CycleOpen now 20Rolling 23Closed, but recurring 16RegionGlobal 75United States 18Other 25PathwayO-1A 97EB-1A 97EB-2 NIW 97
| Type | Opportunity | Field | Cycle | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards | AI DevSummit Awards — Conference awards AI DevSummit Awards | AI engineers | Not stated | Annual |
| Speaking | AI DevWorld — Open speaker application AI DevWorld | AI engineers | Not stated | Feb 9-11 2027; annual |
| Fellowships | Churchill Scholarship The Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States | AI engineers, Software engineers, Technology builders, Researchers and academics, Biotech professionals, Healthcare professionals, Climate professionals | Open now | The next nomination deadline for the Churchill Scholarship is: Monday, November 2, 2026, at 5pm Eastern Time. |
| Judging | DIVERSION2K26 — call for judges & mentors (MLH hackathon) Diversion — IEM Kolkata ACM Student Chapter | AI engineers, Machine learning engineers, Software engineers, Technology builders | Closed | DIVERSION 2K27 judge call (~early 2027) |
| Speaking | Data + AI Summit (Databricks) — Call for presentations Data + AI Summit (Databricks) | AI engineers | Open now | Annual Jun (2026 CFP open; event Jun 15 2026) |
| Speaking | Google Cloud Next — Speaker/session program (published speaker pages) Google Cloud Next | AI engineers, Software engineers | Not stated | Annual (Next '26 Las Vegas) |
| Open-source programmes | Google Developer Experts (GDE) program Google | AI engineers, Machine learning engineers, Software engineers, Technology builders | Open now | Always open (with referral) |
| Open-source programmes | Google Developer Experts — Expert program (public directory, badge) Google Developer Experts | AI engineers, Software engineers | Rolling | Rolling annual renewal |
| Speaking | ICLR — Reviewer ICLR | AI engineers, Researchers and academics | Not stated | Annual |
| Reviewing | IEEE ComSoc (EiC/leadership) — EiC nomination (senior leadership) IEEE ComSoc (EiC/leadership) | AI engineers | Not stated | Ad-hoc |
| Awards | IEEE Computer Society AI Innovator Award — AI-specific award IEEE Computer Society AI Innovator Award | AI engineers | Not stated | Annual |
| Awards | IJCAI 2026 Awards — IJCAI Awards (Research Excellence, etc.) IJCAI 2026 Awards | AI engineers | Not stated | Annual |
| Reviewing | KDD 2026 — Public call for reviewers KDD 2026 | AI engineers, Researchers and academics | Not stated | Annual (2026) |
| Reviewing | KI 2026 (German AI conf.) — call for reviewers Gesellschaft für Informatik | AI engineers | Closed | 2026 cycle closed (bidding Mar 25-Apr 12, 2026) |
| Reviewing | KI 2026 (German AI) — Public call for reviewers KI 2026 (German AI) | AI engineers | Not stated | Annual |
| Judging | MIT AI Film Hack — Public "Be our Judge & Speaker" application MIT AI Film Hack | AI engineers | Not stated | Annual |
| Judging | MIT Global AI Film Hack — Judge & Speaker application MIT Global AI Film Hack | AI engineers | Closed | 2027 cycle (2026 judging was Apr 6-15 2026) |
| Reviewing | OpenReview profile — reviewer pool + persistent public review record OpenReview | AI engineers, Machine learning engineers, Researchers and academics | Open now | Always open; pair with each venue's call |
| Reviewing | OpenReview — Platform; reviewer recruitment docs (venues recruit via bidding; profile carries full review record) OpenReview | AI engineers | Rolling | Continuous |
| Judging | Reverie Hacks — Student hackathon (HS+college) judging by email application Reverie Hacks | AI engineers, Software engineers | Not stated | Aug 2-17 2026 |
| Reviewing | Springer Nature Reviewer Programme - Reviewing Editor application Springer Nature | AI engineers, Machine learning engineers, Technology builders, Researchers and academics, Biotech professionals, Healthcare professionals, Climate professionals | Rolling | — |
| Reviewing | TheSAI — "Apply as a Reviewer" TheSAI | AI engineers | Rolling | Rolling |
| Judging | TheTime AI for Bharat 2026 — online hackathon judge invitation TheTime (AI for Bharat) | AI engineers | Closed | 2027 edition invite (~Jan 2027) if repeated |
| Judging | TheTime Hackathon (AI for Bharat) — Devpost-hosted Indian hackathon inviting judges TheTime Hackathon (AI for Bharat) | AI engineers | Not stated | 2026 |
| Judging | XPRIZE Build with Gemini (Devpost) — Global hackathon (prize $2M) XPRIZE Build with Gemini (Devpost) | AI engineers | Not stated | 2026 round |
| Judging | XPRIZE Build with Gemini (Devpost) — expert judging for $2M global hackathon XPRIZE | AI engineers | Closed | Next XPRIZE competition judge cycle (program-dependent) |
How to use this
Pick two or three that genuinely fit what you already do, do the work, and let the record accumulate. Recognition you did not earn is worthless, and in an immigration file it is worse than worthless.
Every entry here is free to apply for. We do not list anything that charges a fee to be considered, and the programmes that do are written down and excluded rather than forgotten.
26 programmes listed.