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Jetstream2 NAIRR AI Fellows Program

Jetstream2 NAIRR AI Fellows Program

The Jetstream2 NAIRR AI Fellows Program is a unique opportunity for both early career and established researchers. The program aims to provide researchers with the skills, knowledge, and experience needed to leverage Jetstream2 in their AI-based research projects. The program will run from January to September 2026.

The best apply by date is October 1, 2025.

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Project components

There are four components to the program:

Project Consulting. The program will provide consultation for the fellows to help them overcome technical or logistical challenges they may encounter in their AI-based research projects on Jetstream2, including onboarding onto the systems and taking advantage of the advanced capabilities of the cutting-edge GPU resources on Jetstream2.
Training. Jetstream2 AI Workbench and other training to augment AI techniques.
Priority Access to High-End GPUs. Jetstream2 makes available 24 GPU-enabled nodes with four NVIDIA H100 GPUs, 8 nodes with four NVIDIA L40S GPUs each, and 90 with four NVIDIA A100 GPUs each. Fellows will enjoy priority access to the Jetstream2 GPU resources to achieve their project goals and accelerate their science.
Community Contribution. One goal of the program is to enable other researchers to benefit from the lessons learned during the program. Fellows will work with the Jetstream2 team to identify a relevant target for maximum impact.

Program details

The program will accept fellows who meet the following eligibility criteria:

NAIRR-pilot PI eligible researchers (US-based researchers and educators from US-based institutions who are working in the US).
Graduate students are eligible to apply but must include a letter of collaboration from their graduate advisor (see application info below).

Applications will be reviewed by the Jetstream2 project team.
Selection criteria will be focused on:
- Technical feasibility and match of the project to the Jetstream2 resources
- Strength of project description
- Likelihood of the project leading to deliver a suitable final contribution (see below). Please note that research papers are not intended deliverable for the community contribution component.
For best consideration, apply by October 1, 2025. To apply, fill out the intake form and upload a single document as specified below and in the intake form (The email address you provide must be your institutional email. Submissions providing personal email addresses such as “gmail.com” addresses will not be considered).
After preliminary review of submissions, applicants will be interviewed as part of the selection process.

For the application, please prepare in advance a single PDF document named YOURLASTNAME-YOURFIRSTNAME_2026JS2AIFellow.pdf containing:

Statement of affirmation that you are eligible to be an NAIRR-pilot PI and plan to work in the US during the fellowship period (January—October 2026).
CV or NSF Biosketch (no more than three pages).
A project description (no more than three pages in length in 11-pt. font) which contains:
- A project summary describing the overall scientific goals of the project, proposed application of AI techniques, and contribution to either the domain-science research or the application of AI techniques to scientific research.
- A description of the technical implementation of the proposed project.
- A proposed timeline for carrying out the project within the 9-month fellowship program.
- An estimate of compute and storage needs.
- A description of the proposed community contribution.
Graduate students must include a letter of collaboration from their graduate advisor confirming their awareness of the request and engagement in guiding the computational activity. It should be written on institutional letterhead and state that the proposed work is being performed primarily by the graduate student and is separate from the advisor’s own research. It should also list the full contact information for the graduate advisor.

Travel to/from the kickoff meeting is paid by the Jetstream2 project. This includes airfare, lodging, meals, and other eligible travel-related expenses associated with the meeting.

Upon successful completion of the program, fellows will receive a $5000 stipend. If you have questions about the stipend or if alternative arrangements would better facilitate your participation, please contact help@jetstream-cloud.org.

October 1, 2025: Best apply date
October 10, 2025: Application form closes
- The email address you provide must be your institutional email. Submissions providing personal email addresses such as “gmail.com” will not be considered.
November 10, 2025: Awarded proposals announced on or by this date

Timeline of requirements for fellows

January 5-9, 2026: Attend in-person kickoff meeting in Tucson, AZ
Throughout 2026: Participate in events, trainings, and consultations
May 30, 2026: Submit a mid-program progress report
September 30, 2026: Attend wrap-up event where fellows give final presentations to Jetstream2 staff. Final deliverables will include:
- 1-2 hour AI-related tutorial or module presented either via webinar or at an in-person event.
- A report or formal case study describing the AI research or education use case proposed in the project description, implementation details, major contributions resulting from access to Jetstream2 resources, and future work.
- Individual contribution for news article written by IU.
- Final presentation (~10 minutes) to Jetstream2 team.

Contact help@jetstream-cloud.org if you have any questions about the application process.

Jetstream2 NAIRR AI Fellows Program