Bluestaq Graduate Research Scholar — NDSU Partnership Full-Ride M.S./Ph.D. Sponsorship + Paid Summer Internship (Colorado Springs, CO) Bluestaq — a Colorado Springs leader in secure data ecosystems, graph technologies, natural language processing, and AI solutions for national security and defense customers, including the U.S. Space Force — is launching a full-ride graduate research sponsorship in partnership with North Dakota State University (NDSU). We are seeking motivated NDSU graduate students to conduct Bluestaq-defined research beginning Fall 2026, culminating in a paid summer internship at Bluestaq headquarters. Why This Program Matters This sponsorship connects academic research directly to national-security mission impact. As a Bluestaq Graduate Research Scholar, your work will: <ul> <li>Advance real capabilities in LLMs, knowledge graphs, NLP, and agentic AI used by defense and national-security customers. </li> <li>Build a direct pipeline from sponsored academic research into hands-on delivery at Bluestaq. </li> <li>Position you as part of a select, founding cohort of scholars at the leading edge of applied AI research. </li> </ul> What You'll Do Fall 2026 Research Project <ul> <li>Conduct Bluestaq-defined research in one or more of the following focus areas: Large Language Models, Data Sourcing & Tagging, Knowledge Graph / Graph Store, Agentic AI, Natural Language Processing, and Prompt Engineering. </li> <li>Work independently and with NDSU faculty advisors, with research direction and technical alignment provided by Bluestaq. </li> <li>Bring genuine intellectual curiosity — while projects are Bluestaq-defined, student interest and alignment are valued in shaping the work. </li> </ul> Summer 2027 Internship — Bluestaq HQ, Colorado Springs, CO <ul> <li>Complete a paid summer internship as a direct continuation of your sponsored research, deliveri

Bluestaq Graduate Research Scholar — NDSU Partnership

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