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Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

Status

Usually opens in October and November and December

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
$100,000

US$100,000 per winning PhD student team in the Europe and North America tracks. A research fellowship rather than company funding.

Funder

Qualcomm Technologies

private · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — Run as separate regional programmes (North America, Europe, India, South Korea, East Asia). For 2026, East Asia applications were due August 31, 2026 and the India portal opened March 13, 2026. No 2027 round is published yet.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

PhD students at eligible universities, not incorporated companies

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.qualcomm.com/research/university-relations/innovation-fellowship

"The Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QIF) program is open to students from a preselected variety of top US and international universities."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.qualcomm.com

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