Turing AI Global Fellowships

Application Platform: UKRI Funding Service

Application Sections: Summary, vision, approach, applicant and team capability, career development, partnerships and governance, resources and cost justification and related sections.

Assessment Process: Applications are reviewed by expert reviewers and panels assessing the vision, research approach, capability to deliver, resources requested and broader impact of the fellowship.

Co-Funders: Not specified

Collaboration Rules: Fellows are expected to build strong partnerships and collaborations with stakeholders including industry, policymakers, public bodies, charities and other end users of research. Turing AI Global Fellowships

Competitiveness: Not specified

Consortium Requirements: Not specified

Decision Risks: Applications may be rejected if eligibility requirements are not met or if proposals fail to demonstrate strong AI research impact and alignment with programme objectives.

Decision Timeline: Not specified

Eligible Expenses: Funding to support relocation, establishment of a research team and the delivery of an AI research programme.

Eligible Scope: Projects must advance the state of the art in AI and strengthen the UK’s AI research community and economy through transformational research.

Funding Intensity: Not specified

Important Notes: Fellows must commit between 50% and 100% of their working time to the fellowship. Part-time fellowships may extend proportionally up to a maximum duration of ten years.

Ineligible Projects: Applications from individuals currently or recently resident in the UK within the previous 24 months or projects not advancing AI research objectives.

International Collaboration Requirement: International collaborators may participate as project partners or project co-leads (international) where appropriate.

Interview Stage: Not specified

Key Requirements: Fellows must relocate to the UK, undertake transformational AI research and actively participate in the Turing AI fellows cohort and programme activities. Turing AI Global Fellowships

Lead Organisation Requirement: The fellowship must be hosted by a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

Match Funding Requirement: No specific leverage or co-funding requirement from project partners. Turing AI Global Fellowships

Project Duration: Up to five years.

Project End Date: Up to five years after project start date.

Project Start Date: By 1 February 2027.

Publication Date: 2025-11-07 00:00:00

Renewal Rules: Not specified

Research Category: Artificial Intelligence research and innovation.

Research Organisation Funding: The host UK research organisation administers the fellowship and must demonstrate strong existing AI research funding capacity.

Subcontractors: Not specified

Total Fund Available: £24,500,000