Facebook – Emerging Scholar Program – Predoctoral Fellowship for Underrepresented Students
The Facebook Fellowship Program and Emerging Scholar Awards are designed to encourage and support promising doctoral students who are engaged in innovative and relevant research in areas related to computer science and engineering.
The Emerging Scholar Award is open to first or second year PhD students. It is designed to support talented students from traditionally under-represented minority groups* in the technology sector, to encourage them to continue their PhD studies, pursue innovative research, and engage with the broader research community.
Winners of the Emerging Scholar Award are entitled to receive two years of tuition and fees paid, a stipend of $37,000 each year, and up to $5,000 in conference travel support.
Applications will be evaluated based on the strength of the student’s proposed research and their recommendation letters.
2 Years
- Payment of tuition and fees for two academic years.
- $37,000 annual stipend.
- Up to $5,000 towards conference travel funds.
Applicant must be:
- Enrolled in their first or second year of a Ph.D. program during the current academic year at universities in the US or abroad.
- Studying computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system architecture, or a related area.
- A member of an underrepresented minority group, considered to include persons who identify as: Black or African American, person having origins in any Black racial groups of Africa; Hispanic or Latino, person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South American, Central American, Caribbean, or other Spanish culture origin, regardless of race; Native American or Alaskan Native, person having origins in any of the original peoples of North, Central, or South America and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment; Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, person having origins in the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa or other Pacific Islands.
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