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Jetstream2 AI Fellows Program Pilot

Jetstream2 AI Fellows Program Pilot

The Jetstream2 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 2025.

Applications for the AI Fellows Program are currently closed; however, a second call will be announced in late spring 2025. Please check this page for the most up-to-date information.

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 your AI techniques.
Priority Access to High-End GPUs. Jetstream2 makes available 90 GPU-enabled nodes with four NVIDIA A100 GPUs each and will be expanded to include NVIDIA H100 GPUs in the near future. 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 and likelihood of the project leading to deliver a suitable final deliverable (see below).
For best consideration, apply by October 15, 2024. 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_2025JS2AIFellow.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 2025).
CV or NSF Biosketch (no more than three pages)
A project description (no more than two 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.
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.

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 15, 2024: Best apply date
October 30, 2024: Application form closes
- The email address you provide must be your institutional email. Submissions providing personal email addresses such as “gmail.com” addresses will not be considered.
December 2, 2024: Awarded proposals announced on or by this date

Timeline of requirements for fellows

January 15-17, 2025: Attend in-person kickoff meeting in Tucson, AZ
Throughout 2025: Participate in events, trainings, and consultations
May 30, 2025: Submit a mid-program progress report
September 30, 2025: 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 AI Fellows Program Pilot