Mentorship Program 2026-27: Call for Participation

join us as mentor or mentee @WiML!

6th Annual WiML Mentorship Program (2026-2027)

Mentorship Program Goal

The goal of this program is to provide mentorship to early-career women and non-binary people studying and/or working in machine learning and AI. The program will run between September 2026 and May 2027. Application deadlines are indicated in the "Timeline" section.

We will have two cohorts of mentees and we are also looking for mentors:

Mentees for this program are Post-graduate degree applicants and Post-Master's/post-Ph.D. industry job seekers.
Mentors for this program are all (women, nonbinary, allies) individuals with experience & availability to participate!

Post-graduate degree applicants

a post-graduate degree applicant cohort of Women and non-binary graduates applying for research-oriented degree programs in machine learning (Master’s and doctoral) during 2026–2027.

Industry job seeker

a post-Master's/post-Ph.D. job seeker cohort of Women and non-binary graduates who have just completed or are close to completing a post-graduate (Master’s and doctoral) degree program, and will search for applying for industry jobs in machine learning during 2026–2027.

Application Forms

MENTEES FORM (Post-graduate/Industry Job)

MENTORS FORM

Data Usage and Sharing

Your submitted information will be shared with WiML Organizers and the WiML Board. You will also be asked for consent to contribute aggregated, anonymized data to WiML reports and publicity.

Timeline

Post-graduate applicants

- 28th August: application deadline

- 21th of Sept: acceptance notification

Industry job seekers

- 28th August: application deadline

- 28th of Sept: acceptance notification

Mentors

- 28th August: application deadline (soft deadline, applications received by this date will be given a priority )

- 21th-28th of Sept: acceptance notification