Turn Your Final Thesis Into Real-World Impact

Skip the typical thesis. Solve actual problems with high-impact mentors. Apply to join our Specialist Fellowship and work directly with leading organizations tackling humanity's biggest challenges.

How It Works: Apply to a specific pre-vetted research project that matches your interests, then develop it into your final-year thesis over 3 months. You'll collaborate directly with expert mentors while receiving ongoing support from the Effective Thesis team.

Upcoming Cohort: 🗓️ Flexible Start Dates | 📍 Online (virtual) Application Deadline: Rolling Applications, but we recommend applying by July 1st 🎯 Six High-Impact Fellowship Projects: We are currently offering six specialist research tracks addressing critical global challenges:

AI Safety & Governance: Work on nuclear-AI risk coordination, geopolitical AI governance, or semiconductor regulation with mentors from MIRI, Institute for Progress, and Uppsala University. 

Global Health & Development: Work with Charity-Entrepreneurship incubatees to inform their high-impact interventions on reducing intimate partner violence in East Africa (NOVAH), and cognitive behavioral therapy interventions for violence prevention in Colombia (ACTRA). 

Research Evaluation: Conduct independent evaluations of high-impact research with The Unjournal, shaping funding and policy decisions.

Ready to make your thesis count? Browse our fellowship projects and apply to the one that excites you most.