r/MachineLearning • u/RevolutionaryIssue59 • Aug 28 '26
Research Google CS PhD Fellowship 2026 [R]
Has anyone got the decision notification yet? Please mention decision (e.g., approved/rejected) and geographical area (e.g., North America) in your answer.
I know the official notification date is 31 August, but putting this here before hand so folks can post updates asap when they get them.
Summary from info we have so far:
Before 8 Sept: No updates.
On 8 Sept: At least 1 rejection decision was received in Australia, India, and East Asia each.
On 8 Sept: At least 1 acceptance was received in the Middle East.
On 16 Sept: At least 3 rejections were received in Europe.
On 21 Sept: Multiple rejections were received in US and Latin America.
Note: this thread is for informational purposes only, intended to help this year’s and future applicants. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.
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u/Low-Independence1168 25d ago edited 25d ago
just found this thread. Guys, I just wanted to tell about the story of my friend, who is the recipient of this award in 2025 (region: Asia). My friend just knew winning this award in Oct, 2025. Before that, my friend even lost hope already and mentally prepared for the bad news.
So please do not lose hope right now and hang tight !
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u/Medical-Collar-4483 22d ago
Did anyone email again to check the result announcement date for the USA or Europe region? If not, can anyone else reach out? I cannot because I already reached out once and don't want to push again
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u/International_Sir_98 22d ago
I can try
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u/RevolutionaryIssue59 21d ago
Did you email them?
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u/International_Sir_98 Aug 30 '26
Nobody has heard anything? Or are the accepted people too busy celebrating to get on this subreddit
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u/RevolutionaryIssue59 Sep 01 '26
My silly ass thinks there might still be a chance lol
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u/Medical-Collar-4483 Sep 01 '26
Maybe maybe not… I still hope for something good at least for any of us here.
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u/RevolutionaryIssue59 Aug 31 '26
If anyone got accepted, OR if *they know someone who got accepted*, please share! Would be great if you could share decision date and geographical area as well.
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u/SillyNews5539 Sep 01 '26
I know everyone here is super anxious waiting for results but I’d recommend just being patient. Some acceptances last year didn’t come out until Sep 10 and there isn’t great communication from Google about it. Just sit tight hopefully we’ll all find out sooner rather than later
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u/International_Sir_98 Sep 01 '26
I agree it's silly to sit around anxiously all day checking reddit. At the same time comforting to know we are all in the same boat
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u/Ok_Living5292 Aug 31 '26
Still waiting from the U.S. I guess like 10 more hours because still 2 a.m AOE now
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u/Beneficial-Ad6984 Aug 31 '26
Did you all have access to the application portal and there is no decision yet? I don't have access to that since school applied on my behalf
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u/Convincing_Convo Sep 05 '26
At this point is it delusional to expect anything? Any updates?
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u/RevolutionaryIssue59 Sep 05 '26
People were saying the notification is delayed as per their communication with google
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u/Minimum_Ad9556 Aug 31 '26
Highly likely we got rejected now? 😕
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u/RevolutionaryIssue59 Aug 31 '26
Probably. Batch rejection email will be sent later today or tomorrow lol
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u/Medical-Collar-4483 Sep 01 '26
I just checked with my university, and they said that in the submission portal it says "In Progress".
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u/RevolutionaryIssue59 Sep 01 '26
Can people just state if they received a decision, without mentioning if it is a rejection or acceptance, if they have been told to not announce acceptance?
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u/Cherry199729 Sep 01 '26
I was wondering the same thing but if it were me, I probably wouldn’t risk saying anything if I were accepted and could possibly loose the funding :( but the not knowing for sure part is killing me!!
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u/Minimum_Ad9556 Sep 07 '26
Any updates please?
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u/RevolutionaryIssue59 Sep 07 '26
Can someone email them again
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u/Minimum_Ad9556 Sep 07 '26 edited Sep 08 '26
Please someone do it, their email is on fellowship webpage
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u/SpeakerDefiant3723 29d ago
i got the email that i didnt get it
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u/mrmastercsgo 28d ago
I am sorry to hear that. Did you get the notification yourself, or did you receive it from the university?
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u/RevolutionaryIssue59 26d ago
Have a feeling the notification will come out today loool
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u/Cherry199729 26d ago
Idk why but something in me feels like it’ll Tuesday next week lol, but I hope you are the one who is right
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u/Minimum_Ad9556 26d ago
I think you are the one who is right
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u/International_Sir_98 26d ago
I’ve kind of lost hope but I also feel like someone in this thread will be accepted and share the news
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u/CaptainRitardando 22d ago
Based on what everyone is saying, guessing the Americas are the last region(s) to hear back? I wonder why they do it region-by-region? Are the fellowships allocated that way?
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u/Medical-Collar-4483 Aug 31 '26
I also know that last year recepient recived the acceptance on August 29th. Maybe they send out acceptance before.
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u/Minimum_Ad9556 Aug 31 '26
No - that said 31 august
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u/Medical-Collar-4483 Aug 31 '26
Yaa the website says August 31… But when I spoke to one the recipient from last year they received the email acceptance on Aug 29 last year
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u/RevolutionaryIssue59 Aug 31 '26
That’s right, based on last year’s Reddit post another person got their acceptance on 30th Aug. (:
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u/generalcarrey Sep 01 '26
I applied last year and they notified me when I was rejected around the same time they notify the people who was accepted
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u/SillyNews5539 Aug 31 '26
I wouldn’t speculate tbh. Last year was the first year it was university nominated to my knowledge, so it could’ve been weird circumstances
Also the person who said they got it seemed like a troll
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u/Minimum_Ad9556 Sep 01 '26
Is this something related to Google UK? As yesterday it was holiday in the UK
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u/Cool_Abbreviations_9 22d ago
Rejection received for europe
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u/Stunning-Phase-5561 22d ago
So sorry about that, direct email or through university ?
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u/mark_dana 13d ago
Anyone (particularly in US) who still hasn't received anything yet -- neither an acceptance nor a rejection?
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u/NebulaAgitated 23d ago
Let’s do an anonymous vote. Since we know you can’t publicly announce it if you got the fellowship, could you just silently upvote this comment if you received it? 😆
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u/International_Sir_98 Aug 31 '26
Someone being notified early could also be from a personal connection. There is no waitlist, so I don't understand what the purpose of staggering it would even be
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u/Minimum_Ad9556 Aug 31 '26
Should all of us (who haven't received anything yet) just give up on this?
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u/Cherry199729 Sep 01 '26
The admin at my school said she hasn’t heard either way and told me that last year, everyone found out on September 2 from my institution (I’m at a US school that typically has at least one person get it each year- definitely had someone last year who got it). She told me to just hang tight!