Deadline: On Rolling Basis
Applications are open for the Northeast India AI Research Fellowship 2026. The Northeast India AI Research Fellowship is a selective 8-12 week remote program for students and early-career researchers who want to build language technology for Khasi, Garo, Adi, Ao, Kokborok, Meitei, Assamese, and other Northeast Indian languages. Fellows work directly with MWire Labs researchers on impactful projects in language modeling, datasets, and tools for cultural preservation.
Focus Areas
- Language modeling and multilingual NLP for any Northeast Indian language
- Dataset creation for text, speech, and multimodal resources
- Translation systems and cross-lingual models
- Speech recognition, synthesis, and evaluation benchmarks for low-resource languages
Benefits
- Research Impact: Co-authorship opportunities on papers, reports, or open-source releases Hands-on experience with fine-tuning, evaluation, and low-resource NLP methods Close mentorship from the MWire Labs research team
- Recognition: Fellowship completion certificate from MWire Labs. Letters of recommendation for top-performing fellows. A portfolio of contributions to GitHub, Hugging Face, and academic papers
- Community: Join a network of fellows focused on Northeast Indian languages. Collaborate with linguists, NGOs, and cultural organizations. Contribute to models that can ultimately reach millions of speakers
Eligibility
Open to:
- Undergraduate or graduate students in CS, AI, Linguistics, or related fields;
- Native or heritage speakers of Northeast Indian languages are strongly encouraged;
- Students from anywhere welcome; Northeast India residents and diaspora especially encouraged;
- Prior ML/NLP experience is a plus, but strong motivation and basic data skills can compensate;
- Passion for language technology, cultural preservation, and open research.
Application
Applications should include:
- Brief statement: Why this fellowship? What language(s) or problem interests you?
- CV/resume and any prior projects or repos
For more information, visit Northeast India AI Research Fellowship.
