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AI opportunities for students

Funded PhDs, student fellowships, hackathons and prizes you can apply for while you study. You don't need a track record for most of these, just a strong application, and every date here is checked on the organiser's own page.

Times and time zones vary by organiser, so check the page.

Closing in the next 7 days

6 Nov4 days left

Since AI Hackathon 2026NEWUPDATED

Since AI · Turku, Finland

CompetitionOpen to anyoneStudentsEuropeOpen internationallyNo fees · no equity

€50,000+ in cash prizesfree to enter
Verified 2 Nov+ Add to calendar
8 Nov6 days left

AI Safety Essentials Fellowship (GAIN SSA)NEW

Global AI Youth Network SSA (GAIN SSA) · Online (Africa)

FellowshipStudentsEarly-careerResearchersAfricaStudents eligible

Not stated (support for compute, subscriptions or conference travel mentioned)
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
8 Nov6 days left

Apart Research: Swarm Alignment HackathonNEW

Apart Research · Online + Los Angeles hub

CompetitionOpen to anyoneResearchersStudentsGlobalOpen internationallyIndividualsTeams

$4,000 in cash prizes across all tracks + $1,000 in Adaption credits for all members of winning teams
Verified 2 Nov+ Add to calendar

Upcoming deadlines

27 Nov25 days left

RobotX PhD Fellowship 2027NEW

RobotX, Center for Robotics, ETH Zurich · Zurich, Switzerland

FellowshipStudentsEurope

Fully funded PhD position (100%, fixed-term) at ETH Zurich
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
30 Nov28 days left

RoboWorld 2026, Track 1: WorldNav

RoboPAD Workshop @ NeurIPS 2026 (Codabench) · Online

CompetitionResearchersStudentsGlobal

Certificates for top 5 teamsselected teams invited to present at the RoboPAD Workshop at NeurIPS 2026 (no cash prize stated)
Verified 31 Oct+ Add to calendar
1 Dec29 days left

AMD AI LeagueNEW

lablab.ai × AMD · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneStudentsGlobalIndividuals

$10,000+ in prizes$100 GPU credits when you join
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
6 Dec34 days left

Conception X Venture Scientist 100 (Spring 2027)NEW

Conception X · UK / Europe (hybrid)

FellowshipStudentsResearchersStartups & foundersUKStudents eligibleEarly careerNo fees · no equity

Free programme, no fees and no equity taken; top performers can pitch partner investors for up to £300k (XTX Ventures + CX angel syndicate)
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
9 Dec37 days left

AI HACK Tokyo (3rd edition)NEW

AIHACK運営事務局 · Online + Tokyo, Japan

CompetitionOpen to anyoneStudentsEarly-careerAsiaIndividualsTeamsNo fees · no equity

¥1,000,000 total prize budget(annual); free to enter
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
17 Dec45 days left

FUTUREHACK '26NEW

Hack The Future · Online (India)

CompetitionOpen to anyoneStudentsAsiaIndividualsTeamsNo fees · no equity

₹10,000 prize pool
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar
26 Dec54 days left

GenHacksNEW

GenHacks (Devpost) · Online

CompetitionStudentsGlobalStudents eligible

CAD 1,050+ in cash,plus partner credits
Verified 1 Nov+ Add to calendar

Rolling, or date not yet published

Date TBCSee listing

Claude Corps FellowshipNEW

Anthropic (employer: CodePath) · US (on site at host nonprofits)

FellowshipEarly-careerStudentsUSNo PhD requiredEarly career

$85,000 a year salaryplus benefits, 12 months
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

FrontierOR ChallengeNEW

FrontierOR · Online

CompetitionOpen to anyoneResearchersStudentsGlobal

Prize pool $21,000
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

Nebius Research GrantsNEW

Nebius · Global

Compute creditsResearchersStudentsGlobalStudents eligible

GPU cloud credits, Token Factory tokens and Tavily credits (amount set per proposal)
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

NTU Beyond Binary Techathon 2027NEW

Nanyang Technological University (Devpost) · Singapore

CompetitionStudentsAsiaStudents eligible

$10,000
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

Perplexity Research FellowshipNEW

Perplexity · San Francisco, New York City or Palo Alto, US

FellowshipEarly-careerResearchersStudentsUSEarly career

$180K – $220K(annualised compensation), full time
Verified 1 Nov
Date TBCSee listing

Z FellowsNEW

Z Fellows · San Francisco, US

AcceleratorStartups & foundersStudentsOpen to anyoneUS

Optional $10,000 investment($1B valuation cap); one week with founders of billion-dollar companies
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

AWS Cloud Credit for ResearchNEW

Amazon Web Services · Global

Compute creditsResearchersStudentsGlobalStudents eligible

Students up to $5,000faculty/staff awards not capped
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

Google Cloud research creditsNEW

Google Cloud for Education · Approved countries

Compute creditsResearchersStudentsGlobalStudents eligible

Amount not captured from the page (third-party reports cite up to $5,000; unverified)
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

Google TPU Research Cloud (TRC)NEW

Google Research · Global

Compute creditsResearchersStudentsGlobalNo fees · no equity

Cloud TPUs at no charge (quota per acceptance)
Verified 1 Nov
RollingApply any time

Iliad Fellowship

Iliad · London / SF Bay Area

FellowshipResearchersStudentsGlobalNo fees · no equity

Fully funded; $6,000/month travel-and-housing allowance
Verified 31 Oct
RollingApply any time

NAIRR Pilot: Advancing AI Research Resources

US National Science Foundation (NAIRR Pilot) · United States

Compute creditsResearchersStudentsUSStudents eligible

12-month allocations of computing, model, platform and educational resources
Verified 31 Oct
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Read before you apply

Plain-English guides to the kinds of funding on this page.

  1. FellowshipsGuide

    How AI fellowships and residencies work

    Fellowships and residencies are the most common way into funded AI research, policy and journalism work outside a normal job. This guide explains how they work, using real, currently open programmes from our listings as examples.

    By advance.to · 7 min read
  2. PrizesGuide

    How AI competitions, prizes and hackathons work

    Competitions are one of the few AI opportunities open to almost anyone, from school students to research teams. This guide explains the different kinds, how prizes and rules work, and what to check before you enter.

    By advance.to · 3 min read
  3. Compute creditsGuide

    How free GPU and cloud credits for AI work

    Compute is often the biggest cost of building or researching AI, and most big providers give some of it away to startups and researchers. This guide explains how those programmes work and what to check before you rely on them.

    By advance.to · 3 min read
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