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About the Fellowship
The Schmidt AI in Science Faculty Fellowship Programme, in collaboration with the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) proudly introduces our fellowship programme for early career faculty. This initiative is funded by Schmidt Sciences and seeks to use artificial intelligence (AI) to advance scientific progress.
This new programme will fund 18 faculty research fellows over the next five years, starting in 2025. Fellows will be matched with Oxford faculty mentors, within the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division. Fellows will be associated with one of our four college partners: Somerville College, Reuben College, Linacre College, and Mansfield College.
In 2025, the programme will recruit 6 Faculty Research Fellows, 3 from India and 3 from Africa. For more information on how to apply, please visit the How to apply page.
Our Fellowship is for scientists in the mathematical, physical or life sciences with a focus on three critical domains:
- Climate change, environment, and biodiversity
- Food and water security
- STEM applications in biomedical research
We welcome applications from Assistant and Associate Professors (or equivalent level positions) in Africa and India who envision transformative applications of AI within these fields, regardless of their current expertise in artificial intelligence.
This programme will not support core AI research in computer science, statistics or mathematical sciences; rather, it will provide funding for fellows developing and applying AI techniques to research in engineering, and the natural and mathematical sciences within these three focus areas.
The primary criterion will be that the underpinning applied science is internationally leading, with the application of AI/ML techniques appropriate and likely to lead to a step-change in the application domain.
Applicants will need to submit a research proposal for a programme of work within the three domains with a focus on the application of AI to accelerate scientific progress in that field.
Please note that the Fellowship programme does not fund those applying AI within the medical sciences.