The Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship East Asia is a student research fellowship sponsored by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. It supports full-time PhD students at universities selected for the regional competition.
Qualcomm’s regional fellowship overview describes a proposal review followed by finalist presentations to a judging panel. The official 2026 East Asia page currently provides no readable cycle dates or application instructions, so the details below use the latest readable official East Asia materials from the 2025 cycle.
Benefits & funding
- A US$40,000 fellowship award per selected winner, paid to the winner’s affiliated university department.
- One year of fellowship support.
- Mentoring from Qualcomm Technologies researchers to support the proposed research.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be full-time PhD students during the fellowship period.
- Applicants must be enrolled at a university listed by the East Asia program for that cycle.
- An application may include one or more eligible students.
- Application and proposal materials must be submitted in English.
- The official materials state no nationality, residency, age, gender, or work-experience requirement.
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Application process
- 1Prepare a one-page innovation abstract, a faculty recommendation letter, each applicant’s CV, and signed program rules.
- 2Submit the complete first-stage package through the official portal by the cycle deadline.
- 3If selected, submit a three-page innovation proposal covering the problem, the advance over prior work, a one-year project horizon, and the team’s ability to deliver.
- 4Finalists are reviewed by a panel of Qualcomm Technologies researchers, and winners are notified through the program.
Program timeline
Initial application deadline for the latest readable East Asia cycle.
Nov 15, 2024, 10:00 a.m. Pacific
Three-page proposal deadline for teams selected in that cycle.
Mar 15, 2025, 10:00 a.m. Pacific
Dates are not available in the accessible official page content.
2026 cycle