Projects from any field are eligible to apply for the Borealis AI fellowships, as long as they apply Machine Learning and/or Artificial Intelligence techniques/methods. 

As long as you will you be enrolled in a Canadian University for January-April 2022 you are eligible to apply for a 2021-2022 Borealis AI fellowship

The applications for the Borealis AI fellowships will be adjudicated by a committee. That means that the jurors will not be covered by your own NDA.

With this in mind, please apply with the part of the project that is not confidential. If unsure, kindly submit a different project that is not confidential. We will rely on you to make the best choice of a project proposal for yourself.

You have to be enrolled for this academic year (Fall 2021 – Winter 2022 – Summer 2022), if you plan to enroll in Fall 2022, then you will be eligible  to apply for a fellowship  in the next academic year 20220-2023), not this academic year (2021-2022).

Here is some advice and a completely generic structure for the argument, in case it’s useful to you:

Firstly, the description of the project is supposed to be a structured argument for someone to give you resources. A common mistake is to write a document that does not have a tightly organized structure. If you are lost and you need help getting started, then here is a generic structure for the argument:
     1. There is a big problem in the world that needs a solution.
     2. Previously people have done these things.
     3. This previous work has the following drawbacks.
     4. Something recent has happened that allows a way forward (new methods in other areas usually, or a new insight you’ve had).
     5. We propose to solve the problem, avoiding the drawbacks of previous solutions, by exploiting the recent thing that has happened.
     6. Here are some more concrete details about the approach we will take.

You don’t have to adhere to this 100%, but it’s a good start.

Secondly, it’s really important that you put in enough concrete details of what you plan to do. It’s not enough to just identify a problem. You have to convince the reader that you have a tractable way forward. There’s a balance to be struck here. On the one hand, you need to make it sound exciting and cutting-edge. On the other hand, you have to persuade the reader that you will actually be able to make progress.

No. Please feel free to use citations and bibliography as you see fit for your proposal. 

Please upload your most recent Master’s/PhD transcripts. Transcript have a date on them, which is sufficient for us to verify that you are an enrolled grad student at a Canadian university for the academic year 2021-22.

Please submit only your most recent PhD transcripts.

You don’t need to upload extra documents for proof of publications. Kindly provide us with the list of the publications and the ArXve links to them.

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If we still accept applications, please send your updated document(s) to mi.research@borealisai.com. Use subject line: “Borealis AI Fellowships 2021-22 – Update my submitted application”.

As a research institute ourselves, we understand that research goals change over a period of time. One may start with one idea and on the way tweak it or change it around. Please feel free to apply with the research idea, as you have it currently in your mind. If you are chosen and if by that time your idea has changed, you may write to us to explain the change that has occurred in the meantime. You would also need to outline the new project in the final report that the fellows submit to Borealis AI at the end of their fellowship term.

Once you click on “submit” you will receive an email from fellowships@borealisai.org, saying: “Thank you for applying to the Borealis AI Fellowship program. We have received your application and will notify you when your references submit their reviews.”

Once you submit your application and enter the email addresses of your references, they will get automated messages from our system to submit their letters. The email will be from ‘fellowships@borealisai.org’ with subject line: “Borealis AI Reference for XXX”. Feel free to notify your references in advance that they will receive this email from us, once you submit your application. 

If they don’t submit their referral letter by the given time communicated to them on the email they receive, they will get automated reminders every 7 days to do so. Once they submit their letters, you will receive a message from our system that your references have been received.

From: fellowships@borealisai.org 
Subject: Borealis AI Fellowship Program
“XX XX has respectfully selected you as a potential reference in support of their application for Borealis AI Fellowship program. Please respond to this request within 7 days.
To submit your reference or decline this request click here

Applications are now closed. 

If one of your references didn’t receive the referral email, please first ask them to check their spam folders for an email from fellowships@borealisai.org. If the e-mail is still not there, that means that there was a typo in the email address you submitted. Please get in touch with us at mi.research@borealisai.com with the correct email address, so that we can update your application.

You will receive an automated message from fellowships@borealisai.org stating: “XX XX has submitted a reference letter for your Borealis AI Fellowship program application.”
If you don’t receive this notification and one of your referral said that they submitted their letters, it’s very likely that it was not submitted properly. We recommend that you get in touch with us at mi.research@borealisai.org.

Unfortunately, we cannot create the invitation for the references before you submit your application. We recommend that you notify your referrals at an early time that you will need a recommendation to support your application and that they will receive an auto-request in their email to submit their letter once the application is complete on your side. .

All applications will be reviewed by our Machine Learning Researchers.

Once adjudication of the applications is completed in late Spring 2022, Borealis AI will announce the winners in its website and social media. Feel free to follow us on social media (Twitter, LinkedIn), in order to get our latest updates.