USA : Facebook Fellowship Program

Topical Areas

We are interested in a wide range of academic topics, including the following topical areas:

• Computational Advertising
• Computer Vision
• Compiler Technology
• Computer Architecture
• Computer Networking
• Computer Security
• Databases
• Data Mining
• Distributed Computing
• Fault Tolerance
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Internet Economics
• Machine Learning
• Machine Translation
• Natural Language Processing
• Search
• Smart Datacenters
• Social Computing

Eligibility Criteria

• Full-time Ph.D. students in topical areas represented by these fellowships who are currently involved in on-going research.
• Students must be studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, System Architecture, or a related area.
• Students must be enrolled during the academic year that the Fellowship is awarded.
• Students must be nominated by a faculty member.

Selection Criteria

• Eligibility of applicant.
• Quality of application.
• Applicability of the project or study to Facebook.
• Other criteria as decided by Facebook in its sole discretion. Facebook complies with all equal opportunity laws.

Application Checklist

The application must include:

• 1-2 page research summary which clearly identifies the area of focus and applicability to Facebook. Please reference the topical areas above.
• Student's CV (with email, phone and mailing address). Please include applicable coursework.
• Minimum of 2 letters of recommendation (one must be from the faculty sponsor).
• The name and website/short bio of the faculty sponsor.

Application Timeline

Further Information

Application Deadline : 28 February 2011

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