<p>I think that a PhD student that received some awards and fellowships has better chance to get a good postdoc position. I was wondering what awards/grants/fellowships should one consider to apply for?</p>

<p>Here are three that I know of:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/phd-fellowship-program/">Microsoft Research</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.research.ibm.com/university/awards/phdfellowship.shtml">IBM</a></li>
<li>Simons Foundation. Although this one seems obsolete.</li>
</ul>

<p>I'm mostly interested in grants and awards in the US, but I think it's good to have an international list here too.</p>

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2016-07-06T21:59:34.510Z
In the US, NSF GRFP & NDSEG are the big federal fellowship programs for science PhD students.
ff524
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2016-07-07T11:40:34.003Z
NSERC in Canada. Only for Canadians, though.
Yuval Filmus
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2016-07-10T21:28:14.047Z
Maybe worth making the distinction, in the answers, between "grants and awards in the US *for which only US citizens qualify*" and "grants and awards in the US."
Clement C.
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Awards, grants and fellowships for PhD students in TCS
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# Awards, grants and fellowships for PhD students in TCS

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-06)

I think that a PhD student that received some awards and fellowships has better chance to get a good postdoc position. I was wondering what awards/grants/fellowships should one consider to apply for?

Here are three that I know of:

* [Microsoft Research](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/phd-fellowship-program/)
* [IBM](http://www.research.ibm.com/university/awards/phdfellowship.shtml)
* Simons Foundation. Although this one seems obsolete.

I'm mostly interested in grants and awards in the US, but I think it's good to have an international list here too.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: In the US, NSF GRFP & NDSEG are the big federal fellowship programs for science PhD students.  
> **username_2**: NSERC in Canada. Only for Canadians, though.  
> **username_3**: Maybe worth making the distinction, in the answers, between "grants and awards in the US *for which only US citizens qualify*" and "grants and awards in the US."  

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