Fellowship•Hybrid

NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program

Funding

Fully Funded

Program dates

TBA

The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program, run by NVIDIA Research, supports outstanding PhD students whose work aligns with NVIDIA’s research directions. Running since 2002, it has awarded more than 200 grants worth over US$7.3 million. Each fellowship provides a financial award toward the recipient’s stipend, tuition and mandatory fees for one academic year, paired with a preceding in-person summer internship at an NVIDIA research office and ongoing mentorship and technical support from NVIDIA researchers. The program is open to PhD students worldwide working in AI, machine learning, autonomous vehicles, computer graphics, robotics, healthcare and high-performance computing. Around 10 fellows are selected each cycle.

Benefits & funding

  • A fellowship award of up to US$60,000 per student, sized to the individual’s actual costs of stipend, tuition and mandatory fees for one academic year.
  • A paid, in-person summer internship at an NVIDIA research office, completed in the summer preceding the fellowship year.
  • Mentorship and technical support from NVIDIA researchers.
  • Membership in a long-running fellowship community (200+ grants awarded since 2002).

Eligibility

  • Open to PhD students worldwide (no nationality or residency restriction).
  • Must have completed at least the first year of PhD-level studies at the time of application, and be enrolled as a full-time, actively researching PhD student during the fellowship year.
  • Research must fall in AI, machine learning, autonomous vehicles, computer graphics, robotics, healthcare, high-performance computing or a related field.
  • Must be available to complete the required in-person summer internship at an NVIDIA research office (offices include the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Israel and Taiwan).

Application process

  1. 1
    Prepare your application materials, including details of your PhD research and its alignment with NVIDIA’s research areas, ahead of the autumn deadline.
  2. 2
    Submit the application through the official NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship page before the stated deadline (mid-September in the most recent cycle).
  3. 3
    Selected finalists are reviewed by NVIDIA Research; recipients are announced and arrange the required summer internship preceding the fellowship year.

Program timeline

  1. 2025-08

    Applications open for the 2026-2027 academic year (program reopens on a similar schedule annually)

  2. Application deadline (2026-2027 cycle)

    Sep 15, 2025

  3. Recipients announced (10 fellows)

    Dec 4, 2025

  4. Required in-person summer internship at an NVIDIA research office

    Summer 2026

  5. Fellowship year

    2026-2027