June 18, 2024
Apple Scholars in AI/ML Fellowship
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Call for Applications: Apple Scholars in AI/ML Nomination for Fall Start 2025
Purdue can submit applications for up to three outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in 12 areas identified by Apple:
- Privacy Preserving Machine Learning
- Human Centered AI
- AI for Ethics and Fairness
- AI for Accessibility
- AI for Health and Wellness
- ML Theory
- ML Algorithms and Architectures
- Embodied ML
- Speech and Natural Language
- Computer Vision
- Information Retrieval,
- Ranking, and Knowledge
- Data-Centric AI
Grad students must apply to be considered for nomination.
**Deadline to submit your nomination packet: Thursday, August 1st at NOON ET**
What does the fellowship provide?
- Gift amount covering full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance) for (2) academic years
- $40,000 USD gift each year to help with living expenses and related expenses
- $5,000 USD gift each year to support research-related travel and associated expenses
- Mentorship with an Apple researcher
- Potential internship opportunities during their fellowship*
* Internship offers are dependent on student status, and contingent upon necessary requirements for
employment being met according to relevant employment law.
Who is eligible?
- Nominee must be enrolled full time at Purdue at the start of Fall 2025, and expect to be enrolled through the end of the 2025/2026 academic year
- Nominee should be entering their last 2-3 years of study as of Fall 2024
- Nominee must not hold another industry-sponsor sponsored full fellowship while they are an Apple Scholar in AI/ML (Fall 2025 to Summer 2028)
How can I learn more about the program and get application guidance?
1. Visit the Apple Scholars website to learn about last year's winners and research directions:
2. Sign up for several related workshops here, including:
a. Fellowship Help Office Hours on 6/18 11AM; 7/17 11AM
b. Computational Research PhD Fellowships Info Session on 6/19 at 10:00 AM
c. How to Find and Prepare Fellowship Applications on 7/11 10AM
d. Presenting Your Research: How to Sell Others on Your Ideas on 7/18 10:30 AM
3. More guidance is given in the online application
How do I apply to be a Purdue Nominee?
1. Open and complete the following online application: https://redcap.link/apple2024
Note: You can save, return, and modify your application until the due date of 8/01/24
2. Within this online application:
a. Download the Review Panel Commitment Form to be signed by your Director of Graduate Programs, or equivalent position, naming a faculty member to serve as a reviewer and email to
trainee-funding@purdue.edu ASAP (but before application deadline).
b. Upload as a single PDF in this order:
i. Your student CV and publication list with links to publications
ii. Research abstract (200 word maximum)
iii. Research statement covering past work and proposed direction for next 2 years
(5 page maximum including citations, in a legible font size)
iv. 2 letters of recommendation, one from current advisor (1 page maximum per letter)
When will I learn if I am selected as a Purdue Nominee?
- Nominees will be notified the last week of August and have one week to polish their applications before Purdue uploads them to Apple’s portal.
Questions can be sent to trainee-funding@purdue.edu