Unaite Fellowship for AI in Biology - Application Form

The form is divided into 6 sections mirroring the review process: identity, academic background, research track record, vision & ambition, collaborative posture, and submission materials.

We will consider each application carefully, and we strongly encourage passionate individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply. What matters most is a high level of motivation, scientific rigor, and a willingness to work collaboratively to make a meaningful impact.

Word counts are maximum word count indicators, but synthetic answers are encouraged.

Section 1. Personal Information

First name

Last name

Email

LinkedIn URL

Github or personal site

City of residence

Nationality

Current institutional affiliation

University, lab, company, or "Independent"

Current position

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Section 2. Academic & Professional Background

Summarise your academic and professional background in 3-5 bullet points. (Emphasize on what you've concretly built.) (200 words max.)

What is your primary technical domain?

What is your programming experience? (Languages, frameworks, scale of projects)

Section 3. Research Track Record

This section is evaluated in proportion to your career stage. A first-year Master's student and a postdoc are not held to the same standard. We recognize that applicants come from diverse backgrounds, and we encourage you to present your experiences honestly and thoughtfully. What matters most is your motivation, dedication, and genuine passion for the subject areas.

Describe your most significant scientific contribution to date. (This can be a publication, a thesis chapter, an open-source project, or independent research. Focus on what you personally contributed.) (300 words max.)

Links to your best work samples (URLs: papers, preprints, github repo, technical write-up or blog post, add a short description to it)

Section 4. Vision & Ambition

This section is very important for us to understand how you want to evolve in the future, rather than focusing only on what you have done in the past.

Research statement

What kind of projects at the intersection of AI and Biology would you like to work on next? How would you approach it? (600 words max.)

What do you want to build or discover in the next three years ? (200 words max.)

Why do you want to join the Fellowship ? (200 words max.)

Section 5. Collaborative Posture

We want to understand your contributions beyond formal titles or positions. Rather than focusing solely on leadership roles, highlight the concrete impact you have made, the initiatives you have driven, and the value you have brought to your communities or projects.

Describe a situation in which you contributed meaningfully to a community, team, or project beyond your own work. (200 words max.)

What could you bring to a cohort of 10-20 people working at the AI x Biology frontier ? (Skills, resources, connections, perspectives, or research problems you'd open up to others.) (150 words max.)

Do you have access to compute, wet-lab resources, or datasets that you would be willing to share with other Fellows? (Yes / No / Maybe, short text to specify)

Section 6. Short Questions

Name one AI × Biology paper that changed the way you think about the field. Why did it reshape your perspective? (150 words max.)

What is the most important open problem in your subfield right now, in your view? Why hasn't it been solved yet? (150 words max.)

The Fellowship expects each Fellow to carry at least one independent research project across the year and present a shareable output at the Year Review. What project would you bring, or what problem would you want to start from scratch? (This is not necessarily the exact project that you will work on, nothing is binding in this answer.) (150 words max.)

Section 7. Logistics & Agreements

How did you hear about the Fellowship ?

Were you nominated by a current Fellow ?

Are you available to attend ≥ 70% of chapter events?

Yes

Unsure

Do you agree to the Member Obligations ? (Section 2.4 of the whitepaper)

2.4 Member Obligations

As an indication, we envision one important event per month and weekly work on collaborative research projects.

- Attend ≥ 70% of chapter events per semester (excused absences accepted)

- Contribute actively to at least one collective initiative (paper club, research project, mentorship session, even organisation)

- Respond to peer requests for feedback, introductions, or review within reasonable timelines.

- Maintain confidentiality of private community discussions.

- Conduct an independent research project. Each Active Fellow is expected to pursue at least one independent research project over the course of the year, whether solo or in collaboration with other Fellows, which is encouraged, culminating in a shareable output (preprint, code repository, technical write-up, or presentation at the Year Review). This project is the core academic commitment of the Fellowship. Participants will benefit from mentorship and regular exchanges throughout the fellowship via events held over the year. They may either bring their own research direction or take ownership of a topic proposed by one of the mentors.

Yes