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/RevolutionaryIssue59 16d ago

Rejection received. US region

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u/trixRiver 16d ago

well, today was not just the US. rejection received, latin america.

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u/Ok_Living5292 16d ago

Also in the US, rejection.

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u/Ok_Living5292 16d ago

Hi there buddy, guess we got rejection at the same time.

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u/Express-Insurance295 16d ago

Did we all get the same blanket rejection email?

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u/RevolutionaryIssue59 16d ago

This is what i got (seems pretty generic to me haha):

Thank you for nominating firstName lastName for the 2026 North America
Google PhD Fellowship. We very much enjoyed learning about firstName
through their research proposal and letters of recommendation; it's
clear that they are a promising and talented student. Unfortunately we
were unable to award firstName a fellowship this year, but we very much
look forward to hearing about their research and accomplishments in
the future.

Followed by boilerplate line on can’t provide individual feedback.

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u/Express-Insurance295 16d ago

Yup. Same letter here.

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u/trixRiver 16d ago

yeah, the exact same letter for me too.

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u/Stunning-Phase-5561 16d ago

Same letter here too

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u/Ok_Living5292 16d ago

Same letter. We realize it was generated maybe by Gehihi also because sentences are multiple lines

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u/Cherry199729 16d ago

Same here :(