NVIDIA International Graduate Fellowship Program 2025

Suitably qualified PhD students who have majors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or a related area are invited to apply for the NVIDIA International Graduate Fellowship Program 2025 for a chance to submit a research project for consideration.

This is the twenty-fourth year that NVIDIA has invited PhD students to submit their research projects for consideration. Successful applicants for the NVIDIA International Graduate Fellowship Program 2025 are selected based on their academic achievements, professor nomination, and area of research. This program is a great way to support academia in its pursuit of cutting-edge innovation, as well as an ideal avenue to introduce NVIDIA to the future leaders of the industry.

NVIDIA has long believed that investing in university talent is beneficial to the industry and key to continued growth and success. The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program provides funding in the amount of up to $60,000 per award to PhD students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in accelerated computing and its applications. NVIDIA particularly invites submissions from students pushing the envelope in artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and related fields. Every year, students with the talent, aptitude, and initiative to work closely with NVIDIA early in their careers are selected. Recipients not only receive crucial funding for their research but can conduct groundbreaking work with access to NVIDIA products, technology, and some of the most talented minds in the field. In addition, the Fellowship includes a mandatory in-person summer internship preceding the Fellowship year.

Fellowship Summary:

Fellowship Sponsor(s): NVIDIA

Fellowship Location(s): Not Stated

Fellowship Worth: Up to $60,000

Number of Slots: Several

Study Level: PhD

Nationality: All Nationalities

Eligibility for the NVIDIA International Graduate Fellowship Program 2025:

Applicants must have already completed their first year of PhD level studies (at the time of application)
Applicants must have majors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or a related area
Applicants must be engaged in active research as part of their PhD thesis
Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time active PhD student during the 2025-2026 academic year (9 months) of the award – this means they should not be expecting to graduate sooner than May/June 2026.
Applicants must be available to complete an in-person summer internship before the start of their Fellowship year at one of NVIDIA’s research offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Israel, and Taiwan.
Applicants must not be immediate family of a current NVIDIA employee
Note: The award must be administered through the student’s university; payment will be made to the university, not directly to the student.

Evaluation criteria:

Proposals Will be Evaluated for:

Student quality

Letters of recommendation
Academic performance (GPA) and achievements

Research quality

Research results to date
Research proposal for the fellowship
Publication track record

Relevance to NVIDIA

How your work connects to NVIDIA’s primary research domains
How your research might influence the design, performance, or use of future GPUs

Method of Application for the NVIDIA International Graduate Fellowship Program 2025:

Interested and eligible applicants are required to visit the fellowship program submission portal
to submit their complete application and must include the following in their application:

Research summary/thesis proposal – up to 2 pages, plus bibliography (bibliography does not count toward 2 page maximum for proposal)
Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV) including contact information
Professor nomination letters (2 letters minimum (must include one from thesis advisor), up to 3 letters maximum — OK to have nomination letters from non-professors, as long as you have one from your thesis advisor/professor).
Confirmation of availability for an in-person summer internship

The student must:

Complete the student profile – start this now; you can go back to the portal repeatedly until you submit the final application
Complete your application input including research summary thesis proposal and resume (CV)
Add contacts for the letters of recommendation — an email will automatically be sent on your behalf to each recommender you add — be sure to add and notify your professors/recommenders early in the process! Do not wait until close to the deadline!
Monitor the status of your recommendation letters in the portal — do not click on the final submission until the recommendation status shows “recommendation uploaded” for each recommendation you are expecting — the professor deadline has been set 2 days before the student deadline to allow the student to ensure all documents are received before submitting — the deadline for recommendation letters is 3pm Pacific September 11, 2024.
Communicate with the recommenders to complete their letter upload on time – it is the student’s responsibility to ensure their letters are received in the system.
Submit the final application when all items are complete, and before the application deadline.

Application Deadline: September 13, 2024.

For more information about this opportunity, Visit the Official Website.

NVIDIA International Graduate Fellowship Program 2025