Fully Funded PhD Studentships in Data Science, AI, and Computer Science at University College Dublin University College Dublin in Ireland

University College Dublin is advertising fully funded PhD studentships in a new multi-institutional, interdisciplinary national centre for data science and AI, funded by Research Ireland.

The opportunity spans a broad set of research themes, including foundational methods, translational methods, data & processing, people-centred AI, democratic governance, society & culture, and health. Example projects include scalable and explainable algorithms for time series in health, generative AI for medical imaging, learning to predict answerability for abstention-aware RAG, automated data harmonization in federated healthcare systems, generative AI and climate change misinformation, hyperspersonalisation and filter bubbles in digital news ecosystems, privacy and trustworthy AI for distributed medical data-driven applications, advanced directional time series models, mitonuclear discordance in Parkinson's disease, and responsible human-AI interaction.

Studentships are open to graduates from a wide range of backgrounds, including arts and humanities, business and education, computer science, engineering, health sciences, life science and environment, mathematics, statistics, and social science and law.

Funding includes a €25,000/year stipend for four years (tax free), plus additional support for travel, training activities, and fees. The programme also offers cohort-based training, transferable skills development, workshops, reading groups, research seminars, and industry/public-service engagement.

Applicants must submit a 2-page maximum research proposal with the application form and should indicate how the proposal aligns with one or more centre themes. Applicants are encouraged to contact potential supervisors to discuss ideas in advance. Under-represented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.

Applications are made centrally via the online form. The post says applications are currently open and will close when all places are filled; interviews are provisionally scheduled for early June 2026.

Relevant contacts mentioned include Derek Greene, Claire Gormley, Aphra Kerr, and Brian Mac Namee.