Fully Funded NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship in USA 2024

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Nvidia

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Deadline

07 September 2023

Study in

United States of America

Providers

Nvidia

Introduction

The Fully Funded NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship in USA has invited Ph.D. students to submit their research projects for consideration. Recipients are selected based on their academic achievements, professor nomination, and area of research. We have found this program to be a great way to support academia in its pursuit of cutting edge innovation, as well as an ideal avenue to introduce NVIDIA to the future leaders of our industry.

Benefits

The benefits Fully Funded NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship in USA are:

1. This fellowship provides funding in the amount of up to $60,000 per award to Ph.D. students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in accelerated computing and its applications.

2. Recipients not only receive crucial funding for their research but are able to conduct groundbreaking work with access to NVIDIA products, technology, and some of the most talented minds in the field. In addition, the fellowship includes a summer preceding the fellowship year.

Eligibility

The eligibility criteria for the Fully Funded NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship in USA are stated below:

1. Students must have already completed their first year of Ph.D. level studies (at the time of application)

2. Students must have majors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or a related area

3. Students must be engaged in active research as part of their Ph.D. thesis

4. Students must be enrolled as full-time active Ph.D. students during the 2024-2025 academic year (9 months) of the award – this means they should not be expecting to graduate sooner than May/June 2025.

5. Students must be available to complete a summer internship (which due to COVID-19 may be held remotely) prior to the start of their Fellowship year.

6. Students may not be immediate family of a current NVIDIA employee

Note: The award must be administered through the student's university; payment will be made to the university, not directly to the student

Others

Graduate Fellowship Applications Must Include:

Research summary/thesis proposal - up to 2 pages, plus a bibliography
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 you have one from your thesis advisor/professor).
Confirmation of availability for the summer internship

Submission Portal: It is the student's responsibility to ensure that all of these items are submitted prior to the deadline. We are using a Submission Portal in which the student manages their own application. The student must:

Complete the student profile - start this now; you can go back to the portal repeatedly until you submit the final application
Complete your application input including research summary thesis proposal and resume (CV)
Add contacts for the letters of recommendation -- an email will automatically be sent on your behalf to each recommender you add -- be sure to add your professors/recommenders early in the process! Do not wait until close to the deadline!
Monitor the status of your recommendation letters in the portal -- do not click on the final submission until the recommendation status shows "recommendation uploaded" for each recommendation you are expecting -- the professor deadline has been set 1 day prior to the student deadline to allow the student to ensure all documents are received before submitting -- the deadline for recommendation letters is 3 pm Pacific September 6, 2023.
Communicate with the recommenders to complete their letter upload on time - it is the student's responsibility to ensure their letters are received in the system.
Submit the final application when all items are complete, and prior to the application deadline: 3 pm Pacific September 7, 2023.