Google Research Scholar
This program aims to support early-career professors who are pursuing research in fields relevant to Google. The program provides unrestricted gifts to help support world-class research at institutions around the world conducted by early-career professors.
Eligibility criteria
- Applicants must be a full-time assistant, associate, or professor at a university or degree-granting research institution at the time of the application submission.
- Post doctoral staff can only serve as a co-PI, not a primary PI.
- Applicants must have received their PhD within seven years of submission (e.g., applicants in 2024 must have received their PhD in 2017 or later).
- We consider exceptions for applicants who have been teaching seven years or fewer and had delays, such as working in industry, parental leave, leave of absence, etc. This exception request can be documented on the application.
- Applicants can submit one application per round.
- Faculty can only serve as a PI or Co-PI per round. Applicants cannot serve on two separate proposals.
- Applicants can apply a maximum of 3 times within the 7 years post-PhD.
Funding amounts
- The funds granted will be up to $60,000 USD and are intended to support the advancement of the professor’s research.
Supporting cutting-edge research
- Algorithms and optimization
- Fundamentals and Applied Science
- Health research
- Human-computer interaction
- Machine learning and data mining
- Machine perception
- Natural language processing
- Networking
- Privacy, Safety, and Security
- Quantum computing
- Software engineering and programming languages
- Systems
How to apply: please click the "Submit Application" in the Google Research Scholar page.
Frequently asked questions or please reach out to research-awards@google.com.
