Google Research Scholar Program 2025 for Early-Career Professors: Google is now accepting applications from early-career professors (assistant, associate, etc) for its 2025 Research Scholar Program. The deadline for the submission of applications for the Google Research Scholar Program is 2nd December, 2025.

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.

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Google Research Scholar Program 2025 for Early-Career Professors.

It is Google’s 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.

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Google Research Scholar Program Eligibility.

Open to professors (assistant, associate, etc) at a university or degree-granting research institution.
Applicants must have received their PhD within seven years of submission (e.g. applicant in 2025 must-have received PhD in 2013 or later). Exceptions will be made for applicants who have been teaching seven years or fewer and had delays, such as working in the industry, leave of absence, etc.
Applicants can submit one application per round, and apply a maximum of three times.

They ask applicants to categorize their proposals into one of the following areas of interest to Google in Computer Science and related fields:

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Algorithms and optimization
Augmented and virtual reality
Cooling and power
Geo/maps
Health research
Human-computer interaction
Information retrieval and real-time content
Machine learning and data mining
Machine perception
Machine translation
Mobile
Natural language processing
Networking
Privacy
Quantum computing
Security
Software engineering and programming languages
Speech
Structured data, extraction, semantic graph, and database management
Systems (hardware and software)

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Google Research Scholar Program Funding.

The funds granted will be up to $60,000 USD and are intended to support the advancement of the professor’s research.

How to Apply for Google Research Scholar Program 2025.

Proposals are selected through an internal review process. Applicants will be notified of their proposal status within four months of the initial submission.

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