Colby College invites applications from its recent graduates for a Fifth-Year Fellowship at the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence (DavisAI). This professional opportunity is designed for a 2026 Colby graduate to expand their interdisciplinary AI leadership skills, further their professional development, and serve the Colby and broader community. The program model is designed to impact campus culture, strengthen relationships, and cultivate a sense of community.
What You'll Do
- Conduct independent research and establish pipelines for future projects, possibly leading to publication.
- Design and pilot a structured pathway for students of all class years and disciplines to continuously engage with AI research.
- Conduct listening tours with staff and faculty across all departments to benchmark community attitudes.
- Develop targeted workshops, resources, and departmental AI guides, building on DAI's current materials.
- Conduct research on areas of community concern about AI, including environmental impact, cognitive impacts, data security, and privacy.
- Draft well-informed institutional positions on AI for DavisAI and Colby College.
- Understand current infrastructure and refine the core, reliable AI toolset to lower the barrier for students, faculty, and administrators to build and deploy their own projects.
What We're Looking For
- 2026 graduate of Colby College.
- Strong proficiency in Python for data processing and analysis.
- Familiarity working with APIs.
- Familiarity with machine learning workflows.
- Demonstrated experience with natural language processing techniques.
- Strong prompt engineering skills.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Previous experience with DavisAI research and/or pedagogical transformation.
- Strong time management, organizational, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Require minimal supervision and possess the ability to take initiative.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Git, Docker, and SSH (for secure remote environments).
Technical Stack
- Python
- APIs
- Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Prompt Engineering
- Git
- Docker
- SSH
Team & Environment
This is a fellowship position at the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence (DavisAI).
Work Mode
This is an onsite position based on the Colby College campus.
Colby College actively supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
