NVIDIA Opens Applications for 2027–2028 Graduate Fellowships With Awards Up to $60,000
Sep 30, 2026, 10:00 AM · NVIDIA Blog
NVIDIA’s 26th Graduate Fellowship cycle opens worldwide — up to $60,000, Ph.D. year-one-plus required, mandatory summer 2027 research internship, applications due October 30, 2026.
Why it matters
The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program is accepting applications for 2027–2028, targeting doctoral research in AI, ML, autonomous vehicles, graphics, robotics, healthcare, HPC, and related fields. Awards reach $60,000 per student; since 2002 the program has granted over 220 awards totaling about $8 million.
Applicants must have finished at least the first year of Ph.D. study. An in-person internship at an NVIDIA research office in summer 2027 is mandatory before the fellowship year. Deadline: October 30, 2026.
From the desk
We’re flagging this as pipeline, not product news — and pipelines matter.
Fellowships plus a required internship are how platform companies seed the next decade of CUDA-native research. Useful if it funds genuinely open science; narrowing if every project bends toward NVIDIA’s product map.
I’m watching topic diversity in the eventual cohort. A healthy field needs robotics and healthcare work that isn’t only a GTC demo.
We’ll pass the deadline to students who fit. Industry-funded Ph.D. support is still a net positive when results can be published.
Context
NVIDIA Blog fellowship announcement for academic year 2027–2028.
Who feels it
- Ph.D. students
- Check eligibility and summer 2027 internship availability before applying.
- Faculty advisors
- Align proposals with NVIDIA-relevant systems work without over-fitting.
- University research offices
- October 30 deadline is firm for planning internal reviews.
What to watch
- Application portal updates and FAQ clarifications
- Announcement of the selected 2027–2028 fellows
- Whether healthcare and robotics shares grow versus pure systems ML
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