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<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://aigi.ox.ac.uk" data-outlook-id="66fe360d-5afd-4d23-9d42-b12717e4a0ff" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Oxford Martin
AI Governance Initiative (AIGI)</a></span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and the University of Oxford
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Department of Engineering Science</a> are offering fully funded Studentships to support DPhil researchers interested in working
</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">with</span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> our
</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">programme</span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> on Technical AI Governance (TAIG). The TAIG DPhil Studentships cover tuition and a stipend, for home or overseas
students, as well as providing generous allowances for each student to support travel to conferences and compute resources. Incoming DPhil researchers can pursue projects in key areas, such as:</span></div>
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<div role="presentation"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Compute infrastructure governance</span></div>
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<div role="presentation"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Privacy-preserving transparency and auditing</span></div>
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<div role="presentation"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Technical standards development</span></div>
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<div role="presentation"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Information security and AI system resilience</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" role="presentation">Interpretability for model evaluation</span></li></ul>
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<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The application deadline is 3 March 2026 at noon UK time, and further
</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">information</span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> on the TAIG DPhil Studentships can be found here:
<a href="https://aigi.ox.ac.uk/technical-ai-governance-programme/" data-outlook-id="e9b9b81a-ccd8-44c6-b1f1-1150828085b6" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
https://aigi.ox.ac.uk/technical-ai-governance-programme/</a>. Questions are welcome and can be directed to s</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ami</span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.wymes@eng.ox.ac.uk.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All the best,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(81, 167, 249);">Programme Manager – Technical AI Governance</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(81, 167, 249);">Department of Engineering Science</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(81, 167, 249);">University of Oxford</span></p>
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