Opportunity type
Fellowship
Funding
Cause areas
AI safety & policy
Global priorities research
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
Networking with peers around AI governance topics
Skill set
Research
AI governance understanding
Software engineering
Policy writing
Collaborative problem-solving
Deadline
2026-02-27
Description
The Ilina Program’s Junior Research Fellowship offers early-career researchers the chance to develop high-impact projects in AI and global catastrophic risks through either a governance or technical track.
- Fellows conduct research in AI policy, regulation, or technical AI safety, with weekly seminars (April–June 2026) and project work (August–November 2026, 20+ hours/week).
- The program is remote with occasional in-person meetups and provides personalized mentorship, a supportive research community, and a $5,000 USD scholarship.
- Governance track applicants should have a social science/humanities background; technical track applicants need programming (Python) and quantitative skills.
- Applicants must have (or be finishing) an undergraduate degree by August 2026 and meet specific weekly time commitments.
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