IBM PhD Fellowship Program 
url  http://www.research.ibm.com/university/awards/phdfellowship.shtml 

The IBM PhD Fellowship Program recognizes and supports exceptional PhD students who want to make their mark in promising and disruptive technologies. Focus areas include the following topics of particular interest:

• AI / Cognitive Computing 
• Blockchain 
• Cloud Computing 
• Data Science / Big Data / Analytics 
• Internet of things 
• Quantum Computing 
• Security

Eligibility:  No more than three nominations per department may be submitted. Students must be nominated by a doctoral faculty member and must be a full-time student in a PhD program over the two consecutive academic years of the award or forfeit their fellowship. Students should have three years remaining in their graduate program at the time of nomination. For example, nominees that are enrolled in a four year graduate program should have completed two years of their graduate program as of summer 2019 in order to benefit the most. Students from US embargoed countries are not eligible for the program. Award recipients will be selected based on their overall potential for research excellence, the degree to which their technical interests align with those of IBM, and their academic progress to - date, as evidenced by publications and endorsements from their faculty advisor and department head. Students receiving a comparable fellowship or internship from another company or institution (does not include academic scholarships) during the same IBM funded academic period may not be eligible for an IBM PhD Fellowship.