NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship

About this scholarship

The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship supports doctoral students whose research can advance accelerated computing and its applications. NVIDIA's official fellowship page states that the program provides funding to PhD students working on topics such as artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, GPU computing, and related fields, and that international students are eligible. NVIDIA's 2026-2027 announcement listed awards of up to $60,000 per student and a September 15, 2025 application deadline. The award is partial funding because the payment cannot exceed stipend, tuition, and health insurance and is issued to the university for disbursement; it is not a full degree or cost-of-attendance guarantee. Applicants must have completed at least one year of PhD-level study by the time of application, be full-time active PhD students during the award year, be engaged in thesis research, and be available for a required summer internship at NVIDIA before the fellowship year begins. Applications require a research proposal, CV, and professor nomination letters.

Eligibility

• Have completed at least one year of PhD-level study at the time of application
• Be a full-time active PhD student during the fellowship award year
• Major in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system architecture, or a related field
• Be engaged in active thesis research relevant to NVIDIA technologies
• Be available for the required summer internship before the fellowship year
• Submit research proposal, CV, and required professor nomination letters
• Not be an immediate family member of a current NVIDIA employee