By default, we’re looking to primarily bring in philosophy PhDs into our program. However, if an undergraduate with significant prior research experience is interested in applying, we would also consider their application.
I don’t think only PhD students can apply. On the website it says either philosophy PhD students, or graduates of a philosophy program, can apply. So I assume e.g. early-career professors would also be welcome to apply.
Will this program recur, or is this a one-off opportunity? (I’m quite interested, but unfortunately unsure whether I can take seven months off my PhD during this particular academic year.)
Whether the program recurs likely depends on a few different factors including the results of the first iteration of the program. Assuming things all go well; however, we would be excited to run this again next year.
Thanks, Oliver! And am I reading the website correctly that the fellowship is full time, such that participants won’t be able to devote any time to their current research agendas (aside from weekends/evenings etc.)?
The program is full-time, so we do expect fellows to devote full-time working hours towards fellowship research. Of course, if the research agenda of a participant is aligned with the sort of work we’re excited to see in the program, this could be worked on as part of the fellowship. Aside from that, where a participant’s research is unrelated to the work being done in the fellowship, they will need to pursue that research in their free time.
Really cool to see you’re running this, but sad to see that only PhD students can apply. I hope to see someone else fill the gap.
By default, we’re looking to primarily bring in philosophy PhDs into our program. However, if an undergraduate with significant prior research experience is interested in applying, we would also consider their application.
I don’t think only PhD students can apply. On the website it says either philosophy PhD students, or graduates of a philosophy program, can apply. So I assume e.g. early-career professors would also be welcome to apply.
Oh, I meant PhD students or above.
What’s the gap you’re referring to? Philosophy undergrads?
Anything below? Undergraduates, people who majored in philosophy, masters students.
Also people who are talented at philosophy but didn’t study it formally in academia
Have you seen Problems in AI Alignment that philosophers could potentially contribute to? (See also additional suggestions in the comments.) Might give your fellows some more topics to research or think about.
ETA: Out of those problems, solving metaphilosophy is currently the highest on my wish list. See this post for my reasons why.
Thanks for the suggestion, Wei, we’ll check these out!
Will this program recur, or is this a one-off opportunity? (I’m quite interested, but unfortunately unsure whether I can take seven months off my PhD during this particular academic year.)
Whether the program recurs likely depends on a few different factors including the results of the first iteration of the program. Assuming things all go well; however, we would be excited to run this again next year.
Thanks, Oliver! And am I reading the website correctly that the fellowship is full time, such that participants won’t be able to devote any time to their current research agendas (aside from weekends/evenings etc.)?
The program is full-time, so we do expect fellows to devote full-time working hours towards fellowship research. Of course, if the research agenda of a participant is aligned with the sort of work we’re excited to see in the program, this could be worked on as part of the fellowship. Aside from that, where a participant’s research is unrelated to the work being done in the fellowship, they will need to pursue that research in their free time.