Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants for the NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program 2025/26. The graduate fellowship program allows for the demonstration of the commitment to academia in supporting research that spans all areas of computing innovation.
The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program provides funding in the amount of up to $60,000 per award to graduate students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in accelerated computing and its applications. NVIDIA particularly invites applications from students pushing the envelope in artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and related fields.
Fellowship Sponsor(s): NVIDIA
Fellowship to be taken at: Globally
Funding Amount: Up to $60,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Study Level: PhD
Nationality: All Nationalities
See Also:Hong Kong PhD Fellowships for International Students 2025 (Fully-Funded)
NVIDIA Fellowship Graduate Fellowship | Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for the NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program for Students, applicants are to meet the following criteria:
- Students must have already completed their first year of PhD level studies (at the time of application).
- Students must have majors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or a related area.
- Students must be engaged in active research as part of their PhD thesis.
- Students must be enrolled as a full time active PhD student during the 2025-2026 academic year (9 months) of the award – this means they should not be expecting to graduate sooner than May/June 2026.
- Students must be available to complete an in-person summer internship prior to the start of their Fellowship year at one of NVIDIA’s research offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Israel, and Taiwan.
- Students may not be immediate family of a current NVIDIA employee
Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: Interested applicants are to apply online by visiting the official application website by completing the online application form and uploading the following supporting documents:
- Research summary/thesis proposal- up to 2 pages, plus bibliography
- Resume/Curriculum Vitae including contact information.
- Professor nomination letter (1 letter minimum (thesis advisor), up to 3 letters maximum. OK to have nomination letter(s) from non-professors, as long as you have one from thesis advisor/professor).
- Confirmation of availability for summer internship
Application Deadline: September13th, 2024 at 3pm Pacific time