Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship

• For the purposes of this fellowship, those students submitting a proposal must attend a university in Asia-Pacific, Canada and the United States, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), and Latin America. They need to confirm their PhD program starting month and year, as well as their expected graduation month and year.
• Proposed research must be closely related to one of the themes at Microsoft Research Cambridge: Cloud Infrastructure, Confidential Computing, Future of Work Health Intelligence, Machine Intelligence
• Students must be entering their third year or beyond of their PhD program sometime between August – July, taking into account transfers, approved leaves of absence etc.
• PhD students must continue to be enrolled at the university in the beginning of academic year 2022 or forfeit the award. Fellowships are not available for extension.
• PhD students submitting a proposal should be able to communicate about their research (both in writing and verbally) in English.

• USD 15,000 is provided to help complete research as part of doctoral thesis work for an academic year.
• Payment of the award will be made directly to the university and dispersed according to the university’s policies.
• Funding is for use only during the recipient’s time in the PhD program.
• Fellowships are not available for extension. If you require time away for family or medical leave, this will be accommodated.
• Eligible recipients will be offered a 12-week paid internship with Microsoft Research’s Cambridge, UK lab, or the Microsoft Africa Research Institute (MARI).
• Opportunities will be provided to build relationships with research teams at Microsoft and receive mentorship.

Purposes: The Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship for PhD students, is a global program that identifies and empowers the next generation of exceptional computing research talent.

Programmes: Students must be in their third year or beyond of a PhD program, pursuing research aligned to the Microsoft Research areas of focus.

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Over the last two decades, the Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship program has supported over 700 fellows around the world.

Deadline not available

You will be asked to:

• answer questions in a form
• upload 3 documents
• request 2 letters of recommendation (third one being optional) via the submission portal

All documents should be in English.

For questions regarding proposals, contact Microsoft Research Fellowships at msfellow@microsoft.com.