Join our AI team as a Research Grants AI Intern and contribute to building intelligent systems that connect grant data, research publications, and researcher profiles. This internship offers hands-on experience in real-world data acquisition, NLP-driven entity matching, and research intelligence workflows within academic publishing.

As part of our commitment to fostering a collaborative team environment, this role requires working fully on-site.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Build workflows for crawling, extracting, and indexing grant information from public sources;

• Normalize and structure grant metadata (e.g., funding agency, grant IDs, investigators, timelines, keywords);

• Develop and implement text-mining and metadata-matching methods to link grants with publications;

• Integrate grant data into internal databases and graph-based systems;

• Support the exploration of predictive models to identify research trends and funding opportunities;

• Contribute to potential integrations with internal analytics and editorial tools.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a BSc or MSc in Data Science, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, or a related field;

• Initial practical experience in data acquisition, data processing, AI, or related areas;

• Basic knowledge of web scraping, API integration, and Python for data-intensive applications;

• Understanding of AI principles and interest in NLP or text mining;

• Familiarity with databases and data modeling concepts;

• Fluent in English (minimum B2);

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;

• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders;

• Comfortable working both independently and in an agile team environment;

• Curiosity about academic publishing and research ecosystems;

• Proactive mindset and adaptability in a dynamic setting.

What we offer

• The opportunity to contribute to the academic/scientific community;

• Flexible working hours;

• Team bond strengthening through team-building events;

• Professional growth opportunities with our global training system;

• Working in a collaborative and socially responsible team;

• Company retreat facility;

• Full-coverage insurance for accidents/daily sickness;

• Prime location near Basel train station and city center;

• And more...

If you are interested in this position, we look forward to receiving:

• A motivational letter (EN) that briefly describes your motivations for joining MDPI

• A resume (EN) including personal information, past & current education,

• Copy of ID and Diplomas

• If available: reference letters and certificates.

About MDPI

A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996 . Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. We operate more than 400 diverse, peer-reviewed , open access journals supported by over 66,000 academic editors . We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.

MDPI is headquartered in Switzerland with additional offices in Europe, Asia and North America . We are committed to ensuring that high quality research is made available as quickly as possible. We also support sustainability projects, with sustainability as a key theme in many journals and through the MDPI Sustainability Foundation.

Initiatives

At MDPI, we develop and maintain various platforms in order to better serve the scientific community. Please find here-below a list of our main platforms: