Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research careers with a network of world-class research labs led by globally-recognized scientists and engineers, who pursue innovation in a range of scientific and technical disciplines to help solve complex challenges in diverse fields, including computing, healthcare, economics, and the environment.

The Office of Applied Research in Microsoft seeks outstanding Research Interns to conduct state-of-the-art applied research. Applied research is impact-driven research. It applies empirical techniques to real world problems in a way that transforms theory into reality, advancing the state-of-the-art in the process.

The Office of Applied Research brings together experts from Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computational Social Science (CSS), and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). We work closely with research and product partners to help to ensure Microsoft is doing cutting edge research towards our core product interests.

Our team is particularly interested in candidates with expertise in building, understanding, or applying Foundation Models as well as enhancing user experience in copilot systems that leverage these models. We are also looking for candidates with proven experience in various fields such as Generative AI, Foundation Models, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Human-centered AI, CSS, Dialog Systems, Recommender Systems or Information Retrieval.