Fully funded PhD scholarship in NeuroAI

Ulster University

Contract type
Contract-3 year
Closing date
27 Feb 2026 12:00 AM
Location
Intelligent Systems Research Centre, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK
Professor KongFatt Wong-Lin has a fully funded 3-year PhD scholarship in NeuroAI. The scholarship is available to both international and local applicants.

This PhD project will work on the frontier of bridging fundamental cognitive computational neuroscience of decision-making to novel brain-inspired AI algorithms. Application (deadline 27th Feb 2026) is available at:
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/find-a-phd/11b-intelligent-systems/1790150 .
Please contact him for queries: [email protected] ; https://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/k-wong-lin .
The successful applicant will become a member of our Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurotechnology research team, which Prof. Wong-Lin is leading:
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/computer-science/intelligent-systems-research-centre/teams/neural-systems-and-neuro-technology

The School and associated Intelligent Systems Research Centre (https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/computer-science/intelligent-systems-research-centre) comprise neuroscience and AI related research communities and facilities:
* NeuroAI and computational neuroscience
* Neuromorphic computing
* Brain-computer interfaces and neurotechnology (EEG, MEG)
* High-performance computing
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