Applications are now open for the NVIDIA Graduate Scholarship Programme 2024 . This is the 20th year that NVIDIA has invited PhD students to submit their research projects for consideration. NVIDIA especially invites students to excel in artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles and related areas.

They select students each year who have the talent, drive and initiative to work closely with them at the start of their careers. Recipients not only receive crucial funding for their research, but are able to carry out innovative work with access to NVIDIA products, technology and some of the most talented minds in the field. In addition, the Fellowship includes a summer internship that precedes the Fellowship year.

Financing

• The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Programme provides funding worth up to US$ 60,000 per award to PhD students who are researching supplies that will lead to major breakthroughs in accelerated computing and its applications.

Eligibility

• Students must have already completed their first year of studies at doctoral level (at the time of enrolment).
• Students must have a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Architecture, Electrical Engineering or related areas.
• Students must be involved in active research as part of their doctoral thesis.
• Students must be enrolled as active full-time PhD students during the 2024-2025 academic year (9 months) of the award - this means that they should not expect to graduate before May/June 2025.
• Students must be available to complete a summer internship (which, due to COVID-19, can be carried out remotely) before the start of the scholarship year.
• Students may not be immediate relatives of a current NVIDIA employee.
• Please note: the award must be administered by the student's university; payment will be made to the university, not directly to the student.

Evaluation criteria

Proposals will be assessed on:

• student quality
  • Letter of recommendation
  • Academic performance (GPA) and achievements
• Quality of research
  • Research results to date
  • Research proposal for grant
  • Publication history
• Relevance for NVIDIA
  • How your work connects to NVIDIA's main research domains
  • How your research can influence the design, performance or use of future GPUs

Application

Applications for postgraduate scholarships must include:

• Research abstract/thesis proposal - up to 2 pages, plus bibliography
• Curriculum Vitae (CV), including contact information
• Teacher nomination letters (minimum of 2 letters (must include one from the thesis supervisor), up to 3 letters maximum - OK to receive nomination letters from non-teachers, as long as you have one from your thesis supervisor/professor).
• Confirmation of availability for summer internship

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

• Complete the student profile - start now; you can return to the portal repeatedly until you submit the final enrolment
• Fill in your application form, including thesis proposal, research summary and curriculum vitae (CV).
• Add contacts for the letters of recommendation - an email will automatically be sent on your behalf for each recommender you add - make sure you add your teachers/recommenders early in the process! Don't wait until close to the deadline!
• Monitor the status of your letters of recommendation in the portal - don't click on the final submission until the recommendation status shows "recommendation loaded" for each recommendation you expect - the teacher's deadline has been set 1 day before the student's deadline to allow the student to ensure that all documents are received before submission - the The deadline for letters of recommendation is 3pm Pacific time, 6 September 2023.
• Communicate with the recommenders to finish uploading the letter on time - it is the student's responsibility to ensure that their letters are received in the system.
• Send the final entry when all items are complete and before the deadline.  application deadline: 3pm Pacific 7 September 2023.

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For more information, visitNVIDIA Graduate Fellowship.