Google to offer up to $150,000 Faculty research Awards in Computer Science, Engineering and related fields for academic institutions worldwide pursuing innovative research in these areas
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Eligible Field
The intent of the Google Research Awards is to support cutting-edge research in Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields. Applicants are to categorize their proposals into one of the following broad research areas of interest to Google:
- Economics and market algorithms
- Geo/maps
- Human-computer interaction
- Information retrieval, extraction, and organization
- Machine learning and data mining
- Machine perception
- Machine translation
- Mobile
- Natural language processing
- Networking
- Policy and standards
- Privacy
- Security
- Social networks
- Software engineering
- Speech
- Structured data and database management
- Systems (hardware and software)
Google is committed to developing new technologies to help users find and use information. As part of its vision to maintain strong ties with academic institutions worldwide pursuing innovative research in core areas relevant to our mission, the Google Research Awards program aims to identify and support world-class, full-time faculty pursuing research in areas of mutual interest.
Google Research Awards are one-year awards structured as unrestricted gifts to universities to support the work of world-class full-time faculty members at top universities around the world. Faculty members can apply for Research Awards by submitting a proposal to one of two 2013 funding rounds.
Scholarship Offered Since: Not Specified
Scholarship Type: Research Award
Number of Scholarships: Several
Value of Award: Faculty members can apply for up to 150,000 USD in eligible expenses, but actual award amounts are frequently less than the full amount requested. Most awards are funded at the amount needed to support basic expenses for one graduate student for one year.
Eligible Countries: All
To be taken at (country): respective institutions worldwide
Application Deadline: submission deadline are April 15th (passed) and October 15th, 2013
A submission link will be posted by October 4th, 2013.
Offered annually? Yes
How to Apply
The application process for the Research Awards includes filling out an online form requesting basic information and uploading a PDF proposal via the form. As part of the online form, you will be asked to select a topic area from among the 18 areas listed above. Please select carefully, as this will determine which of the review committees will review your proposal.
To apply for a Google research award, faculty members should use the general guidelines on this link for proposal submission.
Sponsors: Google
Important Notes:
Recipients are selected through a comprehensive internal review process and notified of their awards within 4 months of the initial submission.
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