michael Sheehan).

The CALS Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award went to Alicia Brunner for BioNB 2220 Neurobiology and Behavior II: Introduction to Neuroscience.

DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING AND MEDIA ARTS

The Marvin Carlson Award for 2024 was given to PMA Ph.D. student Isabel Padilla Carlo for the essay “’Si Tu No Sabe Kokobalé’ and The Reclamation of Collective Memory as a Praxis of Liberation.”

The Elizabeth D. Worman Fund for Graduate Students awarded a grant to Ph.D. student Ariel Dela Cruz.

The Elizabeth D. Worman Undergraduate Award was given to Alex ArbitalJacoby.

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

The Program on Ethics and Public Life has awarded the 2024 Robert S. Hatfield Award for Study of Ethics in Business and Organizations to Randy T. Lee.

Edvard Meza, Ph.D. candidate in philosophy, is the winner of the Sadov Graduate Student Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

The Yennie Prize in Physics, for a senior student majoring in physics who shows unusual promise for future contributions to physics research and who intends to earn a doctorate, went to Brandon Li.

The Kieval Prize in Physics, awarded to senior physics students who demonstrate unusual promise for future contributions to physics research, went to Devisree Tallapaneni.

The Erik Cassel ’90 Prize, awarded to an undergraduate physics major who has demonstrated exceptional creativity and promise in applying computer programming to a project in physics or related fields, went to William Wang.

The Hartman Prize in Physics went to Andrew DiFabbio.

The Bethe Thesis Prize went to Maggie Li.

The Boochever Fellowship from the Boochever family went to Yik Chuen “Eric” San for Fall 2023 and Francisco Blanco for Spring 2024.

DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE STUDIES

The J.G. White Prize for Excellence in Spanish was awarded to Kathryn Cuneo, Tomas Comesana and Giuliana Keeth.

The J.G. White Prize for Excellence in English was awarded to Gabriel Muñoz.

The JG White Scholarship Award was awarded to Andrea Zarazua.

The Juliette MacMonnies Courant Memorial Prize, for a senior female French major who has excelled in her four years with special reference to facility of expression in French, was awarded to Samantha Surdek.

The Romance Studies Outstanding Performance as a Graduate Teaching Assistant Award went to Paulo Fuentealba and Richard Gibbs.

The Ted Morris Prize for the most promising freshman or sophomore student in French was awarded to Elizabeth Gardner.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUDIES

The Abraham “Zito” Boczkowski Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student is awarded annually to a deserving graduate student for outstanding teaching as a teaching assistant and/or as the sole instructor for a Freshman Writing Seminar. The 2024 award went to Faridah Laffan.

The Trenchard Prize for Undergraduate Research, awarded to a student who has applied to do an honors thesis of exceptional promise, went to Christopher Ho Kim, a rising senior in Biology & Society, for his thesis proposal entitled “From Clinician to Congregant: How the practice of rural medicine impacts a physician’s religion/spirituality.”

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