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 Zurich 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 · Zurich · Stanford
The principles that bind the community.
Scientific rigour
Members are selected and evaluated on the quality of their thinking, not their credentials alone. Peer-led review at every step.
Genuine ambition
The Fellowship is for people building things that matter at scale: foundation models for genomics, AI-driven drug discovery, computational protein design, and beyond.
Intellectual generosity
Knowledge, opportunities and feedback circulate freely within the community. Hoarding is antithetical to the culture.
Diversity of approach
Experimental biologists, ML engineers, bioinformaticians and computational chemists all belong. The boundary conditions are curiosity and commitment.
Long-term belonging
Once a Fellow, always a Fellow. Alumni carry the network for life, across hubs and cohorts.
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
Final selection by the cohort committee; offers go out within two weeks.
- Sep 2026Cohort
Kick-off · Paris
One-week residential kick-off: lab visits, mentor pairings, first paper club, and the inaugural hackathon.
- Oct → JunYear
Active cohort
Mentor sessions, monthly research clinics, paper club, hackathons, and ongoing project work.
- Jul 2027Closing
Cohort summit · Zurich
End-of-year showcase, retrospective, and the official transition to the alumni network.
Applications open in spring