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| Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship | |
|---|---|
| Name | Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship |
| Awarded by | Microsoft Research |
| Country | United States |
| Established | 2000s |
| Frequency | annual |
| Website | Microsoft Research |
Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship The Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship is a competitive fellowship supporting doctoral candidates affiliated with research institutions in North America and globally. The program connects recipients with resources from Microsoft Research and with academic environments such as Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Cambridge. Past and present participants have included scholars associated with laboratories and initiatives at Microsoft Research Redmond, Microsoft Research Cambridge, Microsoft Research Asia, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and research centers linked to ETH Zurich and Max Planck Society.
The fellowship was created to accelerate doctoral research within domains championed by Microsoft Research, fostering ties between corporate labs and universities such as Harvard University, University of Oxford, Princeton University, University of Toronto, and University of Washington. Program elements have intersected with projects at organizations like OpenAI, DeepMind, IBM Research, Bell Labs, and collaborations involving entities such as NVIDIA, Intel Corporation, and Google Research. The initiative has evolved alongside major conferences and venues including NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, SIGGRAPH, and CHI.
Eligibility typically requires enrollment in a doctoral program at institutions like Columbia University, University of Michigan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Cornell University, or Yale University. Selection emphasizes demonstrated excellence reflected in publications at venues such as ACL, KDD, SIGMOD, PODS, and PLDI and endorsements from advisors affiliated with departments or labs like MIT CSAIL, Berkeley AI Research Lab, Stanford AI Lab, and CMU Robotics Institute. Evaluation committees often include researchers from Microsoft Research Redmond, Microsoft Research Cambridge, Microsoft Research Asia, and partner groups at Facebook AI Research, Amazon Web Services, and Adobe Research.
Prospective nominees are usually nominated by faculty at universities such as Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, University of California, San Diego, ETH Zurich, or École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The process involves submission of materials comparable to those used for awards like Gates Cambridge Scholarship, Rhodes Scholarship, and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship applications, including CVs, research statements, and recommendation letters from advisors connected to laboratories and centers such as SRI International, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Turing Institute. Finalists may be reviewed by panels drawing members from Microsoft Research Redmond, Microsoft Research Cambridge, Microsoft Research Asia, and external reviewers from Stanford University, MIT, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Award packages generally include stipend support, tuition coverage, and research funds comparable to packages from institutions like National Science Foundation fellowships and grants from entities such as Wellcome Trust or European Research Council. Fellows have received mentorship and internship placements with teams at Microsoft Research Redmond, Microsoft Research Cambridge, and Microsoft Research Asia and access to computing resources from partners such as Azure, NVIDIA, and high-performance clusters at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Support often enables attendance at conferences like NeurIPS, ICLR, ICCV, ECCV, and SIGCOMM.
The fellowship covers domains including artificial intelligence, systems, theory, graphics, human-computer interaction, and security, with recipient research appearing at venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, STOC, FOCS, and USENIX Security. Partner institutions include universities and labs like Stanford University, MIT, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, Max Planck Society, Tsinghua University, Peking University, and University of Tokyo. Cross-disciplinary collaborations have engaged centers such as Broad Institute, Sloan School of Management, Flatiron Institute, and industry partners like Amazon, Google, Facebook, and IBM.
Recipients have progressed to faculty and research roles at institutions and companies including Stanford University, MIT, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Princeton University, Harvard University, DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Facebook AI Research, Microsoft Research, Apple Inc., NVIDIA, Adobe Research, IBM Research, and Amazon Research. Some alumni have contributed seminal work presented at NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, SIGGRAPH, and ACL, while others have been recognized with awards such as the Turing Award, Gödel Prize, ACM Fellowship, and IEEE Fellowship.
The program has influenced research trajectories at laboratories including Microsoft Research Redmond, Microsoft Research Cambridge, Microsoft Research Asia, and external centers like IBM Research, Bell Labs, and Max Planck Society. Alumni networks intersect with organizations such as OpenAI, DeepMind, NVIDIA, Intel Corporation, and academic departments at Stanford University, MIT, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Oxford. The fellowship’s legacy is visible in publications at conferences like NeurIPS, ICML, STOC, FOCS, and SIGGRAPH and in collaborations with initiatives such as AI Now Institute, Partnership on AI, Human-Centered AI, and national funding agencies including National Science Foundation and European Research Council.
Category:Academic awards