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Scholarship
Name
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Facebook fellowship
program
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Scholarship
provider
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Facebook
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Scholarship Field
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Related to facebook
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Degree
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PhD
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Scholar ships Available
For
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Available to domestic and international students for full-time PhD accredited doctoral program focusing
on a topic or field relevant to Facebook
Fellowships are awarded in
the fields relevant to Facebook, such as: Architecture,
Data Mining, Databases, Distributed Systems, Computer Vision, Human-Computer
Interaction & Social Computing, Economics and Computation, Machine
Learning, Natural Language Processing, Networking & Operating Systems,
Programming Languages & Compilers, Security & Privacy and Software
Engineering
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Scholarship location
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USA
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Value of award
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Each Facebook Fellowship includes
several benefits like tuition and fees for the academic year(s)as well as
$37,000 yearly grant, paid visit to Facebook HQ to present research and
opportunity for paid internship
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Application Deadline
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January
5, 2014
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How to Apply
To
apply, eligible individuals must submit the following materials
(collectively, “Application”) to Facebook online or email
a Word or PDF file of the Application to facebookfellowship-at-fb.com with the subject line “Fellowship
Program Application”.
Scholarship Details
Applications are invited for
Facebook fellowship program available to domestic and international students for full-time
PhD accredited
doctoral program focusing on a topic or field relevant to Facebook. Up to
twelve (12) academic fellowships are awarded for a period of for two
years. Each Facebook Fellowship includes several benefits like tuition and fees
for the academic year(s)as well as $37,000 yearly grant, paid visit to Facebook
HQ to present research and opportunity for paid internship. The application
deadline is January 5, 2015.
Study Subject(s)
Fellowships are
awarded in the fields relevant to Facebook, such as: Architecture,
Data Mining, Databases, Distributed Systems, Computer Vision, Human-Computer
Interaction & Social Computing, Economics and Computation, Machine
Learning, Natural Language Processing, Networking & Operating Systems,
Programming Languages & Compilers, Security & Privacy and Software
Engineering.
Course Level: Fellowships are available for full time PhD program.
Scholarship Provider: Face book
Scholarship can be taken at: USA
Course Level: Fellowships are available for full time PhD program.
Scholarship Provider: Face book
Scholarship can be taken at: USA
Eligibility
This Program is open to individuals who
are enrolled full-time, as defined by the individual’s university, and in good
standing at an appropriately accredited doctoral program focusing on a Topic or
Field (whether an individual is engaged in research in a Topic or Field will be
determined in Facebook’s sole discretion). Candidates are not eligible to
participate in this Program if they are a national or legal resident of those
countries in which the United States has embargoed goods (including, without limitation,
Cuba, North Korea, Iran, and Syria, unless you are enrolled full-time at an
accredited university in the United States or a non-embargoed country, with the
exception of nationals and legal residents of Cuba, who are unconditionally
ineligible to participate). Applicants should be aware that Facebook’s ability
to select for receipt of an Award a PhD Student who is from a country against
which the United States has imposed comprehensive economic sanctions (such as
Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, or North Korea) may be sharply limited by United
States law. Further, the Award, or portions thereof, may be forfeited if an
Award recipient does not remain enrolled with full-time status and in good
standing at the same doctoral program for the entire period of the award. It
is the obligation of all applicants to ensure that applying for the Award,
participating in this Program and, as applicable, received an Award, complies
with all laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdiction in which such
applicant is a legal resident/national.
Scholarship Open for International Students: International and domestic
students can apply for these facebook fellowships.
Scholarship Description: Facebook announces that the
Facebook Fellowship Award has expanded to cover two years! The Fellowship
Program is open to full-time PhD students (domestic and international) enrolled
during the current academic year and studying computer science, computer
engineering, electrical engineering, system architecture, or a related area
Number of award(s): Facebook plans to award up
to twelve (12) academic fellowships.
Duration of award(s): Fellowship is awarded for a
period of two years.
What does it cover?
Each Facebook Fellowship includes several
benefits:
§ Tuition and fees will be
paid for the academic year(s)
§ $37,000 yearly grant
§ Paid visit to Facebook HQ
to present your research
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Opportunity
for paid internship
Selection Criteria
In Round 1, Reviewers from each topical area
will be assigned to an application and score them based on the following criteria:
§ Strength of applicant’s
publication record, as detailed in the applicant’s CV.
§ The merit of the research
proposal, including its innovativeness and importance to the identified
industry or field.
§ Strength of applicant’s
references
Those
Applications that receive the highest scores in Round 1 will move onto Round 2,
but the number of Applications that move onto Round 2 and the Fields/Topics
from which they come will be determined in Facebook’s sole discretion. In Round
2, a team of Reviewers from each area will discuss the top applicants in their
own area and compare them to those in other areas based on the same criteria as
Round 1 above. In Round 3, all finalists will be reviewed and compared.
The finalists will be selected by a final panel that may include a Facebook
engineering director and CTO (subject to availability).
Notification
Facebook reserves the right to contact
participants for verification purposes and administration of the Program.
Facebook’s decisions are final and binding in all matters relating to this
Program. Judging of Applications will take place between January and February
2015. Winners will be notified of their Award in mid February 2015, in
Facebook’s sole discretion.
- Curriculum Vitae (“CV”): Your Application must include your CV, which should detail prior relevant work experience, academic record, and publication record.
- Letters of Reference: Application must include the name and contact information of two (2) people who will be providing letters of reference on behalf of the applicant. The letters of reference should address the applicant’s skills and character and why the applicant deserves to receive the Award. One (1) letter of reference must be from the applicant’s current doctoral program advisor. All letters must be submitted by the references by the Application due date.
- Research Proposal: Application must include a one (1) to two (2) page (single-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, one (1) inch margins) research proposal in your Field of study. Research proposals will be reviewed, subject to the two (2) page limit, and any page(s) submitted in excess of the two (2) page limit may not be read. See the OVERVIEW section above for examples of acceptable Fields and Topics. Additionally, the Research Proposal must clearly identify the area of focus and applicability of anticipated research to Facebook.
- Research Area: The research proposal must address the applicant’s PhD research area.
- Transcript (optional): Application may also include transcripts from any/all post-secondary educational institutions that the applicant has attended.
Scholarship
Application Deadline: The application deadline is
January 5, 2015.
