Center for AI Safety
A three-month fellowship examining societal impacts of advanced AI, institutional responses, and policy development; application deadline historically March 24.
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Apple Scholars in AI/ML
Apple Scholars in AI/ML is a PhD fellowship providing roughly two years of stipend, tuition coverage, a travel grant, and mentorship to doctoral students in AI/ML fields nominated by partner universities.
Cooperative AI Foundation
The Cooperative AI Foundation's recurring PhD fellowship supporting doctoral researchers working on cooperative AI, with cohorts announced for 2025 (16 scholars) and 2026 (14 fellows).
Apereo Foundation
Apereo Foundation's Dolphin Awards and Fellowships recognize and fund teaching-and-learning work built on open source education software, including a Dolphin Fellows track.
DoorDash
3-6 month (extendable) applied ML research fellowship for summer/fall 2026, including a housing subsidy.
Linux Foundation
Recurring Linux Foundation mentorship connecting new contributors with project maintainers on a defined deliverable. Full-time terms run spring (March–May), summer (June–August), and fall (September–November); mentees apply on the LFX platform to at most three projects per term. Participating projects may offer educational stipends on a purchasing-power-parity schedule; terms starting July 1, 2026 use a $1,000 minimum and $6,600 maximum.
MicroAGI
6-month in-residence fellowship in Munich or Zurich for embodied AI/robotics builders: $10K/month stipend, up to $2M compute, lab access.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Annual U.S. National Science Foundation competition awarding roughly 2,500 fellowships per year to outstanding STEM graduate students, providing three years of a $37k stipend plus a $16k education allowance, usable over five years. Applications, reviews, and awards are handled by a dedicated GRFP Operations Center; the 2026 awards were announced in April 2026 from around 14,000 applicants.
Rust Foundation
Provides stable, long-term funding and a Maintainer in Residence program for key Rust maintainers, funded through donations and contributions.
Rust Foundation
Rust Foundation's Outreachy internship and grants/fellowship program supports people underrepresented in tech, offering paid internships and up to 12 months of financial support.
Shuttleworth Foundation
A fellowship funding individuals implementing an innovative idea for social change around openness, technology, knowledge, and learning. Fellows receive annual salary-equivalent funding, expense contributions, a travel allowance, and project funding matched at a 10:1 ratio. Applications are accepted throughout the year for March and September intakes.
Tarbell Center
One-year fellowship combining AI training with nine-month newsroom placements for journalists covering AI; $60,000-$80,000 stipend for early-career fellows, $90,000-$110,000 for senior fellows.
Tarbell Center
Residency program for senior journalists and experienced editors doing in-depth AI reporting; $80,000+ stipend plus an upskilling component.
Future of Life Institute
FLI's recurring PhD fellowship supporting doctoral students working on AI existential safety, with fellowship classes announced for 2022, 2023, and 2025.
ICTS
A postdoctoral fellowship from the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences and the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore focused on AI in biology. Applications closed on March 1, 2026.
Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative announced a new fellowship at UN Open Source Week to bridge open source practices and global AI policy, sponsored by organizations including Google and Red Hat. OSI is absent from the org registry.
Second Look Research
A ten-week 2026 summer fellowship at the University of Chicago focused on reproducing AI safety research. The fellowship runs from June 15 through August 22 and includes a stipend and work with external advisors.
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