Scholarship, Doctor of Philosophy, Security of AI Systems
Opportunity type
Fellowship
Funding
Cause areas
AI safety & policy
Information security
Routes to impact
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Testing your fit for a certain career path
Direct high impact on an important cause
Skill set
Academia
Conceptual & empirical research
Information security
Software engineering
Deadline
2026-03-03
Location
Oxford, UK
Description
The University of Oxford is offering a fully funded DPhil (PhD) scholarship in Computer Science focused on the security of AI systems, starting October 2026.
- Join the Systems Security Lab, an internationally leading research group specializing in cyber-physical systems and AI security.
- Scholarship covers full tuition (Home fee status) and provides an annual stipend of at least £20,780 for 3.5 years.
- Research topics include attacks and defenses in AI systems, such as data poisoning, adversarial samples, and model inversion, with opportunities for both theoretical and applied work.
- Additional funding is available for travel to conferences and workshops.
Applicants must have Home fee status and a strong background in computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics, or related fields. Apply online by 3 March 2026, quoting reference 26-CS-IM.
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