#  Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship 

 





June 16, 2025

 

 

The Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship was created to recognize and support PhD students in Computer Science and related areas who are pursuing research in artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a unique focus on work that is related to Apple’s core values.

**Learn More:**

[Meet the 2025 Apple Scholars in AI/ML](https://machinelearning.apple.com/updates/apple-scholars-aiml-2025)

[Machine Learning research at Apple](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__machinelearning.apple.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=XjW_gsuOYZE9TZfpWUNcmO5FWXI3x5e9M3msIIf8VOPT1XCtzHZCRyZI3b13AcSx&m=L10FZhMGDbi9YZx4gASBxauNurUKwXeIm4RC6wE7sAVip0a2ClBfMRxxmDJNj66r&s=zS-W-pW-k292CArhA1nt21BNTg03WUX2CpviOO0nqiw&e=)

**Harvard University may nominate a total of three nominees**, limited to one nominee from these research areas:

- Privacy Preserving Machine Learning
- Human Centered AI
- AI for Ethics and Fairness
- AI for Accessibility
- AI for Health and Wellness
- Interactive ML and Agents
- ML Algorithms and Architectures
- Embodied ML
- Speech and Natural Language
- Computer Vision
- Information Retrieval, Ranking and Knowledge
- Data-Centric AI

**All materials for the internal selection process must be submitted by noon on July 21, 2025**. An internal faculty committee will review interested candidates to select the final nominees.

**Eligibility**

- Nominee must be enrolled full time at the nominating university at the start of Fall 2026, and expect to be enrolled through the end of the 2027/2028 academic year.
- Nominee should be entering their last 2-3 years of study in Fall 2025. G1s are not eligible.
- Nominee must not hold another industry-sponsored full fellowship while they are an Apple Scholar in AI/ML (Fall 2026 to Summer 2028)

**REQUIRED MATERIALS for the Internal Submission:**

- CV, including name, email address, PhD program, and a list of all publications.
- A research statement covering past work and proposed direction for next two years (two-page maximum, including citations, in a legible font size) clearly stating the hypothesis and expected contributions to the research area. Please note at the top the research area for which you would like to be considered.
- A confidential letter of support from your thesis advisor (one page maximum).

Interested applicants should send their materials as a single PDF. The confidential letter of support should be sent separately.

**Please note**: if you are nominated, the full application -- due on September 9 -- requires additional, more extensive materials than the internal submission.

**All materials for the internal selection process must be submitted to:** [**gsasacademicprograms@fas.harvard.edu**](mailto:gsasacademicprograms@fas.harvard.edu) **by noon on July 21, 2025.**

Questions regarding the internal application process should be directed to <gsas-fwc@fas.harvard.edu>



 

 

 



 

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