Digital Life Initiative (DLI) Fellowships and Programs

Digital Life Initiative (DLI) Fellowships and Programs

Opportunity type
Fellowship
Cause areas
Institutional decision-making
AI safety & policy
Routes to impact
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Testing your fit for a certain career path
Skill set
Academia
Conceptual & empirical research
Communicator
Political & bureaucratic
Location
New York, NY
Description
The Digital Life Initiative (DLI) at Cornell Tech in NYC offers postdoctoral and visiting fellowships focused on research in ethics, politics, and quality of life in digital societies.
  • DLI Postdoctoral Fellowships (2026-27): Support research on topics like AI ethics, privacy, and digital governance; open to recent PhDs, JDs, JSDs, LLMs, and MDs (within 4 years of degree); initial 1-year appointment, renewable based on fit and funding.
  • DLI Visiting Fellowships: Open to faculty, industry professionals, government employees, journalists, law graduates, ABDs, and recent PhDs from diverse fields; flexible visit lengths; self-funded and unpaid; international applicants welcome, but no visa sponsorship is available.
  • Both programs offer opportunities to collaborate with a multidisciplinary community of ethicists, computer scientists, legal scholars, and social scientists.
  • Stay informed about future opportunities by joining the DLI mailing list (contact: mjb556@cornell.edu).
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