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.
Fellowship
London AI Safety Research (LASR) Labs: Summer 2027
London, UK
3 months · Starts in June 2027
Technical AI safety research program. Teams of three to four, supervised by an experienced researcher, take a project from proposal to publication.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Applications not yet open
Bootcamp
CAMBRIA: January 2027
Cambridge, USA
3 weeks · Starts 4 Jan 2027
Program by the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI) building technical skills for AI safety research. Based on the ARENA curriculum, covering transformers, interpretability, evals, and alignment science.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical
Apply by 1 Nov 2026
Fellowship
Beijing AI Safety Residency: Spring 2027
Beijing, China
3 months · Starts in April 2027
Program at Tsinghua University's Beijing AI Safety Hub (BASH) for researchers working on alignment, evaluations, scalable oversight, or control. Residents bring their own agenda and work with counterparts in China.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical, governance
Apply by 6 Nov 2026
Fellowship
Mercial Research Fellowship: November 2026
Online
1 month · Starts 1 Nov 2026
Program by the Mercial AI Safety Initiative where fellows work on an open AI safety problem with a facilitator – ending in a blog write-up. Streams range from AI agent collusion to compute governance.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical, governance
Apply by 28 Oct 2026
Immersive workshop
AI Futures Lab
Berlin, Germany
2 days · Starts 11 Nov 2026
Small-group mastermind by CURRENT for mid-career women from any field who want to move into AI safety. Includes an overview of the AI safety ecosystem, pathway working sessions with a mentor, and a public panel.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: general
Apply by 26 Oct 2026
Fellowship
AI Safety Essentials Fellowship
Online
7 weeks · Starts 10 Jan 2027
Program by Global AI Youth Network SSA (GAIN SSA) for African researchers, engineers, and students mapping AI safety work and career pathways. Includes pre-reading, live group calls, and a portfolio project proposal.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: general
Apply by 8 Nov 2026
Bootcamp
AI Security Bootcamp (AISB): San Francisco 2027
San Francisco, USA
7 days · Starts 10 Jan 2027
For security professionals looking to secure frontier AI systems. Covers threat modeling, LLM and infrastructure security, weight security, and AI control through demos, lectures, and hands-on red/blue team exercises.
