Bloomberg Infrastructure & Security Ph.D. Fellowship

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Bloomberg’s Infrastructure and Security Research team in the Office of the CTO combines systems research and engineering know-how to tackle hard problems in security, software, and networks.

Bloomberg invites exceptional Ph.D. students working in relevant infrastructure and security fields to apply for the Bloomberg Infrastructure and Security Ph.D. Fellowship for the academic year of 2025-2026.

Introduction

The goal of this fellowship is to support and encourage Ph.D. candidates to generate groundbreaking research publications, open source contributions, and/or other forms of research dissemination. Bloomberg Fellows are supported both financially and through mentorship, career counseling, and research internships.

Topics of interest

Specific topics of interest for this year’s call include, but are not limited to:

Certified programming using proof assistants
Program analysis for industrial-scale bug finding
Trustworthy supply chain security

Verified networking at world scale
Security policy inference
Securing AI systems and software

Applications of AI to security and infrastructure
Capability-based computing

Certified programming using proof assistants
Program analysis for industrial-scale bug finding
Trustworthy supply chain security
Verified networking at world scale

Security policy inference
Securing AI systems and software
Applications of AI to security and infrastructure
Capability-based computing

Certified programming using proof assistants
Program analysis for industrial-scale bug finding
Trustworthy supply chain security
Verified networking at world scale
Security policy inference
Securing AI systems and software
Applications of AI to security and infrastructure
Capability-based computing

Ph.D. Grant Details

The fellowship will cover 100% of the recipient’s tuition.
Recipients will be given a stipend of USD 42,000 to cover their living expenses and to attend professional conferences or for research expenses, such as computer hardware.
Recipients will have Bloomberg mentors and are required to complete a 14-week paid summer internship at Bloomberg for each year that they are a fellow, starting in Summer 2026.
Recipients have the opportunity to renew their fellowship annually, for up to three years, at Bloomberg’s discretion.

Applicant eligibility criteria

Applicants must be full-time doctoral students during the 2025-2026 academic year, with an expected Ph.D. graduation date in or before the end of 2028.
Recipients must remain enrolled as full-time students for the duration of the grant. If this status is not maintained, the remainder of the grant will be forfeited.
Recipients must attend the academic year kickoff event each fall at Bloomberg Headquarters in New York (unless the event takes place online-only). Bloomberg will bear all expenses related to the recipient attending this event.
Recipients must complete a 14-week summer internship in New York for each year of their fellowship. This is a paid research internship and the project will be research-focused.
Recipients may not be supported by any other industry fellowships for the duration of the Bloomberg fellowship. Non-industry funding may be permitted on a case-by-case basis.
Recipients may not be employed outside of their university for the duration of the fellowship without explicit permission from Bloomberg.
Bloomberg will not provide sponsorship for any U.S. visa. Those who have a self-sponsored work authorization (i.e., F-1 OPT or other EAD, etc.) covering the full internship or fellowship period are eligible to apply.

Application details

Applications to the Bloomberg Infrastructure and Security Ph.D. Fellowship will consist of the following documents:

Curriculum vitae
Research proposal
- A two-page research proposal (excluding references), which contains the proposed work directed at a technical audience of infrastructure architects and security researchers.
- The research proposal should adhere to the formatting guidelines described in this Overleaf template. Failure to do so will result in the application not being reviewed.
A reference letter from the applicant’s advisor or proposed advisor and, optionally, an additional referee.
- The applicant will be prompted to provide contact information of the referee at application submission time.
- The advisor/referee should email their letters to inf_research@bloomberg.net no later than the application deadline with the subject line: Reference letter for (First Name) (Last Name).
- It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure the reference letter(s) are submitted by the application deadline.

Incomplete proposals will not be considered.

Important application dates and deadlines

Please send your proposal to inf_research@bloomberg.net with all the necessary documents by Friday, July 18, 2025 (11:59 PM AoE). Please note, the reference letters should also be sent to the same address prior to this deadline (see above).

The recipients of the award will be informed by Tuesday, August 5, 2025.

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If you have questions about the process, you can contact the Bloomberg Infrastructure & Security Ph.D. Fellowship grant program organizers via e-mail at inf_research@bloomberg.net.

Due to the volume of submissions, we cannot guarantee that we will provide individual feedback on your proposals.