Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
The Horizon Institute for Public Service opened the AI Rapid Response Fellowship on 2026-07-01, a funded fellowship placing AI security experts into US executive branch roles at $170K-$250K+. Applications close July 22, 2026.
AWS's 2026 AI & ML Scholars program offered free foundational AI training globally, followed by fully funded Udacity Nanodegrees for the top 4,500 Challenge participants. Applications closed on June 24, 2026.
13-week remote part-time program building Black leadership in AI Safety, AI Governance, and AI Security, with mentorship and research projects.
12-month paid fellowship placing early-career AI talent with US nonprofits; hosts receive a $10,000 implementation grant plus up to $2,500 in Claude licenses/API credits per fellow. The first cohort closed applications on 17 July 2026; Anthropic has not published a later cohort.
Three-month bipartisan fellowship for AI governance/policy research, with DC and London (UK GovAI) tracks; London track fully funded with up to GBP 12,000 stipend, travel support, and visa sponsorship, running Jan-Apr 2027.
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.
A practitioner program for mid-career nuclear-policy professionals combining an in-person AI bootcamp, virtual seminars, and applied policy labs. Applications for the inaugural cohort closed on February 28, 2026, and IST announced the 26 selected participants in April.
Principles of Intelligence runs PIBBSS as a three-month interdisciplinary AI safety research fellowship for about 20 researchers. The Winter 2026-2027 Cape Town cohort closed applications on 20 July 2026. The program page is collecting expressions of interest for later cohorts.
The Center on Long-Term Risk's SPI Fundamentals Program is an online course on AI conflict, bargaining, and safe Pareto improvements. The August 2026 cohort includes an optional paid capstone project and accepts applications through July 24.
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.
The Singapore AI Safety Hub (SASH) runs a 3-month full-time residential research fellowship (Sept 21 - Dec 4, 2026) with an SGD 5,000/month stipend, housing and travel covered, and up to USD 30,000 in compute per project. Applications close July 10, 2026.
3-6 month paid fellowship for researchers/builders working on AI evaluation benchmarks: $1,000-$2,500/week stipend plus unlimited API credits, GPU budgets, and mentorship; remote or SF.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.