A focused year at the intersection of AI & Biology.
The Unaite Fellowship runs as a structured year of mentorship, projects and gatherings, built to compound expertise across cohorts and hubs.
The Unaite Fellowship for AI in Biology is a highly selective international research community dedicated to the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Biology.
Founded in Paris in 2026 and designed to expand to London and Stanford, it gathers early-career researchers and builders who want to spend a year working alongside the people advancing the field, and remain connected to the network for the rest of their career.
- Founded
- Paris · 2026
- Cohort size
- ≤ 20 fellows
- Duration
- 12 months · for life
- Hubs by 2028
- Paris · London · Stanford
The principles that bind the community.
Quality of thinking
The mentors of each cohort select and evaluate Fellows on the quality of their thinking, not their credentials alone.
Real ambition
We are built for people with real ambition.
Free circulation
Inside the community, knowledge, opportunities, and feedback circulate freely.
Diversity of approach
Experimental biologists, ML engineers, bioinformaticians, computational chemists, mathematicians, physicians and physicists all belong.
Permanent membership
And membership is permanent: once a Fellow, always a Fellow.
Four stages over the cohort year.
Selection happens once per cohort. Once you're in, you're in for life, alumni stay woven into mentoring, events and selection across all hubs.
Apply
A short written application followed by a peer-led interview round.
Cohort
Twenty selected Fellows convene in Paris, mentor pairings, lab visits, first paper club.
Mentorship
1:1 sessions, monthly research clinics, hackathons, and a private Slack active around the clock.
Alumni
Alumni stay woven into selection, mentoring, and the events calendar across all hubs.
The 2026 cohort year.
A high-level view of the calendar. Expect monthly research clinics and weekly paper club throughout the year, see the events page for the full schedule.
- Apr 2026Recruitment
Applications open
Written applications open across the three hubs. Short essays, references, and a project sketch.
- Jun 2026Recruitment
Interview round
Peer-led interviews with mentors and current Fellows, focused on research taste and execution.
- Jul 2026Recruitment
Decisions
The mentors make the final selection and shape the cohort in their image; offers go out within two weeks.
- Sep 2026Cohort
Kick-off dinner · Paris
The cohort opens with a dinner, Fellows meet one another and the people around the Fellowship, mentors included, up close, over deeper conversations.
- Oct → JunYear
Active cohort
Mentor sessions, paper clubs, workshops at partner companies, organising a hackathon, and ongoing project work.
Applications open in spring