The following page describes the Qualcomm innovation fellowship program.

https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/research/university-relations/innovation-fellowship

It was announced at the conference that the initial application deadline for the next round of fellowships is Nov. 3 of this year. The  new dates do not yet appear on the web site.  

They have broad areas of interest, but they emphasized that the proposals need not be within existing areas of business for Qualcomm.