Fellowship Opportunities
The Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI) at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ welcomes applications from researchers seeking to be hosted at the CMI while holding external fellowships. We encourage applications from researchers whose work aligns with our strategic priorities in AI and who are interested in collaborating with our expert team.
How to Apply
If you are applying for an external fellowship and would like to be hosted at the CMI, to discuss your application and how it aligns with the CMI’s research. We can help identify potential supervisors and explore how your work fits within our research environment.
Why Choose CMI?
At the CMI, we offer a thriving, interdisciplinary research environment, fostering collaboration across AI disciplines. Fellows hosted with us gain access to our expertise, resources, and a vibrant AI research community, supporting innovation and impactful research.
We look forward to supporting your application and welcoming you to the CMI.
Current opportunities:
- - Offers Research Fellowships each year to outstanding early-career researchers to support them to become future research leaders in engineering.
- Deadline for internal process: 12 noon on 8 May 2025
- Deadline: 13 June 2025
- – Supports outstanding early-career scientists with the potential to become research leaders through long-term, flexible funding for innovative research.
- Deadline: 10 September 2025
- – Offers flexible, long-term support for exceptional early-career researchers who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances.
- Deadline: 28 October 2025
Marie Sklodowska-Curie European and Global Postdoctoral Fellowships - Supports postdoctoral researchers in pursuing international mobility and high-quality research across Europe and globally.
- The next call for MSCA will open on 8 May 2025
External AI Fellowship opportunities:
- – Develops the next generation of research and innovation leaders through substantial support for ambitious projects in academia or business.
- Deadline: Internal selection expected December 2025; UKRI call opens February 2026
- – Supports early-career researchers ready to work independently on pioneering projects at the frontiers of science.
- Deadline: Anticipated October 2025
- – Supports mid-career researchers to establish or strengthen independent research teams through ambitious, frontier-pushing scientific projects in Europe.
- – Supports mid-career research leaders with long-term funding to build outstanding research teams and tackle challenging STEM questions.
- – Supports researchers and innovators at any career stage to scale transformative climate solutions that strengthen global resilience and sustainability.
- Externally funded Research Fellowships in Engineering
- Externally funded Research Fellowships in Science
- Externally funded Research Fellowships in Arts and Humanities
- Externally funded Research Fellowships in Social Sciences
- – Annual funding for AI researchers through The Alan Turing Institute.
- - Provides funding for early-career international researchers to undertake research in the UK and build global collaborations.
- Supports researchers applying AI to advance scientific breakthroughs in various disciplines.