Organization Profile
PRISM
PRISM, the Peer-Driven Research Initiative for Safety Methodologies, runs a 16-week remote AI safety research fellowship in which peer teams of four to five fellows work with one mentor from research question to paper submission. It piloted the approach in 2025 inside the Eleuther Summer of Open AI Research and ran a full 2026 cohort of 50 fellows in 12 teams, supported by a grant from the Long-Term Future Fund (EA Funds). Its team page lists a research program director, an interim executive director and board members from W2D2 (Women Who Do Data).1,2,3
Open & upcoming
1 deadline ahead- PRISM AI Safety Research FellowshipPRISM 2027 cohort fellow applications
Programs
1 active- PRISM AI Safety Research FellowshipFellowship · Cohort runs 2027-01-31 to 2027-05-23
PRISM runs a 16-week remote AI safety research fellowship in which peer teams of four to five fellows, guided by one mentor, carry a project from question to workshop or conference paper across technical and governance topics. The team page lists 20 or more hours a week for fellows. The 2026 cohort had 50 fellows in 12 teams, and seven teams have papers accepted at NeurIPS 2026 workshops as of October 2026. The next cohort runs January 31 to May 23, 2027; mentor applications are open November 1 to 25, 2026 and fellow applications open December 14, 2026 to January 8, 2027, through an Express Interest link on the home page. The pages read do not state a stipend or amount for fellows.