CLOSING SOON: The 2021 Facebook Fellowships

Applications close: October 1, 2020
Reference letters due: October 7, 2020
Winners announcements: January 2021.

Open to students in any year of their PhD study. Open to students from all nationalities. People from various backgrounds are encouraged to apply, in particular students from under-represented minorities.

Benefits:

• Up to 2 years of paid tuition and fees
• A $42,000 annual stipend (living expenses and conference travel costs)
• Visit to Facebook HQ at the occasion of the annual Fellowship Summit
• Opportunities to engage with Facebook researchers

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Be a Full-time PhD students and be enrolled in an accredited university (in any country) by the start of the Fellowship (i.e., Fall 2021)
• Students must be involved in ongoing research related to at least one relevant discipline (check details on Official website)
• Students must stay enrolled full-time for the duration of the Fellowship to receive program benefits
• Students should not apply for Facebook Fellowships if they are actively being funded by Facebook through some other sponsorship or collaboration and/or if they are actively being supervised (or co-supervised) by a Facebook researcher.
  If in doubt, please email academicrelations@fb.com.

Mandatory documents for your application

• A 500-word research summary (check details on Official website)
• Two letters of recommendation, (check details on Official website)

For fields of research, application process and details, please check on Official Website.