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NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program

NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship

Supports doctoral students in computing, robotics, and intelligent systems by pairing university awards with industry mentorship.

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The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program is a cash fellowship of up to $60,000 per award paid to the student's university for disbursement to support PhD students conducting research in accelerated computing and its applications. The program is in its twenty-fifth year. Fellows gain access to NVIDIA products and technology and must complete a mandatory in-person summer internship at an NVIDIA resear

Artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, accelerated computing, and related fields. Particularly: research that could influence the design, performance, or use of future GPUs.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Annual
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.10 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.9 months
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.

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Last verified: 24 Jul 2026Source: research.nvidia.com