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EPFL AI Center
EPFL AI Center and Swiss AI Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowships
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A postdoctoral fellowship supporting collaborative AI research with EPFL faculty and laboratories across scientific domains. Fellows develop their own research agenda and participate in EPFL AI Center community activities.
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Do I qualify
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Everyone needs
- institution support from two EPFL AI Center-affiliated faculty host professors Exact current official rule
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- degree PhD in computer science, physics, engineering, applied mathematics, or another field relevant to artificial i… Exact current official rule
- degree doctoral student in the last year; successfully complete the PhD by the time the fellowship starts Exact current official rule
Preferences and flexible criteria (6)
- citizenship any nationality
- age no age restrictions
- career stage postdoctoral-level researchers
- institution external candidates
- institution senior PhD students and junior postdocs already at EPFL
- excellent grade transcripts
- Level of study
- Postdoctoral
- Fields of study
- Computer science and IT, Engineering, Mathematics and statistics, Natural sciences, Other
What's covered Partial funding
- Funding type
- Partial funding
- Funding details
- Covers about 50% of the postdoctoral researcher's salary per year (EPFL salary scales apply; the host laboratories cover the rest) plus up to CHF 5,000 per fellowship year for research costs, open data and open access fees, travel and conferences.
- Host country
- Switzerland
- Host institution
- EPFL laboratories, including at least two EPFL labs headed by EPFL AI Center faculty members
What I need Application materials must be in English
- English requirement
- Application materials must be in English
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How to apply
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- Contact potential EPFL AI Center host professors from the provided list, discuss and agree on a potential collaboration, and obtain support from two host professors before submitting. Required Open this official step
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- Submit all required application documents in English through the online submission platform. Required Open this official step
- Deadline
- 9 November 2026
- Deadline timezone
- CET
- Application cycle
- 2026 application cycle
- Notes
- Applicants may submit only one application.
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