AI for Good Research Lab Intern

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.   The AI for Good Research Lab uses AI and data to address some of the greatest challenges facing humanity. We are headquartered in Redmond, WA, and have one of our offices in Nairobi, Kenya.

Required Qualifications (RQs)

Must be currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship
Must have at least 2 years of experience with modeling in Python and at least 2 years of experience with deep learning models.
Must be fluent in English (verbal and written)
Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including: C/C++, Java, MATLAB or Python, ideally languages such as pyTorch, Tensorflow and other deep learning toolkits
Experience (classroom or work related) in one or more areas of computer science, such as Natural Language Understanding, Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Algorithmic Foundations of Optimization, Data Science, Privacy, etc.
Experience with geospatial machine learning, foundation models, agentic AI, or low-resource language models (development and evaluation), applied to practical challenges in agriculture, biodiversity, public health, or disaster response, is a plus.