Since 1951, the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Program has collaborated with faculty, students and universities by recognizing and supporting exceptional Ph.D. students that address focused areas of interest in technology.
The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards are nominated by a faculty member at the university to recognize and support exceptional Ph.D. students. The IBM Masters Fellowship Awards are selected through a faculty member from a historically Black college or university to recognize and support exceptional Masters students. IBM Academic Awards are nominated internally by IBMers in a spirit of collaboration with faculty and ongoing and future initiatives at universities. The IBM Academic Awards Program increases access for universities to IBM technologies for research and in the classroom. Both the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards and the IBM Academic Awards are global programs. How nominators engage with the programs differs. More details can be found in the tabs and the links below.
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Benefits
- Awards for universities in the United States are $40,000.
- Awards for other countries vary between $6,000 and $25,000
Eligibilities
- Must be nominated by a doctoral faculty member; students cannot nominate themselves.
- Must be enrolled full-time in a Ph.D. program over the academic year of the award or forfeit the fellowship.
- Should have two years remaining in their program at the time of nomination so the fellowship can be applied to the last two years of study.
- That is U.S. embargoed countries are not eligible for the program.
- That who are receiving a comparable fellowship, internship, or support from another company or institution (except for academic scholarships) during the IBM
- Ph.D. Fellowship funding period are ineligible for this award
- Must stay in the same program for the award duration —no transferring departments or schools.
Eligible Regions: Open for all except U.S. embargoed countries
Application Process
- Must be nominated by a doctoral faculty member
- Students cannot nominate themselves.
- The nomination has to be completed through an electronic form available at https://university-awards.ibm.com/ibm/university-awards/#/
Application Deadline: January 17, 2023
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