Fellowship Program - Jump Trading supports PhD students at US universities pursuing ambitious research across science, mathematics, AI, and engineering to explore unanswered questions and advance impactful work.
Funder: Jump Trading
Due Dates: October 30, 2026 (university nominations)
Funding Amounts: Full tuition and fees plus an approximately $50,000 stipend for one academic year
Summary: A year-long fellowship supporting PhD students at US universities who pursue ambitious research across science, mathematics, AI, and engineering.
Key Information: Nominations must come from a university’s appropriate nominating body, not the student or their advisor.
Jump Trading’s Fellowship Program gives PhD researchers a full academic year to pursue unanswered questions and advance work with the potential for meaningful impact. It supports research in chemical, biological and biomedical sciences; mathematics and statistics; physics; artificial intelligence and machine learning; computer science and electrical engineering; and Earth sciences. Interdisciplinary research can fit more than one category.
Fellows have no reporting requirements or prescribed relationship with Jump Trading. They may visit a Jump office, present their research, and connect with its engineers and researchers, but participation is optional.