Fellowship and Award Deadlines
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| Fellowship Provider | Nomination Method | Students Eligible | Deadline | Year | Scholarship/Fellowship | Eligibility/Description | Citizenship? | UMD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | Second through Nth Year Students | 10-19-2026 | 2026 | Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship | Promotes research and development, allowing students to pursue innovative ideas. | No | No |
| The National Academies | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | Finishing Students | 11-2-2026 | 2026 | Ford Foundation (US citizens only, dissertation) | Seeks to increase the diversity of faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity and to maximize the educational benefits of diversity. | Yes | No |
| Department Selection & Nomination | Second through Nth Year Students | 4-26-2026 | 2026 | Google Ph.D. Fellowship | Recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. | No | Yes | |
| Association for Computing Machinery | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | First and Second Year Students | 4-30-2027 | 2027 | ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational & Data Science Fellowships | Designed to increase diversity in data science and computational science. Open to students globally. | No | No |
| U.S. Department of Energy | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | Second through Nth Year Students | 11-4-2026 | 2026 | DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program | Provides graduate dissertation/thesis research opportunities at DOE national laboratories. | Yes | No |
| Bloomberg | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | Second through Nth Year Students | 9-25-2026 | 2026 | Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship | Supports Ph.D. students (third-year and higher) in data science with encouragement for ground-breaking publications. | No | No |
| Apple | Department Selection & Nomination | Last 2-3 years of study | 8-7-2026 | 2026 | Apple Scholars in AI/ML Ph.D. Fellowship | Supports outstanding Ph.D. students pursuing cutting-edge research in machine learning and artificial intelligence. | No | Yes |
| IBM | Department Selection & Nomination | Finishing Students | Not currently accepting applications (last offered: 2025) | 2026 | IBM Ph.D. Fellowship | Honors Ph.D. students interested in solving problems important to IBM and fundamental to many academic disciplines. | No | Yes |
| NVIDIA | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | Second through Nth Year Students | 10-30-2026 | 2026 | NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship | Provides funding to Ph.D. students researching graphics and high-performance computing industries and leveraging GPU power. | No | No |
| Meta | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | All Students | 9-20-2026 | 2026 | Meta Research PhD Fellowship | Supports Ph.D. students conducting innovative research in areas related to computer science and engineering. | No | No |
| NSF | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | First and Second Year Students | 10-16-2026 | 2026 | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | For US citizens. Supports outstanding students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines pursuing research-based degrees at US institutions. | Yes | No |
| ACM | Department Selection & Advisor Nomination | Finishing Students | 10-31-2026 | 2026 | ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award | Recognizes and encourages superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in computer science and engineering. | No | No |
| Soros | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | First and Second Year Students | 10-29-2026 | 2026 | Soros Fellowships for New Americans | For permanent residents or naturalized citizens if born abroad, or children of naturalized parents if born in the U.S. Criteria include creativity, originality, initiative, and accomplishment. | Yes | No |
| Hertz | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | First Year Students | 10-30-2026 | 2026 | Hertz Foundation Fellowship | For US citizens. Merit-based fellowship with cost-of-education allowance and personal-support stipend. | Yes | No |
| NASA | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | Early Ph.D. Students | 11-8-2024 | 2026 | NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities | For U.S. Citizens with ≤1 year of graduate studies. Focus on innovative space technologies. | Yes | No |
| Department of Defense | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | First and Second Year Students | 10-30-2026 | 2026 | NDSEG Fellowship | For US citizens. Supports students with aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering. | Yes | No |
| U.S. Department of Energy | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | Second through Nth Year Students | 11-4-2026 | 2026 | DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program | Provides graduate research opportunities at DOE national laboratories. | Yes | No |
| The National GEM Consortium | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | First and Second Year Students | 11-13-2026 | 2026 | National GEM Consortium Fellowship | Aims to increase participation of underrepresented groups at master's and doctoral levels in engineering and science. | Yes | No |
| AAUW Action Fund | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | Finishing Students | 9-30-2026 | 2026 | AAUW Dissertation Fellowship | Supports U.S. citizen women doctoral candidates completing dissertations. | Yes | No |
| GFSD | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | All Students | 1-31-2027 | 2027 | Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD) | Formerly NPSC. Aims to increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in STEM fields. | Yes | No |
| DOE CSGF | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | First-Year Graduate Students | 1-31-2027 | 2027 | DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship | Supports research using high-performance computing to address complex problems like climate change and sustainable energy. | Yes | No |
| Graduate School | Department Selection & Nomination | Second through Nth Year Students | 1-29-2027 | 2027 | Outstanding Graduate Assistant Awards | Graduate students must be currently enrolled and holding at least a half-time graduate assistantship. | No | Yes |
| Graduate School | Department Selection & Nomination | Finishing Students | 2-10-2027 | 2027 | Semester Dissertation Fellowships | One-semester awards for outstanding doctoral students in final stages of writing their dissertation. | No | Yes |
| Graduate School | Department Selection & Nomination | Finishing Students | 2-25-2027 | 2027 | Charles A. Caramello Distinguished Dissertation Award | Eligible candidates must have defended their dissertation in the calendar year 2023. | No | Yes |
| Graduate School | Department Selection & Nomination | Mid-career Doctoral Students | 3-3-2027 | 2027 | Graduate School Endowed Awards | Four prestigious endowed awards provided by the Graduate School. | No | Yes |
| Graduate School | Department Selection & Nomination | Mid-career Doctoral Students | 3-3-2027 | 2027 | Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships | Enables students to prepare for or complete a key benchmark in their program’s requirements. | No | Yes |
| Adobe | Self Nomination/Advisor Nomination | Second through Nth Year Students | Not currently accepting applications (last offered: 2023) | 2026 | Adobe Data Science Research Awards | Selection based on research relevance to Adobe, technical skills, and personal qualities. | No | No |
| Graduate School | Department Selection & Nomination | All Students | Rolling Basis | 2025 | International Graduate Research Fellowships | Provides graduate students a meaningful research experience in an international context. | No | Yes |
| Microsoft | Department Selection & Nomination | Second through Nth Year Students | Not yet announced for 2026-27 (last cycle: November 4, 2025) | 2026 | Microsoft PhD Fellowship | Two-year fellowship for outstanding Ph.D. students nominated by their universities. | No | N |