Application Timeline:
* December 20, 2010: Launch of Fellowship for 2011-2012 academic year
* February 28, 2011: Applications for fellowships must be submitted in full
* April 8, 2011: Award recipients will be notified by email of their acceptance
Topical Areas
We are interested in a wide range of academic topics, including the following topical areas:
* Computational Advertising
* Computer Vision
* Compiler Technology
* Computer Architecture
* Computer Networking
* Computer Security
* Databases
* Data Mining
* Distributed Computing
* Fault Tolerance
* Human-Computer Interaction
* Internet Economics
* Machine Learning
* Machine Translation
* Natural Language Processing
* Search
* Smart Datacenters
* Social Computing
Eligibility Criteria
* Full-time Ph.D. students in topical areas represented by these fellowships who are currently involved in on-going research.
* Students must be studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, System Architecture, or a related area.
* Students must be enrolled during the academic year that the Fellowship is awarded.
* Students must be nominated by a faculty member.
Selection Criteria
* Eligibility of applicant.
* Quality of application.
* Applicability of the project or study to Facebook.
* Other criteria as decided by Facebook in its sole discretion. Facebook complies with all equal opportunity laws.
Application Checklist
The application must include:
* 1-2 page research summary which clearly identifies the area of focus and applicability to Facebook. Please reference the topical areas above.
* Student’s CV (with email, phone and mailing address). Please include applicable coursework.
* Minimum of 2 letters of recommendation (one must be from the faculty sponsor).
* The name and website/short bio of the faculty sponsor.
PLEASE NOTE: The submission site is currently under construction. We will post the link here when we launch the submission site.
Read the official announcement at:
http://www.facebook.com/fellowships
* December 20, 2010: Launch of Fellowship for 2011-2012 academic year
* February 28, 2011: Applications for fellowships must be submitted in full
* April 8, 2011: Award recipients will be notified by email of their acceptance
Topical Areas
We are interested in a wide range of academic topics, including the following topical areas:
* Computational Advertising
* Computer Vision
* Compiler Technology
* Computer Architecture
* Computer Networking
* Computer Security
* Databases
* Data Mining
* Distributed Computing
* Fault Tolerance
* Human-Computer Interaction
* Internet Economics
* Machine Learning
* Machine Translation
* Natural Language Processing
* Search
* Smart Datacenters
* Social Computing
Eligibility Criteria
* Full-time Ph.D. students in topical areas represented by these fellowships who are currently involved in on-going research.
* Students must be studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, System Architecture, or a related area.
* Students must be enrolled during the academic year that the Fellowship is awarded.
* Students must be nominated by a faculty member.
Selection Criteria
* Eligibility of applicant.
* Quality of application.
* Applicability of the project or study to Facebook.
* Other criteria as decided by Facebook in its sole discretion. Facebook complies with all equal opportunity laws.
Application Checklist
The application must include:
* 1-2 page research summary which clearly identifies the area of focus and applicability to Facebook. Please reference the topical areas above.
* Student’s CV (with email, phone and mailing address). Please include applicable coursework.
* Minimum of 2 letters of recommendation (one must be from the faculty sponsor).
* The name and website/short bio of the faculty sponsor.
PLEASE NOTE: The submission site is currently under construction. We will post the link here when we launch the submission site.
Read the official announcement at:
http://www.facebook.com/fellowships