First edition · Summer 2026
Europe Research Summer
Where Europe's strongest student AI researchers surface. Original AI/ML research, reviewed double-blind by working researchers. One final in Paris.
Institutions our participants belong to
University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
Imperial College London
King's College London
Technical University of Munich
CentraleSupélec
Université Paris-Saclay
TU Delft
KU Leuven
University of Amsterdam
Technical University of Denmark
Trinity College Dublin
Sanofi
Nokia
Thales
About the programme
Real research, taken seriously.
We find Europe's strongest student AI talent early, connect it, and keep it working in Europe. A former President of the European Research Council advises the programme.
- 103
- Researchers selected
- 65+
- Researchers in the jury
- 20+
- Countries
- 1
- Final · Paris
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Research, not a hackathon
Original AI/ML research papers, judged on rigour, novelty, and contribution.
02
Double-blind review
Working researchers, matched by field, review every paper. Anonymous in both directions: nothing public ever links a person to a paper.
03
One final in Paris
The strongest entry per country presents live to an international jury.
How it works
From your AI society to the Paris final.
- 01
Submit
Through your university AI society, from Bachelor's to PhD.
- 02
Review
Double-blind, by working researchers matched to each paper's field.
- 03
National winners
The strongest entry from each country advances.
- 04
Paris final
Live presentations to an international jury. Winner joins OVHai LLM.
Research areas across the cohort
- LLMs & AgentsLanguage models · agentic systems
- Safety & InterpretabilityFairness · trustworthy AI
- Health & Life SciencesClinical AI · computational biology
- Vision & RoboticsPerception · embodied AI
- AI for SciencePhysics · energy · climate
- ML Theory & MethodsFoundations · geometric ML
The cohort
One programme, all of Europe.
Participants and reviewers across 20+ countries.
Researchers per country
103 selected participants across 20 countries, from 220 applicants Europe-wide.
The final · Summer 2026
Paris
One stage
The strongest entry from each country presents live at the global final.
International jury
Working researchers judge the presentations in person.
The prize
The winner receives an internship with OVHai LLM. AWS provides compute support for the programme.
The network
Backed across the European AI ecosystem.
Aggregate affiliations across the cohort and the jury, never linked to any individual paper.
Behind the programme
EuroTech Federation.
A pan-European deep-tech federation founded in April 2025.
- 170+ Fellows selected from 2,000+ applications
- YC companies and acquisitions among Fellows
- PhDs at Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, EPFL, ELLIS
- CERN research, Forbes Under 30, high-citation work
Advised at the highest level.
Advised by a former President of the European Research Council, with 65+ researchers connected in the jury network.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Who can participate?
Students from undergraduate to PhD level, submitting original AI/ML research through their university AI society. If your society isn't onboarded yet, get in touch. More are joining.
Is this a hackathon or a pitch competition?
Deliberately not. Participants submit research papers, reviewed double-blind by working researchers. The goal is to surface and connect Europe's strongest student AI talent early, and keep them oriented toward Europe.
How are papers reviewed?
Double-blind, by working researchers matched to each paper's field. Reviews are anonymous in both directions: nothing public ever links a person to a paper.
What do winners get?
The strongest entry from each country presents live at the global final in Paris. The winner receives an internship with OVHai LLM; AWS provides compute support for the programme.
What is EuroTech Federation?
A pan-European deep-tech federation founded in April 2025, with 170+ Fellows selected from more than 2,000 applications. The initiative is advised by a former President of the European Research Council.
My question isn't here. Who do I ask?
Write to us at contact@eurotech-federation.com and we'll get back to you within a few days.
Get involved
Bring your AI society. Or back the programme.
AI societies join as community partners; companies and institutions support with infrastructure, internships, and model access.
Contact us