Fellowship Opportunities

The Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI) hosts an active cohort of three current AI Fellows, and welcomes enquiries about those interested in winning a Fellowship to be hosted within the CMI. Relevant funding opportunities can be found below.

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, get in touch with us to discuss your application and how it aligns with our research. We can help identify potential supervisors and explore how your work fits within our research environment.

Why Choose 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.

Current opportunities:

• Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship (internal process) - 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
• The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) Fellowship - Invites applications for DSIT secondments in science, innovation and technology.
  • Deadline: 03 June 2025
• AXA Research Fund Fellowship - Rethinking Social Contracts for the 21st Century – Demographic Change, Social Protection and Solidarity
  • Deadline: 13 June 2025
• Royal Society University Research Fellowship – Supports outstanding early-career scientists with the potential to become research leaders through long-term, flexible funding for innovative research.
  • Deadline: 10 September 2025
• Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship – 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 Postdoctoral Fellowships will open on 8 May 2025

External AI Fellowship opportunities:

• UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (Round 11) – 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
• ERC Starting Grant – Supports early-career researchers ready to work independently on pioneering projects at the frontiers of science.
  • Deadline: Anticipated October 2025
• ERC Consolidator Grant – Supports mid-career researchers to establish or strengthen independent research teams through ambitious, frontier-pushing scientific projects in Europe.
• Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship – Supports mid-career research leaders with long-term funding to build outstanding research teams and tackle challenging STEM questions.
• Royal Academy of Engineering Green Future Fellowships – 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
• Turing Doctoral student opportunities – Annual funding for AI researchers through The Alan Turing Institute.
• Newton International Fellowship (NIF) programme - Provides funding for early-career international researchers to undertake research in the UK and build global collaborations.

• Encode: AI for Science Fellowships - Supports researchers applying AI to advance scientific breakthroughs in various disciplines.