Microsoft Productivity Program Scholars 2025

The mission is simple: To use research to ensure AI makes work better than it was before, and for everyone.

As a member of the program, a Productivity Scholar will embed with a product team to work on a product’s goal that can be advanced by the post-doc’s or scholar’s AI research expertise. Scholars will also be mentored and supported by the Office of Applied Research, led by Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan. Product teams participating in the program are those that are associated with Microsoft’s productivity mission, e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Copilot for Work, and many more.

The Productivity Scholars program is a new offering, launching in fall of 2024 with most expected start dates in 2025.  Productivity Scholars will be either post-docs or visiting scholars:

• Post-doctoral scholars: The ideal candidates will be those who have already obtained faculty positions but are interested in deferring their start date by 1-1.5 years to work with product teams at Microsoft.
• Visiting scholars: The ideal candidates are professors who are hoping to take a sabbatical for one year working with product teams at Microsoft.

Our hope is that Productivity Scholars will emerge from the program with unique experience working to ship AI products that advance the state-of-the-art to up to hundreds of millions of people. If we are successful, this experience should help Productivity Scholars develop research agenda they feel are more impactful and advance their pedagogical and training missions for the AI era.

• Table of Content
• About Microsoft
• Microsoft Productivity Program Scholars
• Aim and Benefits of Microsoft Productivity Program Scholars
• Requirements for Microsoft Productivity Program Scholars Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers... read more... continue reading

Microsoft Productivity Program Scholars

Application Deadline	Not Specified
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	Microsoft
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Microsoft Productivity Program Scholars

This program offers potential post-docs and visiting scholars the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with product teams around Microsoft on some of the most important AI opportunities and challenges in the world today.

Requirements for Microsoft Productivity Program Scholars Qualification

Everyone should feel welcome to apply and we will consider applications on a case-by-base basis. Our candidate profiles described above are based on successful experiences in the past. We will not consider anyone for a post-doc who is not expecting to have a Ph.D. by the start date and will not consider anyone for a visiting scholar position who is not currently a professor.

Application Deadline

Not Specified

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Microsoft on forms.office.com to apply

For more details, visit Microsoft program website.