Applications are currently being accepted for the Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship 2027-2028. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship
The goal of this fellowship is to support and encourage Ph.D. candidates to generate groundbreaking research publications, open source contributions, and/or other forms of research dissemination. Bloomberg fellows are supported both financially and through mentorship, career counseling, and research internships.
Benefits of Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship
- The fellowship will cover 100% of the recipient’s tuition.
- Recipients will be given a stipend of USD 45,000 to cover their living expenses and to attend professional conferences or for research expenses, such as computer hardware.
- Recipients will have Bloomberg mentors and are required to complete a 14-week paid summer internship at Bloomberg for each year that they are a fellow, starting in Summer 2027.
- Recipients may have the opportunity to renew their fellowship annually, for up to three years, at Bloomberg’s discretion.
Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship Requirements
- Applicants must be full-time doctoral students during the 2027-2028 academic year, with an expected Ph.D. graduation date in or before the end of 2030.
- Recipients must remain enrolled as full-time students for the duration of the grant. If this status is not maintained, the remainder of the grant will be forfeited.
- Recipients must attend the academic year kickoff event each fall at Bloomberg Headquarters in New York (unless the event takes place online-only). Bloomberg will bear all expenses related to the recipient attending this event.
- Recipients must complete a 14-week summer internship in New York, London, or Toronto for each year of their fellowship. This is a paid research internship and the project will be research-focused.
- Recipients may not be supported by any other industry fellowships for the duration of the Bloomberg fellowship. Non-industry funding may be permitted on a case-by-case basis.
- Recipients may not be employed outside of their university for the duration of the fellowship without explicit permission from Bloomberg.
- Bloomberg will not provide sponsorship for any U.S. visa. Those who have a self-sponsored work authorization (i.e., F-1 OPT or other EAD, etc.) covering the full internship or fellowship period are eligible to apply.
Application Date and Process
Applications to the Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship will consist of the following documents:
- Curriculum vitae
- Research proposal
- A two-page research proposal (excluding references), which contains the proposed work directed at a technical audience.
- The research proposal should adhere to the formatting guidelines described in this Overleaf template. Failure to do so will result in the application not being reviewed.
- A reference letter from the applicant’s advisor or proposed advisor and, optionally, an additional referee.
- The applicant will be prompted to provide contact information of the referee at application submission time.
- The referee(s) should upload their letters in the system no later than the application deadline (they will receive an invitation at application submission time).
- It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure the reference letter(s) are submitted by the application deadline.
Application Deadline
25 September, 2026
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