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The Alan Turing Institute
The Turing Internship Network offers doctoral students currently enrolled in a PhD at a university in the UK or Ireland (or a recent graduate within 6 months) the opportunity to undertake exciting 3 to 12-month placements at the Turing or one of the Turing’s partners.
C2D3 are awarding Seed Funding to University of Cambridge Early Career Researchers, up to £3,000 per project. The aim of the funds is to provide a step towards an independent research career. Applications should focus on interdisciplinary data science or AI.
Projects
Preference will be given towards activities that address one or more of the following:
ai@cam are pleased to share the launch of their Local Government AI Accelerator, a new funding scheme designed to support collaborative AI innovation between the University of Cambridge and local authorities.
The programme offers grants of up to £25,000 for proof-of-concept projects that develop AI solutions in partnership with local authorities. The fund represents a new approach to AI innovation in public services, connecting academic expertise with real-world operational needs.
Sainsbury Laboratory
Applications are invited for a Research Associate (RA) position in the group of Professor Henrik Jonsson at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, to carry out fundamental research in the field of computational morphodynamics in plants. The work will be within the BBSRC-funded project "Tipping the balance: utilising hormonal crosstalk to control stem cell plasticity", with the aim of building a virtual shoot meristem using multi-level data and computational modelling to investigate stem cell plasticity.
Department of Psychology
An EPSRC-funded collaborative project aims to detect and predict acts of violence by individuals or small groups in crowds. The appointed person will work at the Department of Psychology in central Cambridge. They will have a PhD in a relevant topic (perception, social cognition, applied psychology, or similar) and need to pass security screening carried out by Home Office to be appointed.
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Delivered in collaboration with the Alan Turing Institute’s Defence and National Security partners, this programme offers up to eight paid undergraduate internships running from 6 July to 28 August 2026.
Participants will improve and develop practical data science and AI skills focused on Defence and National Security methodologies, explore career pathways in the sector, build confidence for future applications, and gain greater independence by working beyond their usual academic environment.
The NIHR has announced new prizes to mark their 20th anniversary – the NIHR20 Research Leaders Prizes, celebrating outstanding individuals whose work is helping to shape the future of healthcare, public health and social care research.
There are two prizes included in the scheme – the Rising Research Leaders Prize, and the Research Delivery Leaders Prize. More information is provided for each prize below:
For early career researchers, with a research record but who have not yet held a full-time permanent academic post, to undertake a significant piece of publishable work..
Fellowships can be held at UK universities with research degree awarding powers. The Fellowships are intended to assist those at a relatively early stage of their academic careers, and it is hoped that the appointment would lead to a more permanent position for the individual, either within the same or another university.
Department of Engineering
C.I.M.R. Clinical Biochemistry
Recent developments in prediction of protein structure and ligand binding have created exciting opportunities for discovery of tool compounds to explore hitherto inaccessible aspects of life science. To exploit these developments, we seek a highly independent scientist with capabilities that span the full pipeline of tools required to discover such compounds, including experimental structural determination using multiple approaches and the application and ab initio development of complex computational tools.
For summer 2026, ICCS aim to recruit 5 interns to join the ICCS team. Three will work on research projects under the supervision of ICCS postdoctoral researchers. The remaining 2 will work on projects in collaboration between ICCS and the Centre for Landscape Regeneration. See the Projects page for more information.
Key information
Funding opportunity from The AI Hub in Generative Models
Collaborations led by UK academic researchers can bid for up to £100,000 for dataset creation projects through this call, which aims to encourage development of new datasets supporting scientific advancement and technological innovation.
The availability of rich, diverse, and well-curated datasets is vital for advancing scientific and technological innovation. Dataset challenges serve as a mechanism for benchmarking algorithms, identifying novel solutions, and fostering collaborative research.
Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a research project on the moral psychology of digital minds, led by Dr Lucius Caviola, The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), with the Institute for Technology and Humanity (ITH) at the University of Cambridge. This full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate position is fixed term for 2 years, starting in May 2026.
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
A post-doctoral research associate position is available at the University of Cambridge in the Computational Modelling Group under the supervision of Prof. Markus Kraft. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary team developing intelligent data-driven methods for the digital discovery of reticular materials.
The INTEGRATE project are calling all UK based post-docs interested in data science in biomedical research! Do you want to expand your network across disciplines and connect with your peers across the UK? If so, applications are now open to join their ‘Bytes & Bench’ Mentoring Scheme Pilot.
Applications are invited for a non-clinical PhD studentship (starting October 2026 or before) based within the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge.
Academic supervisor: Professor Angela Wood, Professor of Biostatistics and Health Data Science
Academic supervisor department: Public Health and Primary Care
Project title - Cancer Data Driven Detection: Handling missing data in cancer risk prediction models
Restricted call: ESRC New Investigator Grants (internal selection deadline midday, Friday 13th March 2026)
EPSRC IAA & Siemens Impact Starter Fund
Brief call description below, for full information check here:
The Spärck AI scholarships will provide full funding for master’s degrees at nine leading UK universities offering AI and AI related courses. Set to rival the likes of globally recognised Rhodes, Marshall and Fulbright scholarship, students from the UK and abroad will join an elite cohort supported by partnerships with leading UK AI companies.
The University of Cambridge MPhils participating in the program with their host Departments are:
Department of Engineering
This is a four-year (1+3 MRes/PhD) studentship funded through the Cambridge EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero (FIBE3 CDT). Further details can be found at https://www.net-zero-fibe-cdt.eng.cam.ac.uk/
Department of Engineering
This is a four-year (1+3 MRes/PhD) studentship funded through the Cambridge EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero (FIBE3 CDT). Further details can be found at https://www.net-zero-fibe-cdt.eng.cam.ac.uk/.
Open to UK and overseas students starting an MPhil in Advanced Computer Science at Cambridge University. This scholarship will cover full fees for a home student, or £25,000 of fees for an overseas student, and will be awarded at the discretion of the Admissions Tutor and the Senior Tutor.
The award holder must matriculate at Queens’ College. Details of the scholarship recipient will be shared with the donor.
This scholarship is possible thanks to the generosity of Jan Metzger (1995, MPhil).
University of Cambridge Africa Climate Collaborative programme have the following funding opportunity:
Attached is a call for proposals encouraging departments and institutions across the university to apply for funding to support the development of new online courses (or the adaptation of current courses) that will be delivered to young people and professionals on the African continent.
Department of Psychology
CAM-DTP ESRC Studentship, 2026 PHD ENTRY
Supervisor-Led Topic Proposal: AI-Enhanced Assessment in Higher Education
DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: Department of Psychology, Institute for Technology and Humanity, Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) Innovation Lab; University of Cambridge
The Cambridge ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership [CAM-DTP] is pleased to offer an interdisciplinary studentship available for admission in October 2026.
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Dr Hana Aliee wishes to recruit a student to work on the project entitled: Generative Modelling for Foundational Discovery in Biomedicine.
For further information about the research group, please visit our website at https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/aliee-group/
Past Opportunities:
Opportunities that are no longer available to apply for are archived here.