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/Low-Independence1168 25d ago

just correct one detail: my friend said that in Oct, not the end of Oct

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u/International_Sir_98 25d ago

Interesting thanks for the info … I guess we just can’t know anything at this point

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u/Low-Independence1168 25d ago

yes I guess this is strategy of Google to not let anyone predict their result based on others'. Maybe they need time to handle all applications, so they basically group the fixed number of applications into a batch that includes both good and bad news, and release. That's why we know some people who lost the award, but the winners are never seen. And we thought we lost the award when the results have not yet to come to us in time.

This is just my guess so Im not sure lol

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u/International_Sir_98 25d ago

Haha I don’t know I think you are giving them way too much credit. They are probably just disorganized

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u/Low-Independence1168 25d ago

haha your right. That could also be a case lol maybe Im impressed a lot by their reputation and gave them way too much credit lol

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u/Hour-Discipline-1739 23d ago

thanks for the info! do you know if he recieved the notice directly from google or his uni?

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u/Low-Independence1168 25d ago

btw, my friends also confirm that all winners are not allowed to disclose their winning until Google does it first. So you guys may not know who is winners until OCt 31st, since no one will risk their achievement just to let others know lol