The Research Scholar Program aims to support early-career professors who are pursuing research in fields relevant to Google.

The Research Scholar Program provides unrestricted gifts to support research at institutions around the world, and is focused on funding world-class research conducted by early-career professors.

Award information

We encourage submissions from professors globally who are teaching at universities and meet the eligibility requirements. It is our hope that this program will help develop collaborations with new professors and encourage the formation of long-term relationships.

Awards are disbursed as unrestricted gifts to the university and are not intended for overhead or indirect costs. They are intended for use during the academic year in which the award is provided to support the professor’s research efforts.

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 2023 must have received their PhD in 2016 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
Health research
Machine learning and data mining
Natural language processing
Quantum computing
Software engineering and programming languages
Fundamental and applied science
Human-computer interation
Machine perception
Privacy
Security
Systems and networking systems.

For more Information: https://google-scholar.com/how-to-apply-for-google-research-scholar-program/