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The Microsoft Research Fellowship 2026 for for faculty, PhD students, and postdocs ($17,000 USD stipend)

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• The Microsoft Research Fellowship is designed to create meaningful opportunities for collaboration between academic researchers and Microsoft Research. These opportunities will vary by research challenge and may include working sessions, regular check-ins, asynchronous collaboration, workshops, and other formats tailored to the nature of the research. • Funding amounts vary by the region a fellows’ organization/institution of employment is located in. • Africa – $17,000 (USD) • Australia & New Zealand – $17,000 (USD) • Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico – $17,000 (USD) • Canada – $47,000 (USD) • Europe – $27,000 (USD) • India – $17,000 (USD) • Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan – $17,000 (USD) • United States – $47,000 (USD) • These stipend amounts include travel funding to support in-person collaboration. Fellows may use this funding to visit Microsoft

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