Eligibility: In the United States, Canada, and Europe, accredited Ph.D. granting institutions may nominate eligible students during the application period, which opens on September 1^st. Students cannot directly apply. Nominees must be full-time graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. and enrolled in an institution in Canada, Europe, or the U.S. They must have completed graduate coursework by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins. Students must remain enrolled as full-time Ph.D. students for the duration of the Fellowship. Students who are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible.

Benefits: Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their Ph.D., as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor. Students receive named Fellowships, which include a monetary award; this is given directly to the university to be distributed to cover the student’s expenses and stipend as appropriate.

Explanation: The Google PhD Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research. The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the following fields: algorithms, optimizations and markets ; computational neuroscience; 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; structured data and database management; and systems and networking

Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or U.S. nationals at the time of application. Permanent residents are not eligible. Applicants must have a conferred bachelor's degree or equivalent before the start of the grant. For creative and performing arts candidates, four years of professional training and/or experience meets the basic eligibility requirement. Please refer to the Fullbright Program for more details on eligibility.

Benefits: The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is subject to the availability of federally-appropriated funds. Based on award and county, some grants may also include: book and research allowances, mid-term enrichment activities, full or partial tuition, and language study programs.

Explanation: Established in 1946, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers research, study, and teaching opportunities in more than 140 countries to recent graduates and graduate students.

The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks.  Grant lengths and dates vary by country. The Program offers opportunities in the STEM fields, including: engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, medicine, public health, environmental sciences, and more.