WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
The Program: Amazon launched its AI PhD Fellowship program with $68 million in funding over two years, supporting more than 100 doctoral students at nine elite universities researching machine learning, computer vision, and natural language processing.
What Fellows Get: Full tuition coverage, generous stipends, student fees, travel grants, $24 million annually in AWS cloud computing credits, and direct mentorship from senior Amazon scientists. Each university receives $1.1 million per year.
Johns Hopkins' Share: Seven Johns Hopkins students were selected for the Amazon AI PhD Fellowship, plus three more through the JHU-Amazon Initiative for Interactive AI (AI2AI), studying everything from AI with social intelligence to materials discovery for clean energy.
How to Apply: Students must be enrolled in PhD programs at participating universities (Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UT Austin, University of Illinois, University of Washington, or Johns Hopkins) and submit research proposals with significant societal impact.
