AI Safety Training · Week 41, 2026
This is a weekly newsletter that lists newly announced training programs addressing existential risk from AI. Visit AISafety.com/training for the full directory of upcoming programs.
New training programs
• Iliad Intensive: January 2027
Bootcamp · Berkeley, USA & London, UK · 4 weeks · Starts 4 Jan 2027
Expenses covered · Full-time · Entry bar: mid · Focus: technical · Apply by 16 Nov 2026
Course on foundational alignment research for researchers with math, physics, or computer science backgrounds. Covers deep learning theory, agent foundations, interpretability, and safety guarantees and their limits.
• Iliad Fellowship: January 2027
Fellowship · Bay Area, USA & London, UK · 3 months · Starts 4 Jan 2027
Expenses covered · Full-time · Entry bar: high · Focus: technical · Apply by 16 Nov 2026
Individual, mentored research in applied mathematics for alignment, with each fellow paired with an established research mentor. For PhD students, postdocs, and researchers with equivalent experience.
• Foresight Fellowship: 2028
Fellowship · 1 year · Starts 2028
Expenses covered · Part-time · Entry bar: high · Focus: technical · Apply by 31 Jul 2027
Program by the Foresight Institute helping early-career scientists, engineers, and innovators advance AI safety and other areas. Fellows get networking, platforms to share their work, and knowledge exchange with experts.
• DISPATCH – AI Safety Comms Fellowship
Fellowship · Online · 6 weeks · Starts 12 Oct 2026
Part-time · Entry bar: low · Focus: general · Apply by 10 Oct 2026
For undergraduates and content creators who want to make short-form videos about AI safety. Fellows produce three to four videos a week, with workshops, mentor feedback, and placement support for AI safety comms roles.
• Better Futures Fellowship – AI Safety Collab: Fall 2026
Fellowship · Online · 3 months · Starts 9 Nov 2026
No stipend · Part-time · Entry bar: low · Focus: general · Apply by 25 Oct 2026
Program by the European Network for AI Safety (ENAIS) on making the post-AGI future good, not just survivable, based on Forethought's Better Futures research. Includes facilitated discussions and a guided project.
• AI and National Security Convergence Fellowship: 2026-2027
Fellowship · Online & Washington D.C., USA · 8 months · Starts in November 2026
Expenses covered · Part-time · Entry bar: high · Focus: governance · Apply by 20 Oct 2026
Program by the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) for mid-career national security professionals on human control over AI. Includes topic modules, scenario exercises, a matrix game, and a trip to frontier AI companies.
• AI Safety for Italy Mentorship Program: Winter 2026/27
Fellowship · Online · 3 months · Starts 15 Dec 2026
No stipend · Part-time · Entry bar: low · Focus: technical, governance · Applications not yet open
Connects people with ties to Italy entering AI safety and governance with mentors in the field. Includes a career orientation track and a projects track on model interpretability and evaluation, governance and policy.