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WBG YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM (YPP)

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Application Deadline: September 30, 2025 at 11:59 UTC (late applications will not be considered). 

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

planet. The Young Professionals Program (YPP) and career opportunities at the World Bank Group work in every major area of development to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. The application requires you to select a work program that best matches your expertise and experience.

To support your selection, you will be required to demonstrate your technical expertise and experience (technical depth), ability to work across the World Bank Group and a variety of sectors (technical breadth), and strong leadership potential. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Minimum master’s degree with 2–6 years of professional working experience.

Nationality of a World Bank Group member country as demonstrated by your officially issued passport or equivalent document. 

Completion of a master’s-level degree in a relevant field, or a higher qualification in a relevant field, before September 1, 2026. If you are pursuing a doctorate, full-time doctoral research studies in a relevant field at an accredited institution may count towards the required work experience, and the degree must be substantially complete with all the written work submitted before September 1, 2026. 

Excellent command of the spoken and written English language (fluency in other languages might be advantageous to your application). 

You are not a World Bank Group staff member (this includes staff holding term, open, ST, and ET appointments), nor are you precluded from applying to or joining the program by the employment eligibility policy from the time of application to the Young Professionals Program.

You may apply this year if you are a JPA or a former Bank intern (interns should have their appointment end date on or before September 30, 2025).

The Young Professionals Program does not offer deferred entry, and you must be prepared to start full-time employment with the World Bank Group on September 1, 2026. 

If you are invited to join the Young Professionals Program, your offer will include a 2-year term contract as a mid-career staff member (GF level) that may be followed by a 5-year renewable contract based on performance. 

You also might be eligible for a G-type visa for you and your dependents. 

You may be located in Washington, DC or any of the World Bank Group country offices worldwide, and must be prepared to relocate accordingly.

BENEFIT:

The World Bank Group Young Professionals Program (WBG YPP) offers a competitive salary and benefits package as part of a 5-year term contract.

Benefits include health, life and accident insurance, a pension plan and possible relocation and mobility benefits depending on WBG guidelines.

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FULLY FUNDED NVIDIA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

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Application Deadline: 3pm Pacific Time, September 15, 2025.

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NVIDIA particularly invites submissions from students pushing the envelope in artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and related fields. Recipients not only receive crucial funding for their research, but are able to conduct groundbreaking work with access to NVIDIA products, technology and some of the most talented minds in the field. In addition, the Fellowship includes a mandatory in-person summer internship preceding the Fellowship year.

ELIGIBILITY:

Students must have already completed their first year of PhD-level studies (at the time of application)

Students must have majors in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or a related area

Students must be engaged in active research as part of their PhD thesis

Students must be enrolled as a full-time active PhD student during the 2026-2027 academic year (9 months) of the award—this means they should not be expecting to graduate sooner than May/June 2027.

Students must be available to complete an in-person summer internship prior to the start of their Fellowship year at one of NVIDIA’s research offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Israel, and Taiwan.

International students are eligible to apply. Keep in mind, the Graduate Fellowship Award amount may vary by country, region, or location, and while NVIDIA has many international offices, we can only support fellowship internships in the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Israel, and Taiwan.

Students may not be immediate family of a current NVIDIA employee

Note: The award must be administered through the student’s university; payment will be made to the university, not directly to the student

Research summary/thesis proposal—up to 2 pages, plus bibliography (bibliography does not count toward 2-page maximum for proposal)

Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV), including contact information

Professor nomination letters (2 letters minimum (must include one from thesis advisor), up to 3 letters maximum — OK to have nomination letters from non-professors, as long as you have one from your thesis advisor/professor).

Confirmation of availability for an in-person summer internship

BENEFIT:

The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program provides funding in the amount of up to $60,000 per award to PhD students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in accelerated computing and its applications. 

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