What NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program actually covers.
NVIDIA's Graduate Fellowship Program supports PhD students conducting innovative research in areas that can be accelerated by GPU computing, including deep learning, computer vision, autonomous systems, robotics, and high-performance computing. The fellowship is open to students globally including those from African universities. Recipients receive a cash award, a donation of NVIDIA hardware for their research lab, and technical mentorship from NVIDIA engineers.
Who can apply.
Open to phd applicants. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
46 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Accepted fields.
NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program currently lists the following eligible fields of study. Other related disciplines may also be considered — check the official call.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before September 12, 2026 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Every scholarship on Scholar Africa goes through six checks (link, contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review). NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program currently scores 8.0/10.
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.