Google University Relations

Overview

Google thrives on academic curiosity. While we do significant in-house research and engineering, we also maintain strong relations with leading academic institutions world-wide pursuing research in areas of common interest. As part of our mission to build the most advanced and usable methods for information access we support university research, technological innovation and the teaching and learning experience through a variety of programs.

Faculty Support

Research Awards

We offer a limited number of awards through the Faculty Research Awards program. Tentative deadlines for proposal submissions are April 15th, August 15th, and December 15th.

Google and WPP Marketing Research Awards Program

Google and the WPP Group have teamed up to fund research into how online media influences consumer behavior.

Research Tools

Faculty can leverage Google's infrastructure to conduct interesting research by applying for research access to two services: Google Search and Google Translate. We also provide access to code and Google App Engine for developing applications on Google infrastructure.

NSF CluE for Data-Intensive Computing

Through the Cluster Exploratory (CluE) program, NSF-funded researchers can use software and services running on a Google-IBM cluster to explore innovative research ideas in data-intensive computing: NSF CluE.

Visiting Faculty

Through the Google Visiting Faculty Program, faculty are invited for 6-12 month periods to join Google research teams on projects of mutual interest.

Educational Materials

Google hosts Creative Commons-licensed educational resources for computer science educators and motivated students. Check out the Google Code University.

Faculty Summits

Each year, faculty members across a broad range of the computing disciplines visit Google to explore the latest research and technology results and discuss the challenges the community faces. Materials from previous faculty summits are available:

Student Support

For current students, we offer numerous types of internships and a variety of scholarships:

Internships

Google now offers internship opportunities throughout the year. At present, we have opportunities for graduates studying all subjects such as computer science and mathematics.

Scholarships

As part of our ongoing commitment to advancing computing and technology, we provide scholarships to encourage students to excel in their studies and become role models and leaders.

Google Summer of Code

This is our program to introduce students to open source development and real-world programming challenges. We've already seen more than 1500 students successfully complete the program, and we have provided more than $10 million in open source funding through a combination of student stipends and donations to the participating open source organizations. Visit the Google Summer of Code website.

Applications and Services

Collaboration and Communication

Google Apps Education Edition is a free suite of hosted communication & collaboration applications designed for schools and universities. Find out more at the the Google Apps Education Edition website.

Web Publishing

Knol is a free web publishing tool which allows you to share your research with colleagues, students and the world via the web. Like academic papers, Knol highlights authorship. For more information on Knol, please visit the knol website.

CS Community

Computer Science for High School (CS4HS)

Google supports an exciting effort to reach out to high school (and K-8) teachers to provide resources to help them teach computer science principles to their students in a fun and relevant way. Find out more at the CH4HS website.

If you have additional questions or comments, please drop a note to university-relations@google.com.

 


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