Online & Berkeley, USA & London, UK
4 months · Starts January 2027
Funding and mentorship for technical talent entering empirical AI safety research. Fellows work on a project in scalable oversight, adversarial robustness, interpretability, or model organisms.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
London, UK
4 days · Starts 6 Nov 2026
Residential program by Kairos exploring foundational arguments around risks from advanced AI, for working professionals with 2+ years of experience. Includes guest speakers, career planning sessions, and 1-1s.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: general
Apply by 2 Oct 2026
Applications open
Cambridge, USA
2 months · Starts 13 Oct 2026
Research program by the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI) covering interpretability, multi-agent safety, formal verification, and risk management frameworks. Fellows work with mentors and in-house research managers.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical, governance
Apply by 6 Sep 2026
Cambridge, USA
2 months · Starts 13 Oct 2026
For researchers at the intersection of AI and biosecurity, covering dangerous capability evaluations, safeguards, and threat modeling for AI-enabled biological risk. Includes weekly mentorship and workshops.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical, governance
Apply by 6 Sep 2026
Online & Berkeley, USA & London, UK
3 months · Starts 19 Jan 2027
Research program connecting fellows with mentors across empirical, theory, strategy and forecasting, policy and governance, and systems security tracks. Includes workshops, talks, and office hours.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical, governance
Apply by 6 Sep 2026
Online
5 weeks · Starts week of 14 September
Guided, discussion-based read of the book "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies", which sharply lays out the case that superhuman AI could end badly. Includes group sessions, an AI tutor, and a 1–1 coaching call.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: general
Apply by 7 Sep 2026
Online
5 weeks · Starts week of 14 September
Course by Lens Academy on building explicit models of how the future of AI unfolds and finding where actions change the trajectory. Covers timelines, takeoff speeds, threat models, and the strategic landscape.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: general
Apply by 7 Sep 2026
Online & California, USA & Washington D.C., USA
5 months · Starts 30 Sep 2026
Program by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) supporting early- to mid-career professionals in advancing a frontier AI safety policy idea toward implementation – ending with a published policy memo.
Stipend included
Part-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: governance
Apply by 7 Sep 2026
Cambridge, UK
2 months · Starts 18 Jan 2027
Research program for people with technical or domain expertise to develop a project with expert mentors – across tracks in technical AI safety, technical AI governance, and AI governance.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical, governance
Apply by 13 Sep 2026
Online
5 weeks · Starts week of 21 September
Covers threat models, control evaluations, monitoring, and practical protocols for safely using powerful AI systems that may try to subvert oversight. Includes small-group discussion and a 1-1 advising call.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: technical
Apply by 14 Sep 2026
Online
2 months · Starts 28 Sep 2026
Matches undergraduate students with mentors who propose and guide work on projects with potential for outsized impact in various cause areas, including AI safety.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: technical
Apply by 14 Sep 2026
Online
6 weeks · Starts 26 Oct 2026
Helps experienced mid-career and senior professionals transition into high-impact careers – including AI safety. Participants identify paths, take concrete actions, and join a network of experienced peers.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: general
Apply by 20 Sep 2026
London, UK
3 months · Starts 11 Jan 2027
Technical AI safety research program by London AI Safety Research (LASR) Labs. Teams of 3–4 write a technical paper with a supervisor, on topics like scalable oversight and evaluation awareness.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical
Apply by 20 Sep 2026
Berkeley, USA & London, UK
3 months · Starts 2 Nov 2026
Mentored research fellowship in applied mathematics for AI alignment, resulting in a fleshed-out research proposal. Fellows are then given support applying to funders to continue their research outside the program.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Apply by 21 Sep 2026
Online
6 weeks · Starts 12 Oct 2026
Course by Leaf for pre-university students on steering AI toward benefiting humanity. Includes videos and readings, facilitated weekly discussion groups, and talks with professionals.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: general
Apply by 1 Oct 2026
London, UK
4 days · Starts 6 Nov 2026
Residential program by Kairos exploring foundational arguments around risks from advanced AI, for working professionals with 2+ years of experience. Includes guest speakers, career planning sessions, and 1-1s.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: general
Apply by 2 Oct 2026
Berkeley, USA & London, UK
3 months · Starts 1 Dec 2026
Mentored research fellowship in applied mathematics for AI alignment, resulting in a fleshed-out research proposal. Fellows are then given support applying to funders to continue their research outside the program.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Apply by 19 Oct 2026
London, UK
4 weeks · Starts 2 Nov 2026
Introduction to technical alignment, with an emphasis on broad coverage of the field. Aims to advance foundational research in AI safety by folding mathematical expertise into the field. Applicants are selected on the basis of estimated mathematical strength.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical
Online & Berkeley, USA & London, UK
4 months · Starts January 2027
Funding and mentorship for technical talent entering empirical AI safety research. Fellows work on a project in scalable oversight, adversarial robustness, interpretability, or model organisms.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Australia, NZ & Asia
3 months · Starts 5 Sep 2026
Technical Alignment Research Accelerator (TARA) is a program based on the ARENA curriculum. Designed to accelerate full-time students and professionals’ paths into research without needing to pause their careers or relocate internationally.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: technical
Applications closed
London, UK
3 months · Starts 7 Sep 2026
Mentored research fellowship in applied mathematics for alignment, run by Iliad in collaboration with PrincInt. Aimed at PhD or postdoctoral (or equally experienced) researchers in math, physics, or a related field.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Applications closed
San Francisco, USA
2 months · Starts 7 Sep 2026
Accelerator for creators making video and social media content that educates the public about AI safety, with studio space and mentors. 2 tracks: one for independent creators building their own channel, and one for those embedded with an organization to grow its reach.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: general
Applications closed
London, UK
4 weeks · Starts 7 Sep 2026
Introduction to technical alignment, with an emphasis on broad coverage of the field. Aims to advance foundational research in AI safety by folding mathematical expertise into the field. Applicants are selected on the basis of estimated mathematical strength.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Washington D.C., USA
3 weeks · Starts 8 Sep 2026
Program by Johns Hopkins University's School of Government and Policy for early career researchers and practitioners who want to contribute to advancing the frontiers of AI governance. Includes lectures, seminars, and group projects.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: governance
Applications closed
Online
2 months · Starts 8 Sep 2026
Alignment research program run by the AI Alignment Foundation (AIAF) in partnership with AE Studio. Fellows work at industry pace with a dedicated research manager as well as mentorship, working toward a LessWrong post and potentially a paper.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Online & Brussels, Belgium
6 weeks · Starts 10 Sep 2026
Fellowship by Talos Network which trains aspiring policy professionals for careers shaping AI governance. Provides mentorship, training, and hands-on policy experience – including potential placement within a think tank or policy organization.
Expenses covered
Part-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: governance
Applications closed
Berkeley, USA
3 days · Starts 11 Sep 2026
3-day program for experienced professionals moving into AI safety. Includes talks, small-group discussions, and 1-on-1 conversations with people in the field – plus an optional 3–6 month extension to find an impactful role.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: general
Applications closed
Lyon, France
9 days · Starts 14 Sep 2026
Intensive bootcamp on AI governance and strategy, aimed at people pursuing a career in the field. Curriculum covers AI governance, strategy, communication, and career planning – followed by a capstone project. All backgrounds are welcome.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: governance
Applications closed
Online & Berkeley, USA
5 months · Starts 14 Sep 2026
Research fellowship focused on empirical AI safety. Fellows pursue research in areas of interest to OpenAI, including safety evaluation, robustness, scalable mitigations, and agentic oversight. Program includes mentorship and compute.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Berkeley, USA
5 months · Starts 14 Sep 2026
Fellowship by Constellation pairing emerging talent with senior advisors on AI safety research, governance, and strategy projects. Prior AI safety experience not required. Includes mentorship, career support, and compute.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical, governance
Applications closed
Online
3 months · Starts 14 Sep 2026
Research program pairing aspiring researchers with professionals working on AI safety. Covers alignment, policy, security, interpretability, and biosecurity – ending with a demo day of posters and talks.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: technical, governance
Applications closed
Berkeley, USA
3 months · Starts 14 Sep 2026
Lightly-structured fellowship for full-time AI safety researchers to work from Constellation’s Berkeley research center. During that time fellows connect with leading researchers and find collaborators.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical, governance
Applications closed
Beijing, China
3 months · Starts mid-September 2026
Self-directed residency at a new AI safety hub for researchers to live and work alongside Chinese counterparts, inspired by the Constellation residency. Aimed at helping manage frontier AI risks by improving international coordination with China.
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical, governance
Applications closed
Singapore
2 months · Starts 21 Sep 2026
Research program matching fellows with mentors to produce joint work on technical AI safety and governance. Fellows receive a compute budget.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical, governance
Applications closed
Stanford, USA
9 months · Starts 22 Sep 2026
Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) academic-year residency for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and junior faculty scholars. Includes faculty mentorship, weekly research seminars, policy workshops, and simulations.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: governance
Applications closed
Stanford, USA
9 months · Starts 22 Sep 2026
Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) academic-year residency for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and junior faculty scholars. Includes faculty mentorship, weekly research seminars, policy workshops, and simulations.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: governance
Applications closed
Lyon, France
9 days · Starts 26 Sep 2026
Intensive bootcamp on technical AI safety aimed at people pursuing a career in the field. Curriculum covers technical foundations, AI safety strategy, and technical governance – ending with a capstone project. All backgrounds are welcome.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Berkeley, USA & London, UK
2 months · Starts 28 Sep 2026
Research program connecting researchers with mentors in alignment, interpretability, governance, and security. Participants can apply for a 6–12 month funded extension.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical, governance
Applications closed
Online & Berkeley, USA
6 months · Starts 28 Sep 2026
Research stream mentored by Neel Nanda, covering pragmatic interpretability, model forensics, the science of post-training, and alignment training.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Singapore
5 days · Starts 28 Sep 2026
Intensive by Singapore AI Safety Hub (SASH) where security and ML practitioners learn to attack and defend frontier models, agents, and the systems around them. Includes hands-on labs on AI control, open-weight security, and compute verification.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Applications closed
San Francisco, USA
7 days · Starts 4 Oct 2026
Equips experienced security professionals to secure frontier AI systems. Covers adversarial ML, LLM security, and AI infrastructure through demos and hands-on red/blue team exercises.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Online
2 months · Starts 5 Oct 2026
Program by Black in AI Safety and Ethics (BASE) developing Black researchers in AI safety, security, and governance. Includes 5 weeks of foundational training followed by 8 weeks of mentored research across alignment, security, or governance tracks.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: technical, governance
Applications closed
Washington D.C., USA
10 days · Starts 5 Oct 2026
Talks, workshops, and networking with policy organizations and professionals. Designed for people with a technical AI safety background exploring how their expertise is needed in the US policy ecosystem.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: governance
Applications closed
London, UK
1 month · Starts 5 Oct 2026
Ninth edition of the Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator (ARENA), a technical training program that builds ML engineering skills for alignment research, aimed at aspiring AI safety researchers and engineers.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical
Applications closed
San Francisco, USA & London, UK
2 months · Starts 5 Oct 2026
Mentored research fellowship in applied mathematics for AI alignment, resulting in a fleshed-out research proposal. Fellows are then given support applying to funders to continue their research outside the program.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Applications closed
San Francisco, USA
4 weeks · Starts 5 Oct 2026
Introduction to technical alignment, with an emphasis on broad coverage of the field. Aims to advance foundational research in AI safety by folding mathematical expertise into the field. Applicants are selected on the basis of estimated mathematical strength.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Online
3 months · Starts 12 Oct 2026
Research program by Arcadia Impact helping experienced professionals transition into AI governance careers. Small teams work on policy research focused on reducing catastrophic risks from advanced AI.
No stipend
Part-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: governance
Applications closed
Cambridge, UK
8 weeks · Starts 12 Oct 2026
Mentored research and engineering program run by ERA in partnership with Heron AI Security and the Oxford Hardware AI Governance Lab. Residents work on cybersecurity and hardware projects to secure frontier AI across research and applied tracks.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: mid
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Hong Kong
9 days · Starts 17 Oct 2026
Intensive bootcamp on AI governance and strategy, aimed at people pursuing a career in the field. Curriculum covers AI governance, strategy, communication, and career planning – followed by a capstone project. All backgrounds are welcome.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: governance
Applications closed
Hong Kong
9 days · Starts 17 Oct 2026
Intensive bootcamp on technical AI safety aimed at people pursuing a career in the field. Curriculum covers technical foundations, AI safety strategy, and technical governance – ending with a capstone project. All backgrounds are welcome.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Lyon, France
9 days · Starts 19 Oct 2026
Intensive bootcamp on AI governance and strategy, aimed at people pursuing a career in the field. Curriculum covers AI governance, strategy, communication, and career planning – followed by a capstone project. All backgrounds are welcome.
Expenses covered
Full-time
Entry bar: low
Focus: governance
Applications closed
Cape Town, South Africa
3 months · Starts November 2026
Interdisciplinary research program connecting PhD and postdoctoral researchers from fields like mathematics, neuroscience, physics, and philosophy with mentors to work on projects at the intersection of their field and AI safety.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical, governance
Applications closed
Online & Berkeley, USA & London, UK
4 months · Starts 2 Nov 2026
Funding and mentorship for technical talent entering empirical AI safety research. Fellows work with a mentor on a full-time project in scalable oversight, adversarial robustness, interpretability, or model organisms, producing a public output.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Online
1 year · Starts 2027
Helps early-career scientists, engineers, and innovators improve their ability to advance AI safety (and other areas). Fellows receive networking, platforms to share their work, and knowledge exchange with experts.
Expenses covered
Part-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: technical
Applications closed
Washington D.C., USA
1 year · Starts January 2027
Places fellows at host organizations working on AI, biotechnology, and emerging technology policy. Includes 10 weeks of part-time training in policy writing and analysis, mentorship, and 6–24 month placements in the executive branch, Congress, or think tanks.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: governance
Applications closed
Washington D.C., USA
3 months · Starts 18 Jan 2027
Bipartisan fellowship by the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) for individuals launching or advancing careers in American AI governance and policy. Fellows conduct independent research under expert mentorship, with Q&A sessions, workshops, and seminars.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: governance
Applications closed
London, UK
3 months · Starts 18 Jan 2027
Fellowship by the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) where fellows conduct independent research on a topic of their choice with mentorship. Includes expert Q&As, weekly seminars, skill-building workshops, and peer feedback meetings.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: governance
Applications closed
London, UK
3 months · Starts 18 Jan 2027
Program by the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) for those pursuing non-research careers in AI governance. Includes applied projects pitched by GovAI or partner organizations, expert Q&As, weekly seminars, skills workshops, and networking.
Stipend included
Full-time
Entry bar: high
Focus: governance
Applications closed
