Applications now open to Responsible NLP Centre for Doctoral Training Studentships for 2026

The UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Responsible and Trustworthy in-the-world Natural Language Processing is open to applications for studentships starting in September 2026 for its Designing Responsible NLP integrated PhD training programme.

All studentships are fully funded with stipend, tuition fees waived, and a substantial support grant for travel, equipment, materials and to undertake placements with partners.

About the training programme

Students will gain the skills, knowledge and experience to study and design real-world applications of NLP in a highly interdisciplinary training environment, hosted by the new Edinburgh Futures Institute. The training programme brings together world leading researchers at the University of Edinburgh in informatics, design, linguistics, speech science, psychology, law, philosophy, information science and digital humanities, who will supervise students and guide them in their training and learning.

The CDT will be seeking to fund approximately 10-12 studentships in each cohort, with the ambition to create cohorts of students that come from different backgrounds and disciplines. We are looking for applicants with a background in or related to:

• Computer science, informatics and artificial intelligence
• Design, human computer interaction and human centred computing
• Language, linguistics and speech sciences
• Law, governance and regulation
• Digital humanities and information science

These are just indicative, and interested applicants who come from any background or discipline with relevant skills and expertise that connect to the CDT's Skills Domains are welcome to apply.

The deadline for applications is midnight (GMT) on the 7th January 2026.

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Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing | 2026 Studentships