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The Microsoft Research EMEA 2020 doctoral scholarship submission period ends April 1, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. UTC (April 1, 2020 at 4:59 p.m. PST).

Microsoft is actively seeking to foster greater diversity in our workforce and in our pipeline of future researchers. We are always looking for the best and brightest talents and celebrate individuality. We invite applicants to come as is and do what they like.

Prize provisions

• Winners will receive $ 15,000 for the 2020-2021 academic year to help them carry out their research as part of their doctoral thesis work.
• Microsoft will organize and pay the travel and accommodation expenses of the winners to attend the PhD Summit. The two-day workshop takes place at one of the Microsoft Research laboratories in the fall. It will offer laureates the opportunity to present their research, meet Microsoft researchers in their research field and benefit from professional support.
• Winners will be offered an internship at the Cambridge Laboratory of Microsoft Research.

Eligibility criteria

• Microsoft’s mission is to empower everyone and every organization on the planet to do more. Students must support this mission and seize the opportunities to foster diverse and inclusive cultures within their communities.
• Doctoral students must be enrolled in a university in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and their research must be closely linked to our research themes at Microsoft Research Cambridge:
  • All AI data
  • Cloud infrastructure
  • Confidential IT
  • The future of work
  • Game Intelligence
  • Health Intelligence
  • Biological calculation

• The medjouel.com team informs you that doctoral students must be in their third year or beyond in a doctoral program to qualify for this award. Funding is intended to be used only during their stay in the doctoral program; it cannot be used for support in a role after graduation, such as a postdoc or a teaching position. Those interested in receiving this award will need to confirm their doctoral program beginning the month and year, as well as their month and year of graduation.
• Doctoral students must continue to be registered at the university in the fall of 2020.
• Payment of the scholarship, as described above, will be made directly to the recipient’s university and will be distributed according to university policies.
• Doctoral students who submit a proposal must be able to communicate on their research (both in writing and verbally) in English.
• Microsoft Research EMEA doctoral recipients subject to disciplinary procedures for inappropriate behavior, including, but not limited to, discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment) or plagiarism will lose their funding.

How to register

Doctoral students must submit the following information individually. You will need to collect all of the information listed under each form before submitting it as you will not be able to save the details and return to the online forms. You must use the same email address in both forms.

1. Reference letter form  (student requests reference letters  before April 1, 2020  ):

Contact information for two references (a third optional) who are experienced researchers who know your research (at least one of which must come from your main academic advisor / supervisor). We strongly encourage you to contact your references and submit the reference letter form well in advance of your proposal deadline. Microsoft will automatically provide instructions and request a reference letter from each of your reference contacts separately when you submit your application. The sooner you submit the referral letter form, the more notice they will receive of downloading a letter before the deadline. These automatically generated emails will be sent from Microsoft Research Grants (  msrgrant@microsoft.com ), which may end up in their spam folder. References will be invited to download a letter in our online form. Please note that all contacts must submit your reference letters before Wednesday April 1, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. UTC (April 1, 2020 at 4:59 p.m. PST)  for your proposal to be considered. Due to the number of submissions, we will not respond to questions asking if your references were submitted on time. You will receive an automatically generated confirmation email each time one of your references submits a letter. You can also log in to your proposal to see if a letter has been received or not. It is your responsibility to follow up on your references.

2. Proposal form  (the student submits  before April 1, 2020  ):

• Curriculum vitae
• Thesis proposal or research statement (short and concise is recommended – no more than two pages, including references with a font of at least 10 points)
• Summary of the thesis proposal or research statement above (no more than 150 words)
• Description of the use of the prize, including a budget (maximum one page)
• Month and year of entry into the doctoral program and expected date of graduation
• Main area of ​​research
• Proposals must be submitted in English via the online application tool in one of the following formats: Word document, text file or PDF. Proposals by email or on paper will not be considered.
• Proposals submitted to Microsoft will not be returned. Microsoft cannot assume responsibility for the confidentiality of information contained in submitted grant proposals. Therefore, proposals must not contain confidential, restricted or sensitive information.
• Incomplete proposals will not be considered.
• Due to the volume of submissions, Microsoft Research cannot provide individual comments on proposals that do not receive the award.

More info here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/emea-phd-award/