[ Google Faculty Research Awards | Research funding ]
Event details
Date | 30.09.2018 |
Category | Call for proposal |
The Google Faculty Research Awards
- Support technical research in Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields around the world by providing funding for 1 PhD student for 1 year.
- Aim at identifying and strengthening long-term collaborative relationships between Google and faculty working on problems that will impact how future generations use technology.
The work funded is very high calibre, and research results are often published at top conferences and in top publications in Computer Science.
Eligible topics: algorithms and optimisation; computational neuroscience; cooling and power; digital media processing; geography and maps; human-artificial intelligence interaction; human-computer interaction; information retrieval and real time content; machine learning and data mining; machine perception; machine translation; mobile; natural language processing; networking; physical interfaces; privacy; recommendation systems; security; social signal processing; software engineering and programming languages; speech; structured data, extraction, semantic graph and database management; software and hardware systems; virtual and augmented reality.
Who can apply:
- Permanent faculty at universities around the world.
- Up to 2 co-applicants (also permanent faculty).
Funding: salary for 1 PhD student for 12 months (indicated in USD) + a USD 3’000 contribution towards conference travel (optional).
Non eligible costs: Indirect costs, administrative costs and overhead.
Application:
- Fill out the online application form and
- Upload your proposal (max. 3 pages, see table of contents in the ) and CV (max. 2 pages per applicant) as a single PDF.
Deadline: 30 September at 11:59 PM (annual call)
Decision: February
For further information: please have a look at the call webpage and FAQs, including advice from Google researchers.
Practical information
- General public
- Free