A curated list of fellowships and scholarships for graduate students in Computer Science and related fields. List created by Chinasa T. Okolo, a Computer Science PhD graduate from Cornell.
The best way to receive funding is through your respective graduate programs. Most reputable PhD programs provide full funding through a teaching assistantship (TA), research assistantship (RA), or university fellowship. ProFellow has a great list of fully-funded PhD programs in Computer Science here. As you progress throughout your programs, you may find additional sources of funding helpful to travel to conferences, focus on your research without teaching commitments, or upgrade your equipment. Definitely take advantage of these opportunities below by applying to scholarships and/or fellowships.
Note: a number of fellowships listed below have been deprecated but are still listed for posterity. Occasionally, companies and organizations revive fellowships, so I would still suggest checking them occasionally.
| Name | Deadline | Masters/PhD |
|---|---|---|
| ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award | Rolling | PhD |
| ACM SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award | December | PhD |
| ACM SIGKDD Outstanding Dissertation Award | Rolling | PhD |
| Ackermann Award | July | PhD |
| EATCS Distinguished Dissertation Award | December | PhD |
| IEEE ITS Best Dissertation Award | June | PhD |
| John C. Reynolds Doctoral Dissertation Award | January | PhD |
| Nature Research Awards for Inspiring and Innovating Science | June | Post-PhD |
| Rising Stars in Machine Learning | August | PhD |
| WAGS/ProQuest Innovation in Technology Award | October | PhD |
| Name | Deadline | Masters/PhD |
|---|---|---|
| Generation Google Scholarship | December | Both |
| Google Women Techmakers Scholarship | December | Both |
| Intel Scholarship | December | Both |
| NANOG Scholarship | Varies | Both |
| National Society of Black Engineers | Varies | Both |
| Oracle Academy | Varies | Both |
| Society of Women Engineers | Varies | Both |
| Wade Scholarship Program | Varies | Masters |
- ProFellow Fellowship Portal (My favorite resource for finding fellowships!)
- Carnegie Mellon, Princeton, and Cornell Computer Science fellowship lists
- UCLA GRAPES Portal
- University of Illinois Fellowship Finder
- Pathways to Science
- Finding & Applying to Fellowships
- How to Find, Apply for, and Win a Fellowship During Your PhD or Postdoc
- Writing a Research Statement for Graduate School and Fellowships
- Writing early fellowship/grant applications (as a grad student)
- Applying for Fellowships
- A Guide to Preparing Fellowship Applications in STEM
- How to Get Help with Your Fellowship Application
- Preparing a Fellowship Application
- Enhancing Your Fellowship Application
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