Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship (academic year 2026-2027)

About this program

Bloomberg funds academic data science research through a Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship for the 2026–2027 academic year and a Data Science Research Grant Program that awards unrestricted gifts for research and open-source contributions. The fellowship supports exceptional Ph.D. students with financial awards, mentorship, career counseling, and opportunities for research internships to promote high-impact publications and dissemination. The research grants target projects in areas such as natural language processing, information retrieval, machine learning, and data mining, and also support creation or contributions to open-source data‑science software. Eligible applicants are current Ph.D. candidates in relevant fields for the fellowship and academic researchers worldwide for the grant program, with proposals aligned to the stated focus areas.