Overview
Every day Facebook confronts the most complex technical problems and we believe that close relationships with the academy will enable us to address many of these problems at a fundamental level and solve them. As part of our ongoing commitment to academic relations, we are pleased to announce the creation of the Facebook Fellowship program to support graduate students in the 2011-2012 school year.
Each Facebook Fellowship includes:
· Tuition and fees will be paid for the academic year.
· $30K stipend (paid over 9 months of the academic year).
· $5K per year toward conference attendance and travel.
· $2.5K toward a personal computer.
· Opportunity to apply for a paid summer internship.
· Recipients are responsible for the taxation on any funds.
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.
February 28, 2011: Applications for fellowships must be submitted in full
Source: http://www.facebook.com/fellowships
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
Every day Facebook confronts the most complex technical problems and we believe that close relationships with the academy will enable us to address many of these problems at a fundamental level and solve them. As part of our ongoing commitment to academic relations, we are pleased to announce the creation of the Facebook Fellowship program to support graduate students in the 2011-2012 school year.
Each Facebook Fellowship includes:
· Tuition and fees will be paid for the academic year.
· $30K stipend (paid over 9 months of the academic year).
· $5K per year toward conference attendance and travel.
· $2.5K toward a personal computer.
· Opportunity to apply for a paid summer internship.
· Recipients are responsible for the taxation on any funds.
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.
February 28, 2011: Applications for fellowships must be submitted in full
Source: http://www.facebook.com/fellowships
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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