(You said āBesides offering similar internshipsā. But Iām pretty excited about other orgs running similar internships, and/āor running programs that are vaguely similar and address basically the same issues but arenāt āinternshipsā. So Iāll say a bit about that cluster of stuff, with apologies for sort-of ignoring instructions!)
David wrote:
Iām happy to see an increase in the number of temporary visiting researcher positions at various EA orgs. I found my time visiting GPI during their Early Conference Career Programme very valuable (hint: applications for 2021 are now open, apply!) and would encourage other orgs to run similar sorts of programmes to this and FHIās (summer) research scholars programme. Iām very excited to see how our internship program develops as I really enjoy mentoring.
I second all of that, except swapping GPIās Early Conference Career Programme (which I havenāt taken part in) for the Center on Long-Term Riskās Summer Research Fellowship. I did that fellowship with CLR from mid August to mid November, found it very enjoyable and useful.
I recently made a tag for posts relevant to what I called āresearch training programsā. By this I mean things like FHI and CLRās Summer Research Fellowships, Rethink Prioritiesā planned internship program, CEAās former Summer Research Fellowship, probably GPIās Early Career Conference Programme, probably FHIās Research Scholars Program, maybe the Open Phil AI Fellowship, and maybe ALLFEDās volunteer program. Readers interested in such programs might want to have a look at the posts with that tag.
I think that these programs might be one of the best ways to address some of the main bottlenecks in EA or at least in longtermism (Iāve thought less about areas of EA other than longtermism). What I mean is related to the claim that EA being vetting-constrained, and to Ben Toddās claim that some of EAās main bottlenecks at the moment are āorganizational capacity, infrastructure, and management to help train people upā. There was also some related discussion here (though itās harder to say whether that overall supported the claims Iām gesturing at).
So Iām really glad a few more such programs have recently popped up in longtermism. And Iām really excited about Rethinkās internship program (which I wasnāt involved in the planning of, and didnāt know about when I accepted the role at Rethink). And Iād be keen to see more such programs emerge over time. I think they could take a wide variety of forms, including but not limited to internships.
And Iād strongly recommend aspiring or early-career researchers consider applying to such programs. See also Jsevillamolās post My experience on a summer research programme.
(As always, these are just my personal views, not necessarily the views of other people at Rethink.)
Research training programs, and similar things
(You said āBesides offering similar internshipsā. But Iām pretty excited about other orgs running similar internships, and/āor running programs that are vaguely similar and address basically the same issues but arenāt āinternshipsā. So Iāll say a bit about that cluster of stuff, with apologies for sort-of ignoring instructions!)
David wrote:
I second all of that, except swapping GPIās Early Conference Career Programme (which I havenāt taken part in) for the Center on Long-Term Riskās Summer Research Fellowship. I did that fellowship with CLR from mid August to mid November, found it very enjoyable and useful.
I recently made a tag for posts relevant to what I called āresearch training programsā. By this I mean things like FHI and CLRās Summer Research Fellowships, Rethink Prioritiesā planned internship program, CEAās former Summer Research Fellowship, probably GPIās Early Career Conference Programme, probably FHIās Research Scholars Program, maybe the Open Phil AI Fellowship, and maybe ALLFEDās volunteer program. Readers interested in such programs might want to have a look at the posts with that tag.
I think that these programs might be one of the best ways to address some of the main bottlenecks in EA or at least in longtermism (Iāve thought less about areas of EA other than longtermism). What I mean is related to the claim that EA being vetting-constrained, and to Ben Toddās claim that some of EAās main bottlenecks at the moment are āorganizational capacity, infrastructure, and management to help train people upā. There was also some related discussion here (though itās harder to say whether that overall supported the claims Iām gesturing at).
So Iām really glad a few more such programs have recently popped up in longtermism. And Iām really excited about Rethinkās internship program (which I wasnāt involved in the planning of, and didnāt know about when I accepted the role at Rethink). And Iād be keen to see more such programs emerge over time. I think they could take a wide variety of forms, including but not limited to internships.
And Iād strongly recommend aspiring or early-career researchers consider applying to such programs. See also Jsevillamolās post My experience on a summer research programme.
(As always, these are just my personal views, not necessarily the views of other people at Rethink.)