The Alan Turing Institute runs the Turing Internship Network to place doctoral students in paid roles with businesses, government bodies, charities and the Institute’s own mission teams.
Autumn 2026 is its 15th round, with roles at the Ministry of Justice and the Turing’s AICD, TIRE and Sustainability Mission teams. Interns pause their PhD, deliver a defined project, then return to their studies.
Benefits & funding
- Salaried employment rather than a stipend: both published Winter 2026 roles advertised £40,000 a year pro rata.
- Those two roles ran 4 and 6 months full time, based in London, with hybrid or fully remote working possible.
- Mentoring from the host team and contact with other PhD and postdoc researchers.
- An offer depends on passing the host’s security or background screening; Turing roles include a DBS check.
Eligibility
- Current doctoral student at a university in the UK or Ireland, or graduated within the past six months.
- The PhD must lean heavily on maths, statistics, data science, computer science, AI, ethics or technology — or social science and public policy for policy roles.
- Right to work and be based in the UK or Ireland, matching the role’s location.
- Able to pause studies for the whole placement, unless the role allows part-time or flexible working.
- Supervisor and department must support the application.
- Any nationality may apply, though a role can add its own bar: one Winter 2026 role took EU and UK citizens only; international students in the UK supply a government share code.
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Application process
- 1Agree with your supervisor and department that you can take part and pause the PhD.
- 2Read the round’s call document and the role descriptions on the Turing’s site.
- 3Apply through the Turing’s Flexigrant system, naming a first-choice role and, if you want, a second.
- 4Submit by 11am BST on 13 October 2026.
- 5If shortlisted, attend an interview; some hosts set an online assessment first.
Program timeline
Applications open
8 September 2026
Applications close, 11am BST
13 October 2026
Applications reviewed
14 October – 13 November 2026
Interview invitations
From 16 November 2026
Outcomes announced
End of December 2026