AI scholarships and fellowships 2027: funded degrees, research roles and summer schools

Artificial intelligence is the subject everyone wants to study and few can afford to. Tuition for a master’s in machine learning can be high, and the best-known labs can feel closed to outsiders. The good news is that a growing number of universities, research institutes and companies now pay talented people to learn and research AI.

This guide brings together AI scholarships and fellowships for 2027 that are open to international applicants, from fully funded degrees to paid research roles, AI safety programmes and short summer schools. Every detail was checked on the programme’s official page on October 30, 2026. Where a page does not state funding or a date, we say so.

Upcoming AI deadlines

Deadline	Programme	Where
November 15, 2026	IMPRS-IS Doctoral Program in Intelligent Systems (2027 round)	Germany
November 22, 2026	GovAI UK Summer Fellowship 2027 (Research Track)	United Kingdom
November 22, 2026	Tarbell Fellowship in AI Journalism	Multiple
December 1, 2026	Mila MSc and PhD Supervision Requests (Fall 2027)	Canada
December 15, 2026	MBZUAI Fully Funded MSc and PhD in AI (Fall 2027)	United Arab Emirates
January 3, 2027	KAUST Fellowship for MS and PhD in Computer Science (Fall 2027)	Saudi Arabia

Other programmes below either take applications on a rolling basis or have not yet published their next date.

Funded master’s and PhD programmes

These programmes pay for a degree in AI, machine learning or a closely related field, or place you in a funded doctoral position.

• IMPRS-IS Doctoral Program in Intelligent Systems (2027 round), Germany. Doctoral programme of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and two partner universities in AI, machine learning and robotics. Selected students are funded through an employment contract, and interview travel is paid. Deadline: November 15, 2026.
• Mila MSc and PhD Supervision Requests (Fall 2027), Canada. Single application to be considered by Mila professors for research MSc and PhD study in Montreal at Universite de Montreal, Polytechnique Montreal, McGill or HEC Montreal. The page does not state funding amounts. Deadline: December 1, 2026.
• MBZUAI Fully Funded MSc and PhD in AI (Fall 2027), United Arab Emirates. Funded students at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence get free tuition, a monthly stipend, a yearly return flight home, health insurance and a sponsored UAE visa. The page lists AED 15,500 (MSc) and AED 17,500 (PhD) for international students. Deadline: December 15, 2026.
• KAUST Fellowship for MS and PhD in Computer Science (Fall 2027), Saudi Arabia. Admitted students get the KAUST Fellowship, which covers full tuition, a living stipend, accommodation, health insurance and relocation support. Computer Science is offered at MS, MS/PhD and PhD level for Fall 2027; the stipend amount is not stated. Deadline: January 3, 2027.
• ELIZA Research-Oriented Master’s Scholarships, Germany. Scholarships from the Konrad Zuse School ELIZA for master’s students aiming at a PhD in machine learning-driven AI. Funding follows DAAD rates, with extra support for families and help with relocation. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Erasmus Mundus Master in AI for Sustainable Societies (AISS), Multiple. Joint master’s in AI for sustainable digital societies, taught in Tallinn, Tampere and Porto. Scholarship holders get 1,400 EUR per month for the two years and pay no tuition. Next date not yet published.
• Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Artificial Intelligence (EMAI), Multiple. A two-year joint master’s that combines machine learning and symbolic AI, with study in Barcelona, Rome, Nijmegen and Ljubljana. Erasmus Mundus scholarship holders get a monthly stipend for travel, visa, installation and living costs; tuition waivers are separate. Next date not yet published.
• Konrad Zuse School relAI PhD Positions (Reliable AI), Germany. Fully funded doctoral positions in reliable AI at TUM and LMU Munich, with travel and completion grants and no tuition fees. Next date not yet published.

Research fellowships and residencies

Paid research roles and fellowships for people who want hands-on AI research experience, often before or during a PhD.

• Ai2 Predoctoral Young Investigator, United States. A 1 to 3 year research role at the Allen Institute for AI in Seattle for people heading toward a PhD. The current posting lists 113,300 USD in pay, a travel budget and help getting a visa. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Cohere Labs Scholars Program (next cohort), Multiple. A full-time, paid, remote-first research programme at Cohere Labs for emerging machine learning researchers around the world. Pay is described as competitive, with no amount given. Next date not yet published.
• Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship North America 2027, Multiple. Each winner gets 50,000 USD (100,000 USD per two-person team), paid to their university department for research costs, plus Qualcomm mentors. Next date not yet published.

AI safety and governance programmes

A growing set of programmes focuses on making AI systems safe and well governed. Several are open to people from outside computer science.

• GovAI UK Summer Fellowship 2027 (Research Track), United Kingdom. A three-month, full-time AI governance research fellowship at the Centre for the Governance of AI in London, from 7 June to 27 August 2027, with a supervisor for each fellow. The salary is 14,000 GBP plus travel support to London. Deadline: November 22, 2026.
• Tarbell Fellowship in AI Journalism, Multiple. A 12-month program with remote training, an in-person summit and a nine-month reporting placement at a partner newsroom covering AI. Fellows are paid 75,000 to 120,000 USD (senior fellows 115,000 to 135,000 USD). Deadline: November 22, 2026.
• CHAI Research Fellowship (UC Berkeley), United States. A postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley’s Center for Human-Compatible AI, funded for two years and renewable up to three. Pay is negotiated on UC Berkeley salary scales; visas are sponsored, and CHAI helps with visa costs. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Anthropic Fellows Program (AI Safety), Multiple. Four months of full-time empirical AI safety research with mentorship from Anthropic researchers, in shared workspaces in London or Berkeley or remotely in the UK, US or Canada. Fellows get a weekly stipend of 3,850 USD, 2,310 GBP or 4,300 CAD, plus about 15,000 USD per month for compute. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
• AI Safety Camp Virtual 2027, Multiple. A 3-month, part-time online AI safety research programme where teams meet weekly on projects run by project leads. No fee is mentioned, and there are no stipends apart from a few projects with matched donations. Next date not yet published.
• SPAR Supervised Program for Alignment Research (Spring 2027), Multiple. A part-time, remote AI safety and policy research programme pairing mentees with mentors. There is no fee or stipend, but approved project costs such as compute and API access are covered. Next date not yet published.

AI summer schools

Short, intensive schools are a good way to learn from leading researchers and meet others in the field.

• Oxford Machine Learning Summer School (OxML) 2027, United Kingdom. Three short AI programmes you can take singly or combined: Foundation Models, Biomedical AI and Frontier AI. Fees are on a separate registration page and are not confirmed here. Next date not yet published.
• EASY-ML 2027 East African School on Advanced Machine Learning, Kenya. A two-week training school for young researchers on machine learning for science, covering neural networks, CNNs, boosted decision trees and hands-on PyTorch. Next date not yet published.

How to choose

1. Decide what you need. A degree (master’s or PhD), a research role, or a short school to test your interest.
2. Check the funding details. “Funded” can mean very different things. Some programmes pay tuition, a stipend and housing; others pay a stipend only, or none at all.
3. Check eligibility carefully. Some company fellowships only accept students at named universities, and some programmes give priority to certain regions.
4. Prepare a strong research statement. Most AI programmes ask what you want to work on and why. Our guide on how to write a scholarship motivation letter applies here too.
5. Know the AI rules for applications. Ironically, many programmes limit how you may use AI to write your application. Read can I use AI on my university application? first.

Frequently asked questions

Are there fully funded AI master’s degrees for international students?

Yes. On their official pages, MBZUAI in the UAE and KAUST in Saudi Arabia describe funding packages for admitted students, and Erasmus Mundus joint master’s programmes in AI offer EU-funded scholarships to some students. Check each programme’s current terms.

Do I need a computer science degree?

Not always. Many AI programmes want a strong background in maths, statistics or a related field, and several AI safety and governance programmes welcome people from policy, law and the social sciences. Read each eligibility section.

What if a deadline has already passed?

Most of these programmes run every year. Note the usual window and prepare for the next round, and check our fellowship deadline calendar for other dates.

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