Are you a PhD student conducting research in AI, AR/VR, HCI, networking, privacy, technology policy, programming languages, computational social science, or another Meta-supported research area?
The Meta Research PhD Fellowship provides financial support and opportunities to engage with researchers while continuing your doctoral research.
Quick Eligibility
- Opportunity Type: Corporate Research PhD Fellowship
- Education Level: PhD / Doctoral Students
- Eligible Nationalities: Worldwide
- Study Status: Must be currently enrolled in a PhD programme
- PhD Year: Any year of PhD study
- University: Accredited university
- Research Requirement: Research must directly align with one of Meta’s current fellowship research areas
- Age Limit: 18+
- Work Experience: Not required
- Nomination Required: No
- University Admission: Must already be enrolled in a PhD programme
- Application Fee: $0
- Funding: 2 years of paid tuition and fees + $42,000 annual stipend
- Additional Benefits: Paid Meta Fellowship Summit visit and opportunities to engage with Meta researchers
- Location: Your home university, with Meta Fellowship Summit participation
- Application Deadline: September 20, 2026
- Recommendation Letters: October 6, 2026
- Application Method: Online through the official Meta Research PhD Fellowship portal
Who Can Apply?
The programme is specifically for current PhD students.
There is no stated age restriction.
Research Area
It says it will award fellowships only in the specified research areas. If an applicant’s research does not directly align with one of those areas, they are encouraged to apply in a future cycle when alignment changes.
Current areas listed on the application portal include:
- AR/VR Battery Research
- AR/VR Wireless
- Technology Policy
- Human-Computer Interaction
- AR/VR HCI
- AR/VR Human Understanding
- AI Systems Hardware/Software Co-Design
- AR/VR Computer Graphics
- Networking
- Programming Languages
- Augmented Reality Audio
- Computational Social Science
- Economics & Computation
- Security & Privacy
- AR/VR Future Technologies
- AR/VR Photonics & Optics
What Does the Fellowship Provide?
Selected fellows receive:
- Two years of paid tuition and fees
- $42,000 annual stipend
- Paid visit to Meta headquarters for the annual Fellowship Summit
- Opportunities to engage and collaborate with researchers
Recommendation Letters
Applicants must provide two recommendation letters.
One of the two should be from the applicant’s PhD advisor.
The letters don’t need to arrive by the main September 20 application deadline; they must be submitted by:
October 6, 2026
If both letters aren’t received by October 6, the application will not move forward for review.
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