Announcing: 2026 MIRI Technical Governance Team Research Fellowship.
MIRI’s Technical Governance Team plans to run a small research fellowship program in early 2026. The program will run for 8 weeks, and include a $1200/week stipend. Fellows are expected to work on their projects 40 hours per week. The program is remote-by-default, with an in-person kickoff week in Berkeley, CA (flights and housing provided). Participants who already live in or near Berkeley are free to use our office for the duration of the program.
Fellows will spend the first week picking out scoped projects from a list provided by our team or designing independent research projects (related to our overall agenda), and then spend seven weeks working on that project under the guidance of our Technical Governance Team. One of the main goals of the program is to identify full-time hires for the team.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out this application as soon as possible (should take 45-60 minutes). We plan to setdates for participation based on applicant availability, but we expect the fellowship to begin after February 2, 2026 and end before August 31, 2026 (i.e., some 8 week period in spring/summer, 2026).
Strong applicants care deeply about existential risk, have existing experience in research or policy work, and are able to work autonomously for long stretches on topics that merge considerations from the technical and political worlds.
Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visas for this program.
Just to clarify, is the 8-week period for all participants? And if so, will you still accept some applications after the date has be decided?
I might apply but I could only participate if the program was organized in July-August. But given that it could occur any time between February and August, I probably won’t apply since it’s only like 1/7th chance it will start in July.
We may be running multiple smaller cohorts rather than one big one, if that’s what maximizes the ability of strong candidates to participate.
The single most important factor in deciding the timing is the window in which strong candidates are available, and the target size for the cohort is small enough (5-20 depending on strength of applicants) that the availability of a single applicant is enough to sway the decision. It’s specifically cases like yours that we’re intending to accommodate. Please apply!
Announcing: 2026 MIRI Technical Governance Team Research Fellowship.
MIRI’s Technical Governance Team plans to run a small research fellowship program in early 2026. The program will run for 8 weeks, and include a $1200/week stipend. Fellows are expected to work on their projects 40 hours per week. The program is remote-by-default, with an in-person kickoff week in Berkeley, CA (flights and housing provided). Participants who already live in or near Berkeley are free to use our office for the duration of the program.
Fellows will spend the first week picking out scoped projects from a list provided by our team or designing independent research projects (related to our overall agenda), and then spend seven weeks working on that project under the guidance of our Technical Governance Team. One of the main goals of the program is to identify full-time hires for the team.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out this application as soon as possible (should take 45-60 minutes). We plan to set dates for participation based on applicant availability, but we expect the fellowship to begin after February 2, 2026 and end before August 31, 2026 (i.e., some 8 week period in spring/summer, 2026).
Strong applicants care deeply about existential risk, have existing experience in research or policy work, and are able to work autonomously for long stretches on topics that merge considerations from the technical and political worlds.
Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visas for this program.
See here for examples of potential projects
Just to clarify, is the 8-week period for all participants? And if so, will you still accept some applications after the date has be decided?
I might apply but I could only participate if the program was organized in July-August. But given that it could occur any time between February and August, I probably won’t apply since it’s only like 1/7th chance it will start in July.
We may be running multiple smaller cohorts rather than one big one, if that’s what maximizes the ability of strong candidates to participate.
The single most important factor in deciding the timing is the window in which strong candidates are available, and the target size for the cohort is small enough (5-20 depending on strength of applicants) that the availability of a single applicant is enough to sway the decision. It’s specifically cases like yours that we’re intending to accommodate. Please apply!