The Alan Turing Institute launches Turing Fellow Call 2023
The University of Sheffield is encouraging its researchers to apply for the prestigious Turing Fellow scheme. Turing Fellowships are aimed at established researchers with the potential to be the next generation of world leaders.
Each Turing Fellow call will focus on priority areas of strategic importance for the Institute which fellows will support and contribute to during their fellowship.
Applicants for this call must have knowledge and expertise in one of the four priority areas:
- Science and Innovation: Environment and Sustainability
- Science and Innovation: Fundamental Research in Data Science and AI
- Build skills for the future
- Driving an informed public conversation
We recommend taking a look at Appendix 1 in the Call Document, which gives a detailed breakdown of the strategic priority research areas for this year's call.
For example, Priority Area 1, Science and Innovation: Environment and Sustainability, specifies 16 research areas including: Digital intelligence and automation for sustainable agriculture, Develop data science and AI learning methods in the context of mobility, active lifestyles, urban environments and population health; Priority Area 2, Science and Innovation: Fundamental Research in Data Science and AI specifies 19 priority research areas, including: NLP, Applications of foundation models, Uncertainty quantification in foundation models.
Key dates:
- Call opens: 28 July 2023
- Call closes: 18 September 2023 (at 12:00 midday BST)
- Fellowships start date: January 2024
- Open to: Researchers employed at a UK university or research institute with an interest in data science/AI
Fellowships will be offered on a two-year unfunded basis. Turing Fellows are proactive in their engagement with the Institute and benefit from being part of the Turing’s vibrant, interdisciplinary and collaborative research community in exchange for notable contributions to the Institute’s goals and successes.
The Institute is committed to building a diverse network of fellows and encourages applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.
"The prestigious Turing Fellowship will give you a fantastic opportunity to forge even stronger ties with the wider Turing community across the UK and to help raise the profile of AI research at Sheffield. We, the Centre for Machine Intelligence, strongly encourage researchers at Sheffield to apply. If you have any questions about the opportunity, please do feel free to get in touch using the contact details below. We are here to support you”.
Dr Donghwan Shin
Lecturer in Software Testing and AI Strategy Support at the University of Sheffield’s Department of Computer Science
Useful information
Visit the Turing website for further details, including the Call Document (covers eligibility, the role of a Turing Fellow, benefits and assessment criteria) and FAQs.
Applicants at universities in the Turing University Network are asked to inform their Turing liaison of their application. For University of Sheffield please email:
Emma Barker, Turing Liaison, <e.barker@sheffield.ac.uk>, and cc Kate Jones CMI Administrative Assistant, <Kate.Jones2@sheffield.ac.uk>
If you have any questions that are not covered by the FAQs you can contact Turing directly: fellowship@turing.ac.uk
Or please contact the Sheffield team at: cmi-enquiries@sheffield.ac.uk