Google DeepMind Research Ready
Google DeepMind Research Ready supports underrepresented students and recent graduates through paid university research placements that build expertise and encourage postgraduate research.
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Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering
Due Dates: October 29, 2026 (university host applications)
Funding Amounts: £4,588 stipend per student for eight weeks; capped accommodation, travel, activities and administration costs
Summary: Paid research placements help underrepresented students and recent graduates build research experience and explore postgraduate study and careers.
Key Information: Students apply directly to host universities; the Academy’s current application is for university hosts.
Description
Google DeepMind Research Ready is run by the Royal Academy of Engineering in partnership with Google DeepMind and the Hg Foundation. It supports paid summer research placements at UK universities, helping students build research expertise, learn about career paths and gain confidence in their next steps. The programme also aims to strengthen and diversify the research community.
The programme page describes AI placements for undergraduates from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. For the summer 2027 host call, universities may propose meaningful applied or discovery research in engineering, technology and/or natural sciences, particularly emerging and interdisciplinary areas. That call focuses on students and recent graduates underrepresented in those fields, with placements designed to support progression into postgraduate research.
