The Microsoft Research India Student Travel Grant Program supports Indian university students conducting high-quality research in computer science. The grants help defray travel expenses (including fees, accommodation, and meals) for students attending top-tier computer science research conferences outside India.

Benefits of the Microsoft Research India Student Travel Grant Program:

• Gain valuable exposure to the research community

• Receive peer review and feedback on their work

• Enhance their research skills and career prospects

Eligibility:

• Post-Graduate Students

• Ph.D. Scholars (Researchers)

• Undergraduate Students

• The program aims to inspire India's technical students to pursue research careers. Students gain exposure to cutting-edge research by attending top international conferences, networking with leading researchers, and presenting their work. This fosters a more vibrant research ecosystem in India and strengthens the talent pipeline for future advancements.

• Microsoft Research (MSR) India is involved in various efforts to make the research ecosystem in computer science in India more vibrant and to inspire our vast technical student population to consider research careers. We believe that a robust research ecosystem can significantly contribute to the country’s development and facilitate a healthy talent pipeline.

• MSR India’s Student Travel Grant Program has supported research students at Indian universities, producing high-quality research. The travel grant supports students to defray costs of travel, fees, accommodation, meals, and incidental expenses when attending top-tier computer science research conferences outside India. We believe that the exposure that the students get by attending and presenting papers at these conferences enhances the quality of their research effort, facilitates peer review/feedback, and enhances their research careers.

Over the past decade, through the Student Grant Program, we have supported over 500 students to travel and present their work in top-tier conferences worldwide.

Application notes

• Applications are evaluated on criteria like the quality of the conference, whether it’s a poster or full presentation/talk, collaboration with a Microsoft researcher, etc.

• We get a large number of applications, so we advise students to submit their applications at least 45 days in advance of the conference dates.