fellowship
★ 0.72 Apps close Oct 4, 2026
12-week AI safety research fellowship funded by Open Philanthropy (Coefficient Giving). Selected participants join a structured pipeline featuring direct mentorship from industry professionals and PhD mentors, guidance from ideation through conference submission. Target venues include NeurIPS, ACL, and EMNLP. Recent cohorts achieved 68-73% acceptance rates at major conferences. Two-stage selection process with 30 fellows selected per cohort.
#alignment#safety#interpretability
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★ 0.70 Apps close Oct 16, 2026
EA Global conference series organized by Centre for Effective Altruism. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Three-day conference featuring talks, workshops, and networking opportunities for the effective altruism community.
#governance#alignment#policy#community#safety
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★ 0.85 Apps close Oct 18, 2026
3-month online research program where participants form teams to work on preselected projects. Project leads guide teams spending at least 10 hours/week. Teams meet weekly and plan in their own work hours. Final online conference for presentations April 23-26. Some teams continue working together after the official program end. AISC is about ensuring future AIs are either reasonably safe or not built at all.
#alignment#safety
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★ 0.80 Apps close Oct 18, 2026
12th edition of AI Safety Camp (AISC) as a 3-month online research program where participants form teams to work on preselected projects. Project leads apply first with their ideas, receive feedback and assistance to develop proposals, then select their team members. Program runs January to April 2027 with opening weekend Jan 9-10 and final presentations April 23-26. Teams meet weekly and plan their own work hours. Some teams continue working together after AISC ends.
#alignment#governance
Salience signals
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★ 0.90 Apps close Oct 19, 2026
Follow-up intensive course focused on compute verification. Addresses open problems in ensuring the verifiability of frontier pacing commitments. Covers international treaties, statutory interpretation, supply-chain analysis, and cryptographic AI verification methods. Goes further into technical components than Part 1.
#governance#evals
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★ 0.69 Reg closes Oct 23, 2026
Weekend research hackathon focused on AI collusion. Apart Research's sprint format allows anyone to join, with winners and standout participants receiving invitations to Apart Studio and the Apart Fellowship. 55+ sprints completed with 6,000+ participants across 200+ global locations.
#multi-agent#evals#safety#alignment
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★ 0.65 Reg closes Oct 24, 2026
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AI Safety Day organized by AI Safety Poland and hosted on BlueDot Impact events calendar. Community event bringing together AI safety researchers and practitioners in Warsaw. Paid admission (PLN 99).
#safety#community
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★ 0.83 Reg closes Oct 25, 2026
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EAGx (EA Global x) conference in Berlin. Community-run events within the EA Global series. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons.
#governance#alignment#safety#community
Salience signals
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★ 0.73 Early-bird ends Oct 30, 2026
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Neural Information Processing Systems conference. Main conference in Sydney (December 6-12, 2026) with satellite conferences in Atlanta and Paris (December 9-13). Chaired by Hsuan-Tien Lin (National Taiwan University) and Razvan Pascanu (Google DeepMind, Mila). Includes Ethics Review Chair and Code of Ethics/Conduct. Watch for safety-related workshops to be announced.
#alignment#interpretability#evals#ml-safety#machine-learning#ml#research-practice#safety conference
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★ 0.80 Apps close Nov 1, 2026
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4-week intensive program in applied mathematics for AI alignment by Iliad. Based in London at LISA. Provides $5,000 support. Selection based on estimated mathematical strength.
#alignment#formal-foundations
Salience signals
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★ 0.79 Reg closes Nov 5, 2026
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Foresight's flagship conference gathering leading scientists, entrepreneurs, funders, and policymakers to explore the frontiers of science and technology. Includes AI safety track and secure AI discussions.
#safety#alignment#governance#research-practice
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★ 0.66 Reg closes Nov 13, 2026
One of Foresight Institute's flagship events gathering leading scientists, entrepreneurs, funders, and policymakers. 40-year-old organization focused on transformative technology including AI safety tracks. Vision Weekend features frontier science and technology discussions.
#alignment#governance#safety
Salience signals
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★ 0.80 Reg closes Nov 15, 2026
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EAGx (EA Global x) conference in Melbourne, Australia. Community-run events within the EA Global series. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Applications are now open.
#governance#alignment#safety#community
Salience signals
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★ 0.91 Apps closed Jul 5, 2026
Twelve-week part-time programme for U.S. policy professionals. Five hours weekly commitment. Runs early September to early December 2026 with Thanksgiving break. Focused on AI governance and policy.
#governance#policy
Salience signals
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★ 0.87 Apps closed Jun 7, 2026
10-week ML Alignment & Theory Scholars fellowship with optional 6-12 month extension. Fellows receive weekly stipends ($1,250), compute budgets ($2,000/week), housing, meals, and mentorship from leading AI safety researchers. Locations in Berkeley, CA and London, UK. Applications closed for Autumn 2026.
#alignment#interpretability
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★ 0.85 Apps closed Sep 1, 2026
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3-month mentored research fellowship in applied mathematics for AI alignment by Iliad. Based in London at LISA. Provides $6,000/month stipend. Selection based on estimated mathematical strength.
#alignment#formal-foundations
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★ 0.85 Apps closed Jul 26, 2026
Four-month fellowship for empirical research on AI safety aligned with Anthropic's research priorities. Fellows receive weekly stipend of $3,850 USD, compute funding (~$15k/month), and close mentorship from Anthropic researchers. Application deadline July 26.
#alignment#interpretability#control#evals
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★ 0.83 Apps closed Oct 1, 2026
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4-week intensive program in applied mathematics for AI alignment by Iliad. Based in Berkeley. Provides $5,000 support. Selection based on estimated mathematical strength.
#alignment#formal-foundations
Salience signals
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} 12-week ML Alignment & Theory Scholars fellowship connecting talented researchers with top mentors in machine alignment, transparency, and security. Participants completing full 12-week programme at 40 hours per week receive $19,200 stipend ($1,600/week), $24,000 in research compute, housing, travel to/from Berkeley or London, office space, lunch and dinner on weekdays, and J-1 visa support. Mentorship from world-class researchers at Anthropic, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Redwood Research, and ARC. Option to apply for 6-12 month funded extension beyond main program.
#alignment#interpretability
Salience signals
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★ 0.79 Apps closed Jul 20, 2026
Inaugural 2026-2027 Winter PIBBSS Fellowship inviting researchers from diverse disciplines to work on AI risk projects under mentorship of experienced researchers. ~3-month interdisciplinary program connecting PhD and postdoctoral researchers (or those with comparable research experience) with AI safety mentors. $3,000/month stipend with accommodation, return flight plus visa support, office space access, speaker talks, and community events. Includes presentation at Spring 2027 Symposium. Added new track on Post-AGI Civilisation Dynamics / Gradual Disempowerment with ACS Research support.
#alignment#formal-foundations
Salience signals
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★ 0.79 Apps closed Apr 26, 2026
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4-month empirical AI safety research fellowship with close mentorship from Anthropic researchers. Fellows investigate scalable oversight, adversarial robustness, AI control, model organisms, mechanistic interpretability, AI security, and model welfare. Program provides $3,850/week stipend, ~$15k/month compute funding, and aims for public research outputs (typically papers). Over 80% of first cohort produced papers; 40%+ joined Anthropic full-time afterward.
#alignment#interpretability#control#evals
Salience signals
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★ 0.79 Apps closed Sep 6, 2026
10-week intensive, fully-funded AI safety research fellowship hosted by Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative. Focuses on technical AI safety research across interpretability, multi-agent safety, formal verification, and risk management frameworks. Includes weekly mentorship (1-2 hours/week), speaker events, professional development support, $12,500 stipend, housing, meals, and compute resources (~$1,500/week per fellow). Dedicated 24/7 workspace in Harvard Square.
#alignment#interpretability#evals
Salience signals
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★ 0.76 Apps closed Jul 12, 2026
Three-month bipartisan AI governance and policy fellowship designed to accelerate or launch careers in American AI policy, emphasizing practical policy relevance.
#governance#policy
Salience signals
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★ 0.76 Apps closed Jul 12, 2026
Three-month research-oriented AI governance fellowship. Participants conduct independent research projects and participate in expert sessions and networking.
#governance#policy
Salience signals
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} A 5-month fully funded fellowship pairing emerging talent with senior mentors on technical, governance, strategy, and field-building projects. Offers two tracks: Empirical Research (ML safety topics) and Strategy & Governance (policy and organizational development). Provides $8,400 monthly stipend, ~$15,000/month research budget for empirical fellows, mentorship, workspace access, and placement services.
#alignment#governance#technical-safety fellowshipmentorship
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★ 0.76 Apps closed Jul 17, 2026
National fellowship for early-career professionals interested in extending AI's benefits across American communities. Twelve-month programme combining intensive initial training with ongoing weekly instruction alongside placement at host nonprofits. First cohort of 100 fellows begins in October 2026.
#governance
Salience signals
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★ 0.74 Apps closed Sep 1, 2026
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ARENA 9.0 runs in-person at the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) in Shoreditch. Intensive 4-5 week bootcamp providing technical skills, professional connections, and confidence for careers in AI safety. Covers travel, visa expenses, accommodation, and meals. Requires strong Python coding skills and foundational mathematics (linear algebra, calculus, probability). Application process has three stages: initial form, coding test, and final interview.
#alignment#interpretability#reinforcement-learning#research-practice
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★ 0.73 Apps closed May 3, 2026
Fully funded 5-month fellowship supporting external researchers, engineers, and practitioners to pursue rigorous, high-impact research on safety and alignment of advanced AI systems. Partnering with Constellation. Priority areas include safety evaluation, ethics, robustness, scalable mitigations, privacy-preserving safety methods, agentic oversight, and misuse prevention. Monthly stipend $8,400, compute resources, API credits, mentorship from OpenAI staff, workspace at Constellation Berkeley.
#alignment#evals#governance#safety#interpretability
Salience signals
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★ 0.73 Apps closed Jul 12, 2026
Three-month fellowship focused on non-research projects in communications, policy, operations, and program management.
#governance#policy
Salience signals
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} ERA (Existential Risk Alliance) fellowship accelerating talent and advancing research to understand and reduce risks from increasingly capable AI systems. Covers alignment science, mechanistic interpretability, and AI control protocols. 200+ alumni network working at UK AI Security Institute, European AI Office, NIST's CAISI, RAND, Centre for AI Safety, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, Centre for the Governance of AI, Future of Life Institute. Applications for Winter 2027 have closed.
#alignment#interpretability#governance
Salience signals
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} Mentorship for Alignment Researchers at CAISH December 2026 cohort. Matches exceptional students and early-career researchers with experienced researchers from AI labs, think tanks, and academia. Part-time and hybrid format. Operated by Cambridge AI Safety Hub. Multiple cohorts per year.
#alignment#governance fellowshipmentorship
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★ 0.72 CFP closed Aug 15, 2026
Stanford AIMS Lab workshop on AI Measurement Science: Toward Rigorous AI Evaluation. One-day, in-person event (8:30-17:30 PDT) co-located with COLM 2026. Invites submissions across two tracks: Research Track (4-8 pages) and Competition Track. Eight contributed talks selected from research submissions. Features Predictive AI Evaluation Challenge. Accepted papers are non-archival. Double-blind review with minimum three reviews per paper.
#evals#interpretability#measurement-science
Salience signals
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★ 0.72 Apps closed May 10, 2026
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Stage 2 of MARS V selection process, for invited candidates only. Part-time, hybrid research programme matching exceptional students and early-career researchers with experienced mentors. Includes $2k+ compute budget, Claude Max, accommodation, meals, and travel funding.
#alignment#technical-safety#mentorship#control#interpretability#evals#governance
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★ 0.70 Apps closed Sep 7, 2026
Federation of American Scientists Policy Entrepreneurship Fellowship focused on frontier AI safety. Part-time (5 hours/week) developing policy memos addressing AI safety challenges. Includes California retreat (Nov 4-7) and DC capstone (Feb 22 week). $5,000 stipend plus travel expenses, $1,000 merit award for top performer. Focus areas: cybersecurity, governance frameworks, risk assessment, transparency, capability thresholds, compute governance, critical infrastructure protection.
#governance#policy#safety
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★ 0.70 CFP closed Aug 15, 2026
First Workshop on Pluralistic Value Alignment of LLMs at AACL 2026. Provides dedicated venue for advancing research on pluralistic value alignment. Topics include theoretical foundations, alignment methods for LLMs, benchmarks and evaluation protocols, human-AI collaboration for value-sensitive datasets, interpretability and analysis, and pluralistic value alignment in real-world deployment.
#alignment#governance
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} Launch retreat for Central New York AI Safety community organized by BlueDot Impact. The retreat aims to establish a local AI safety hub and build connections among researchers, students, and practitioners in the New York area working on alignment and governance challenges.
#alignment#governance
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} Supervised Program for Alignment Research. Part-time remote research program pairing aspiring researchers with experienced mentors from Google DeepMind, RAND, Apollo Research, MATS, UK AISI, etc. for three-month projects. Applications open around December.
#alignment
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} MIT AI Alignment (MAIA) eight-week introductory fellowship on AI safety covering trends, evidence for misalignment, and safety approaches. 2 hours per week, free food provided, no prior AI background required. Open to anyone with preference for MIT students. Completion leads to MAIA Membership with 24/7 office access, free compute, and research discussions. 1,300+ member Slack community.
#alignment#safety#community
Salience signals
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} UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research) Innovations Dialogue focused on electromagnetic disruption technology impacts on international security. UNIDIR operates flagship conferences on Cyber Stability, Geneva Cyber Week, AI Security and Ethics, and Outer Space Security. International AI policy and disarmament-related conferences in scope per the safety community's broader governance interests.
#governance
Salience signals
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★ 0.66 Apps closed Aug 18, 2026
Supervised Program for Alignment Research (SPAR) Fall 2026 cohort. Part-time remote research program pairing aspiring researchers with experienced mentors from Google DeepMind, RAND, Apollo Research, MATS, UK AISI, etc. for three-month projects. Participants commit 5-40 hours per week. Applications for Fall 2026 have closed; Spring 2027 applications will open around December. Demo Day on December 19. Optional continuation after December 14.
#alignment#interpretability#evals#governance#safety#policy
Salience signals
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} Apart Research hackathon focused on AI and epistemics. Part of the monthly Apart Sprints series for developing AI safety research ideas. Online only format.
#safety#alignment
Salience signals
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★ 0.65 CFP closed Jul 3, 2026
The 2nd Workshop on Lifelong Agents: Learning, Aligning, and Evolving at COLM 2026. Invites submissions on the development of lifelong agents that can continuously learn, maintain stable alignment, and sustainably evolve over extended deployment. Focuses on agents that learn, adapt, and stay aligned with human values across their operational lifespan.
#alignment
Salience signals
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} AI Safety Days organized by Zurich AI Safety and hosted on BlueDot Impact events calendar. Community event bringing together AI safety researchers and practitioners in Switzerland.
#alignment#governance#evals#safety#community
Salience signals
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} EA Global conference series organized by Centre for Effective Altruism. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Applications opening soon.
#alignment#governance#community
Salience signals
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★ 0.61 Apps closed May 3, 2026
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MARS mentorship programme matching exceptional students and early-career researchers with experienced researchers. In-person kick-off July 13-26 (participants select either July 13-19 or July 20-26), followed by remote research phase August-October. Team size 2-4 per mentor. Fully funded including compute ($2,000+), travel, and accommodation. Operated by Cambridge AI Safety Hub.
#alignment#technical-safety#mentorship#control#interpretability#evals#governance#research-practice
Salience signals
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★ 0.60 Apps closed Aug 16, 2026
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12-week AI safety research fellowship funded by Open Philanthropy. Structured program with direct mentorship guiding research from initial concept through submission to premier AI venues including NeurIPS, ACL, and EMNLP. Recent cohorts achieved 68-73% conference acceptance rates. Rolling admissions with strong technical background requirement.
#alignment#interpretability#evals
Salience signals
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} EA Global conference series organized by Centre for Effective Altruism. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Applications closed.
#alignment#governance#community
Salience signals
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★ 0.59 Apps closed Sep 19, 2026
Competition focused on improving estimation algorithms for mechanistic analysis research. Launched by ARC (Alignment Research Center) in partnership with AIcrowd. Warm-up round begins the week of announcement. Advances research in white-box estimation methods for AI alignment.
#interpretability#evals#control#alignment#research-practice challengecompetition
Salience signals
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} EA Global conference series organized by Centre for Effective Altruism. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Applications opening soon.
#governance#alignment
Salience signals
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} Interdisciplinary, non-archival conference focused on learning and decision making in humans, animals, and algorithms, with particular focus on approaches based on reinforcement learning. Uniquely bridges AI and cognitive science communities. Includes invited talks, contributed presentations, posters, workshops, tutorials, and social activities. General Chair Anne GE Collins (UC Berkeley), Program Chairs David Abel (Google DeepMind) and Matt Nassar (Brown). In scope for cross-disciplinary cog-sci + LLM work.
#cognitive-science#reinforcement-learning#measurement-science#interpretability#control#formal-foundations#alignment
Salience signals
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} The 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC). ASSC is an academic society that promotes rigorous research and coordinates annual conferences directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness. Members work in cognitive science, medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, and related disciplines. In scope for consciousness studies/measurement science applicable to ACO interpretability work.
#measurement-science#consciousness#interpretability#formal-foundations
Salience signals
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