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Innovation Fellowship

We believe that Research and Development is the key to creating new technologies. For this reason, we are excited to sponsor the annual Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QInF).
QInF is focused on recognizing, rewarding, and mentoring innovative PhD students across a broad range of technical research areas, based on Qualcomm core values of innovation, execution and teamwork.

The Innovation Fellowship is open to students from a variety of top US based and (since 2012) international schools. We encourage students to apply with an innovation proposal. Qualcomm’s CRD engineers participate in carefully reviewing all submitted proposals and selecting the QInF Finalists, who are then invited to present their proposals to a panel of executive judges. Winning students will be mentored by Qualcomm researchers, to facilitate close collaboration and interaction with Qualcomm CRD.

The rules for application and the selection of winning students vary slightly per country. The program in the various international locations are all distinct from each other and from the US Fellowship. For further details, prospective applicants are invited to refer to the site-specific QInF links below.

We have immensely enjoyed running QInF, meeting all of the finalists, and collaborating with the winners. We look forward to its continued expansion.

Contact

Email: innovation.fellowship@qti.qualcomm.com

QInF 2013 United States

In 2013, QInF expanded by three schools (Cornell, Michigan, Washington). This year, we will award Fellowships across eight to ten winning US based teams.
Finalists Announcement: December 14, 2012

QInF 2012 United States

In 2012, QInF expanded both, nationally (Columbia University) and for the first time internationally (see below). This year, we will award Fellowships across eight winning US based teams.

QInF 2011

In 2011, the expansion of QInF continues to the East Coast, as the competition further includes CMU, MIT, Princeton, Rutgers, University of Maryland, and UIUC. This year, we will award Fellowships across eight winning teams.

QInF 2010

In 2010, QInF was expanded to southern California to include UCLA, UCSD and USC, with twelve Fellowships awarded across six winning teams.

QInF 2009

The inaugural QInF competition was held with UC Berkeley and Stanford, with four Fellowships awarded across two winning teams.