Graduate Fellowships & Awards
Recognizing Excellence
The Siebel School of Computing and Data Science recognizes the achievements, leadership, and potential of graduate students who have earned prestigious fellowships and awards. Fellowships allow students to focus on their graduate studies and research, while awards recognize the progress or overall excellence toward outstanding research or leadership contributions to the field. Generous donations from alumni, friends, and corporate partners make many fellowships and awards possible. They make a significant difference in supporting students during their academic and career pursuits.
School Fellowships
- Sohaib & Sara Abbasi Computer Science Fellowship
- Chirag Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Computer Science
- Chirantan J. (CJ) Desai and Hina Desai Computer Science Fellowship
- Computer Science Excellence Fellowship
- Richard T. Cheng Endowed Fellowship
- Wing Kai Cheng Fellowship
- Debra & Ira Cohen Graduate Fellowship in Computer Science
- Computer Science Gene Golub Fellowship
- Andrew & Shana Laursen Fellowship
- Saburo Muroga Endowed Fellowship
- Ray Ozzie Computer Science Fellowship
- Thomas M. Siebel Fellowship
School Awards
- Feng Chen Memorial Award
- C.W. Gear Outstanding Graduate Student
- Graduate Student Outstanding Service Award
- Graduate Student Outstanding Ambassador Award
- David J. Kuck Outstanding Thesis Awards
- C.L. and Jane W.-S. Liu Award
- Kenichi Miura Award
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Lifetime
- W.J. Poppelbaum Memorial Award
- Siebel Scholars
- SS Radhakrishnan Scholarship
College & Campus Fellowships
- Roy J. Carver Fellowship
- Computational Science and Engineering Fellowship
- CompGen Fellowship
- Diffenbaugh Fellowship
- Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- Graduate College Distinguished Fellowship
- Illinois Distinguished Fellowship
- Mavis Scholarship
- Mavis Future Faculty Fellow Awards
- Support for Underrepresented Groups in Engineering (SURGE) Fellowship
- Yee Memorial Fund Fellowship
- Yunni and Maxine Pao Memorial Fellowship
- Sloan Scholarship
Corporate-Sponsored Fellowships, Awards, and Scholarships
As a top graduate institution pursuing cutting-edge research, our students are well-positioned to take advantage of fellowship opportunities offered by our industry partners. Selected fellowships are listed below. In many cases, your application must be first submitted to the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science for review. In those cases, a deadline will be announced and posted at the top of the school's wiki.
- 3M Foundation Fellowship
- iCAN
- Facebook Fellowship
- Google Ph.D. Fellowship
- IBM Ph.D. Fellowship
- Intel Ph.D. Fellowship
- Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant
- Microsoft Research Graduate Fellowship
- Microsoft Graduate Women's Scholarship
- NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship
- Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
- State Farm Companies Foundation Doctoral Scholars
- Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenge Award
National Fellowships & Awards
Another source of fellowship funding comes from charitable foundations and the U.S. government. For many of these, college seniors and first-year graduate students are both eligible, and U.S. citizenship is typically a requirement. Deadlines vary but are typically set for late fall to early winter. Besides listing a few of the more prominent programs below, the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science maintains a list of deadlines.
Usually, students may apply directly to these institutions for funding. However, your college or university may provide assistance for these applications. At the University of Illinois, see the National and International Scholarship Program, the Graduate College's Proposal Writing Assistance aids, or the school's wiki page on this topic.
Selected national fellowships and awards: