NVIDIA Graduate Fellowships
NVIDIA Corporation
Award: $50,000
Deadline: Sep 15, 2026
To provide funding to PhD students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in the graphics and high-performance computing industries. Qualifications: Students must have already completed their first year of PhD level studies; 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 upcoming two years academic year (9 months) of the award – this means they should not be expecting to graduate sooner than May/June next year; 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; International students are eligible to apply. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on Student quality, research quality and relevance to NVIDIA. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application form; Applications Must Include: Research summary/thesis proposal - up to 2 pages, plus bibliography (bibliography does not count toward 2 page maximum for proposal); resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV) including contact information; Professor nomination letters (2 letters minimum (must include one from thesis advisor), up to 3 letters maximum -- OK to have nomination letters from non-professors, as long as have one from thesis advisor/professor); the student must: complete the student profile - start this now; Complete application input including research summary thesis proposal and resume (CV); add contacts for the letters of recommendation. Focus: Computer and information sciences; Engineering, Computer; Engineering, Electrical.