Research Programmes

This is a non-exhaustive list of (paid) research programmes for undergraduate students, recent graduates and PhDs. The majority of programmes takes place during the summer.

Programmes are categorized by hosting country and include eligibility criteria relative to your academic status. Specifically:

• Undergraduate: open to current bachelor's students;
• Graduate: open to current master's students;
• New Grad: open to recent master graduates (typically within 1 year of graduation);
• PhD: open to current PhD students (it may vary depending on the specific research group).

Additionally, relevant research areas offered by the programme are listed in research areas. However, I strongly encourage you to check the programme website for more details, and to apply even if your degree is not an exact match.

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Industry R&D

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
Oracle	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad	AI/CS	Rolling basis
Pruna AI	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad	AI/CS	Rolling basis

Open Source

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
ESoC	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	AI/CS	Rolling basis
GSoC	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	AI/CS	April
MLH Fellowship	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	CS	31st Aug.

Austria

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
IST Austria	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	Biology/CS/Math/Physics	5th Feb.

Bulgaria

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
INSAIT Surf	Undergraduate	CS/Engineering/Math/Physics	3rd March
INSAIT GRF	Graduate / New Grad	CS/Engineering/Math/Physics	N/A

China

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
FuSEP	Undergraduate/Graduate	CS/Engineering/Math/Physics/Sciences	13th April
GRIPS	Undergraduate/Graduate	CS/Engineering/Math/Physics/Sciences	16th March
HKU CDS	Undergraduate	AI/CS/Math	May
USTC	Undergraduate/Graduate	Biology/CS/Math/Physics	31st March | 30th Sep.

Denmark

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
University of Roskilde	Undergraduate/Graduate	Physics	31st March

Finland

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
Aalto Science Institute	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	CS/Engineering/Neuroscience/Physics	31st Jan.

France

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
École Polytechnique	Undergraduate/Graduate/Phd	CS/Engineering/Math/Physics	13rd Jan.
ESRF/ILL	Undergraduate/Graduate	Physics	16th March
INRIA	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Graduate	AI/CS/Engineering/Math/Physics	Rolling basis

Germany

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
CaCTüS	Undergraduate/Graduate	AI/CS/Engineering/Math/Neuroscience/Physics	20th Nov.
DESY	Undergraduate/Graduate	Physics	31st Jan.
ESO	Undergraduate/Graduate	Physics	30th Jan.
GSI-FAIR [1][2]	Undergraduate/Graduate	Engineering/Physics	31st Jan.
MPI for Informatics	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	CS	1st Nov. | 5 months before starting date
MPI for Physics	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	Physics	30th Nov.
Robotics Institute Germany	Undegraduate/Graduate	AI/Engineering/Robotics	20th Nov.

Italy

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Notes	Deadline
INFN	Undergraduate/Graduate/ New Grad (within 2 years)	Physics	for Italian students only	5th Feb.

Japan

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
OIST	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad	CS/Engineering/Math/Natural Sciences/Physics	15th April
SOKENDAI KEK	Undergraduate/Graduate	Physics	2nd March
OIST - MLDS Unit

Netherlands

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
University of Leiden	Undergraduate/Graduate	Physics	3rd Feb.

Poland

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
IFJ PAN	Undergraduate/Graduate	Physics	4th May

Singapore

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
CogAI4Sci	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	AI	Rolling basis
NTU Singapore	Undergraduate/Graduate	AI/CS/Engineering	28th Feb.

Switzerland

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
CERN Summer & Openlab	Undergraduate/Graduate	CS/Engineering/Math/Physics	26th Jan.
CERN Technical Internship	Undergraduate/Graduate	CS/Engineering/Math/Physics	3rd March
EPFL E3	Undergraduate/Graduate	CS/Engineering	Oct./Nov.
EPFL Summer	Undergraduate/Graduate	CS/Robotics	1st Dec.
ETH Zurich	Undergraduate/Graduate	Physics/CS/Engineering	16th Dec.
Swiss Summer Student Particle Physics	Undergraduate/Graduate	Physics/CS/Engineering	16th March

Taiwan

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
ITRI	Undergraduate/Graduate	AI/CS/Engineering/Sciences	Rolling basis / 3-4 months before starting date

UAE / Saudi Arabia

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
KAUST	Undergraduate/Graduate	CS/Engineering	N/A
KAUST - Optimization and ML lab	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	AI	Rolling basis
MBZUAI UGRIP	Undergraduate/Graduate	AI	28th Feb.

UK

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline
Cambridge	Undegraduate	CS/Engineering/Humanities/Sciences	N/A
UCL Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Group	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad	AI/Neuroscience	Jan. | July

US

Programme	Eligibility	Research Areas	Deadline	Notes
ASI-CAIF	Graduate/PhD	Engineering/Physics	May	For Italian nationals
Cohere	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	AI	29th Aug.	Remote, open to internationals
Fermilab	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad/PhD	CS/Engineering/Physics	March/April	For Italian nationals
MATS	Undergraduate/Graduate/New Grad	AI	Feb./Oct.	In-person in US/UK offices
MIT SGI	Undergraduate/Graduate	CS/Math/Physics	17th Feb.	Open to internationals
STScI	Undergraduate/Gradiate	CS/Engineering/Physics	29th Jan.	Open to internationals