Research Internship, AI for Science
About The Position
The Asta Research Team at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) seeks research interns to help advance AI for science. The interdisciplinary team works across AI, human-computer interaction, machine learning, and natural language processing to develop intelligent, interactive research assistants and accelerate scientific work. Its research areas include agentic planning, reasoning, learning and evaluation; automated and data-driven scientific discovery; human-AI and human-agent collaboration; scientific literature understanding and synthesis; continual learning; and model post-training and specialization. Interns conduct high-impact research and author scientific papers for publication in computing conferences and journals. They collaborate with and learn from an Ai2 mentor and other scientists and engineers. The internship lasts 12 weeks, with a flexible start date. The posting describes candidates as PhD students with a strong research background and indicates that summer 2027 applicants should apply by November 15, 2026 for first-round consideration. Roles are expected to work from Ai2’s Seattle offices; on-site requirements vary by position and team.
Requirements
- Be a student completing a PhD with research experience in Computer Science or a related field.
- Have a specific research focus in one or more of the team’s active research areas.
- Have a publication record in AI-related venues, such as ACL, EMNLP, CHI, UIST, CSCW, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, SIGIR, or ASSETS.
- Have strong software engineering skills.
- Have experience with at least one of the following: system building (e.g., React and TypeScript), deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch), or agentic frameworks (e.g., Autogen).
Responsibilities
- Conduct high-impact research in the team’s active research areas.
- Author scientific papers for publication in high-profile computing conferences and journals.
- Collaborate with and learn from an Ai2 mentor and team members, including scientists and engineers.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members and their families.
- Employee assistance program.
- Health savings account plan, healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
- $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses.
- $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
- Accrued sick days in line with Seattle sick time requirements.
- Pay for recognized holidays when the employee is usually scheduled to work.
- Paid vacation and family leave are mentioned in the description.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
