🎓💡 Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship | Fully Funded AI/ML Research Opportunity | Shape the Future of Data Science! 🌍✨

Description
Dive into one of the world’s most influential data science ecosystems! Bloomberg invites exceptional Ph.D. students to apply for the 2026–2027 Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship, a fully funded opportunity supporting groundbreaking AI/ML research. This prestigious fellowship empowers researchers working in cutting-edge areas such as LLM reasoning, trustworthy AI, multimodal models, information retrieval, code generation, human-AI interaction, finance-focused ML, knowledge graphs, and advanced post-training techniques. Fellows receive full financial support, expert mentorship, and a paid research internship at Bloomberg’s NYC, London, or Toronto R&D hubs—gaining access to world-class engineering teams, robust datasets, and a global innovation network.

Topics of Interest
🧠 Agentic AI & LLM Reasoning
🔍 Agent Evaluation & LLM Judges
💻 Code Generation, Semantic Parsing & Text2API
🤝 Human-AI Interaction & Data Annotation
📚 Information Retrieval & Conversational Systems
🕸️ Knowledge Graphs & Structured Reasoning
🎯 LLM Post-training, Domain Adaptation & Alignment
📄 Multimodal Document Understanding
✂️ Summarization & Content Generation
📈 Time-Series Modeling & AI for Finance
🛡️ Trustworthy AI & Interpretability

Fellowship Benefits
🎓 100% Tuition Coverage
💰 USD 45,000 Annual Stipend (living + research + conferences)
🧑‍🏫 Bloomberg Research Mentors
💼 14-Week Paid Summer Internship (every fellowship year)
🔁 Renewable up to 3 years
🌎 Access to Bloomberg HQ kickoff event
💡 Research-focused internship projects

Eligibility Criteria
✔️ Full-time Ph.D. student during the 2026–2027 academic year
✔️ Expected graduation 2029 or earlier
✔️ Must remain full-time throughout fellowship
✔️ Must attend annual fall kickoff event in New York (travel fully covered)
✔️ Must complete required internships
✔️ Cannot hold another industry-funded fellowship
✔️ May not work externally without Bloomberg approval
✔️ Bloomberg does not sponsor U.S. visas (self-sponsored work authorization allowed)

Application Requirements
📝 Curriculum Vitae
📄 2-page research proposal (technical audience, Overleaf template required)
✉️ 1 required advisor reference letter + optional 2nd referee
📤 All letters must be uploaded by the deadline
⚠️ Incomplete applications will NOT be reviewed

Important Dates
📅 Application Deadline: 14 December 2025 (11:59 PM AoE)
📅 Results Announced: 9 February 2026

Application Link
🔗 https://www.bloomberg.com/company/values/tech-at-bloomberg/data-science/academic-engagement-programs/data-science-ph-d-fellowship/#topics

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