Opportunity type
Fellowship
Cause areas
AI safety & policy
Routes to impact
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Testing your fit for a certain career path
Direct high impact on an important cause
Relevant aptitudes
Conceptual & empirical research
Deadline
2025-09-28
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Description
The Cooperative AI Research Fellowship is a fully-funded, in-person 3-month program in Cape Town, South Africa, offering early-career researchers the chance to advance AI safety research with world-class mentorship.
- Receive a $3,000/month stipend, private accommodation, workday meals, and travel support for living and research in Cape Town.
- Work closely with leading mentors from institutions like Google DeepMind, Oxford, MIT, and more, while developing research in cooperative AI, multi-agent safety, or related fields.
- Access a global research community, with opportunities for ongoing positions at the University of Cape Town’s African AI Safety Hub.
- Open to international applicants; visitor visas are required (no sponsorship, but support for extensions is provided), and at least 30% of fellows will be from South Africa.
Alternate application and referral pathways are available on the fellowship website.
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