Funding Opportunities

As a hub for the intersection of Physics and AI in the Boston area and beyond, we are happy to share funding opportunities at this intersection as we become aware of them.

Note: These are opportunities external to IAIFI. For IAIFI-related job opportunities, see our IAIFI Jobs page.

The SAIR Prize
Foundation for Science and AI Research
Deadline: 2027-01-10 | Learn more

Details Awarded annually by the Foundation for Science and AI Research, it recognizes early-career scientists in academia, industry, or government whose use of artificial intelligence has verifiably advanced physics or astronomy.

2027 Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship
Jane Street
Deadline: 2026-11-13 | Learn more

Details The Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) supports exceptional doctoral students currently pursuing a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science, mathematics, physics, or statistics. At Jane Street, we take a rigorous, quantitative approach to trading on global markets, combining techniques from machine learning, distributed systems, programmable hardware, statistics, and applied mathematics. Our culture is steeped in games, puzzles, and challenging problems. With the Graduate Research Fellowship, we’re excited to support PhD students who share our values: technical excellence, intellectual curiosity, and humility.

This project is supported by National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreements PHY-2019786 and PHY-2525568. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.