Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

Future Forged: AI Innovation Fellowship

Explore the future of AI at the intersection of research, industry application, and entrepreneurial potential.

At the Intersection of Research and Possibility

The Future Forged: AI Innovation Fellowship is a 10-month, full-time program for AI researchers ready to explore bold ideas and ask, “What if?”

Based at Amii HQ in Edmonton, this fellowship supports Researcher Associates as they investigate emerging questions in machine learning, collaborate with domain experts, and share new insights through strategic review papers and public engagement.

Please note: applications will remain open until filled. However, these roles have fixed end dates, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible!

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Focus Areas

Future Forged focuses on four priority areas where AI can create meaningful, real-world change:

Healthcare systems face rising demand, limited resources, and growing complexity. AI can ease these pressures—helping clinicians make faster, more accurate decisions, improving patient outcomes, and reducing system strain. Research in this area has the potential to make care more accessible, efficient, and personalized.

The Work Ahead

The Future Forged Fellowship is designed to support focused, high-impact research that bridges academic insight and real-world application.

Over the course of ten months, the Future Forged Research Associates will:

  • Explore one of four priority areas: Health, Biology, Data Centre & Energy, or Real-Time Reinforcement Learning

  • Develop bold “what if” questions that uncover research, industry application, and entrepreneurial potential.

  • Collaborate with AI researchers and domain experts at Amii and beyond

  • Produce a strategic review paper that maps the current landscape and proposes future directions

  • Share their insights through public presentations and the development of accessible AI literacy content

What If Thinking: Where Innovation Begins

At the heart of Future Forged is a mindset: asking “what if” is more than a thought exercise—it’s where meaningful research begins.

“What if” thinking challenges assumptions, surfaces possibilities, and opens new directions for research, application, and innovation. Future Forged Research Associates use this framing to identify opportunity areas, explore limitations, and consider real-world impact.

Become a Future Forged Research Associate

Future Forged is designed for AI researchers with:

  • Strong writing and analytical skills

  • Experience in tech-focused or interdisciplinary environments

  • A drive to explore new ideas and challenge the status quo

  • Interest in making their research accessible beyond academic audiences

Future Forged: AI Innovation Research Fellowship

For AI Researchers Who Think Beyond the Expected

The Future Forged: AI Innovation Fellowship is a 10-month program for AI researchers to explore bold questions in areas that matter: health, biology, data centres and energy, and real-time reinforcement learning systems.

Apply by June 26, 2025