Currently 43 active paid ai and ai safety grants, fellowships and residencies. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Almost every entry is funded; a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions are included as clearly flagged exceptions. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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The AGI Governance Fellowship is the inaugural three-week intensive run by Johns Hopkins University's School of Government and Policy (SOGP) to develop the next generation of leaders in AI governance. COVERS: frontier AI legislation at state and federal levels; building societal resilience amid rapid capability growth; democratic practices in AGI alignment; and designing new governing institutions for the AGI era. WHO SHOULD APPLY: early-career researchers and practitioners (within roughly eight years of undergrad) with solid foundations in AI governance, including congressional staffers, AGI company employees, recent CS or policy PhDs, and nonprofit/civil society professionals; a postgraduate degree or equivalent experience is required. This is a capstone program for rising leaders, not an intro course. FUNDING: travel, accommodation, and meals are fully covered. DATES: 8-25 September 2026 at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. (in-person only). DEADLINE: apply by 15 July 2026 for full consideration; rolling applications accepted. APPLY: https://sogp.jh.edu/agi-governance-fellowship/
Data & Society, the independent nonprofit studying the social implications of data-centric technologies and automation, is hiring a Senior Researcher for AI Civics, a newly launched two-year programme on civic action and community control over AI. The programme aims to amplify the tools of civic participation so the public can directly shape the role AI plays in society, surfacing civic tools people can use to exert political power over AI systems and tech platforms at community level. It co-creates toolkits and training resources with anchor partner organisations, diffuses them through a train-the-trainer model, and builds toward a national civic coalition demanding democratic accountability over AI. The Senior Researcher is a subject-matter expert and lead contributor, drawing primarily on participatory methods and especially participatory action research, and is responsible for one or more inter-organisational partnerships with national partner organisations working in K-12 education, labour, faith or advocacy. Responsibilities span cultivating and stewarding relationships with partner staff, community members and leaders and public sector workers; leading collaborative relationships with an anchor partner and its local members for the co-creation and diffusion of AI Civics resources; co-developing and iterating toolkits, facilitation guides and training curricula and running piloting, feedback and revision cycles; producing case studies, educational materials, templates, reports, academic publications, lectures and public writing; supporting facilitation preparation for co-design workshops, train-the-trainer sessions and participatory research activities; developing research questions, strategies and new external partnerships with the Program Director; network communications; participating in fundraising, including grant applications and materials for the Development Team; and contributing to the intellectual life of the organisation. REQUIRED: graduate degree or equivalent; expertise in one or more sectors of interest to the programme (K-12 education, labour, faith groups, or another institutional pillar of civic life as it relates to data-centric technologies and AI); 7 to 10 years minimum experience in research organisations or research environments (university, public policy, advocacy, government), inclusive of graduate work; expertise in participatory research methods; a strong track record of seeing research through to publication; a public profile and ability to reach non-academic audiences through writing and speaking; and the ability to coordinate and conduct in-depth qualitative research. PREFERRED: doctoral degree in information science, education, social sciences or similar; established relationships with relevant organisations in the programme themes; experience with civic engagement or organising in nonprofit, labour, advocacy, research or public interest technology contexts. Reports to the Program Director. Data & Society requires prospective employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. TO APPLY: submit a cover letter, an academic CV, and the names, affiliations, titles, email addresses and phone numbers for three references by 30 July 2026. Applications are reviewed from 31 July 2026. Questions: jobs@datasociety.net. NOTE: this is a salaried job, not a grant or fellowship.
The Horizon Institute for Public Service, Renaissance Philanthropy, SeedAI, and Fulcrum Science are partnering to launch a fellowship that embeds technical AI talent across the US Department of Energy national labs to advance the goals of the Genesis Mission, DOE's flagship science and technology initiative launched in late 2025. The Genesis Mission identifies 26 national science and technology challenges critical to US leadership and envisions a national platform connecting supercomputers, experimental facilities, AI systems, and unique datasets, with DOE's 17 national labs playing a key role. Genesis Mission AI Fellows are forward deployed to DOE national labs to bring frontier AI expertise to high-priority scientific challenges. As core members of the technical staff on a Genesis Mission project, fellows work alongside national lab scientists and partners and apply AI to national priorities, from building cutting-edge models of plasma dynamics in pursuit of controlled fusion to advancing state-of-the-art models for foundational materials discovery. Initial national lab partners include Idaho National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory; additional partners may be announced later. COMPENSATION/DURATION: 9-12 months starting fall 2026, with a prorated total annual compensation of USD 200,000; fellows are expected to travel to their national lab site at least once a quarter but may work on-site if they prefer. ELIGIBILITY: competitive applicants should have at least 2 years of industry experience building AI models or agents (those with industry experience building AI applications or data infrastructure will also be considered); scientific domain expertise is not required, but any placement will involve some training and study in a specific scientific discipline or energy topic, supported by expert colleagues at the host institution. All fellows must be eligible to work in the United States for the duration of the placement; US employment visas cannot be sponsored, but US permanent residents (green card holders) are eligible. APPLICATION: initial form requires a CV or resume (max 2 pages) and short-answer questions on motivations and experiences (max 200 words); successful applicants complete interviews through partner organizations and national labs, and selected fellows are matched to partner labs by scientific domain and availability. The review uses evidence-based best practices including blind grading of application materials. TIMELINE: application deadline 31 July 2026; final fellow selection August-September 2026; expected start fall 2026.
A global research fellowship for early- and mid-career researchers whose work can strengthen understanding of how children thrive across diverse contexts. Funds are awarded to and administered by the fellow's institution and may support the fellow's effort and broader research costs (research personnel, professional travel, equipment, dissemination, trainee support). Fellows join an interdisciplinary cohort and take part in convenings. Research must align with one of three themes: the youngest children (birth to eight) in crisis and conflict settings; inclusion and wellbeing of neurodivergent children (with a focus on Autism and ADHD, up to 18); and children's learning and development in an AI-enabled world (up to 18). The role of play may be explored where relevant but is optional. ELIGIBILITY: early- and mid-career researchers worldwide employed by a university or research institute, holding a PhD or equivalent doctorate by July 31, 2026, received no earlier than January 1, 2016 (subject to approved career-break policy). Applicants from any country welcome except those subject to EU or US sanctions. Individual applications only. Materials: online form, two-page CV, 250-word abstract, 500-word personal statement, five-page research proposal, budget and justification, and two-page bibliography. Two-stage review; applicants informed of status in November 2026. Questions: legofellowship@ssrc.org.
The Institute for Law & AI (LawAI), an independent think tank researching and advising on the legal challenges posed by artificial intelligence, is running its inaugural Law & AI Academic Fellowship for aspiring legal scholars who intend to go on the US legal academic job market. The fellowship is designed as an alternative to university-sponsored Visiting Assistant Professor or law fellow positions: fellows spend the majority of their time researching and writing articles for publication in law journals on the law of transformative AI, and are prepared for the academic job market as part of a larger application package. Teaching is not required, which LawAI frames as a benefit over most university-affiliated positions, though fellows who want teaching experience are encouraged to seek it and LawAI and its affiliates may be able to help secure positions. Each fellow is paired with an academic mentor from LawAI's network of affiliated academics for ongoing support, with more intensive help in the final stages of the job application process including moot interviews and detailed feedback. Fellows may also inquire about spending time in residence at academic institutions of interest. Candidates are selected in part on how well their research interests align with LawAI's: the institute expects AI to reshape culture, the economy, public policy, public administration, politics, military affairs and geostrategy at least as profoundly as the Industrial Revolution, and asks whether a candidate's research is well-scoped to changes of that magnitude. Areas of particular interest include risk regulation of transformative AI, liability for AI harms, AI and biosecurity, AI and cybersecurity, executive branch use of transformative AI, national security law, law and AI infrastructure, administrative law, constitutional law, international regulation, AI in the judiciary, and industrial policy. Full-time two-year role at USD 130,000 per year, based in Washington DC, Cambridge UK, or remote. Applications close 31 July 2026.
RAND's Center on AI, Security, and Technology (CAST) runs a rolling fellowship for researchers working on AI security and technology policy, with mentorship from RAND policy experts. Fellows can be based in Washington DC, San Francisco or Pittsburgh, work remotely within the United States, or be based in the United Kingdom. Terms are flexible: engagements typically start at six months and can be extended up to three years, full-time or part-time. US fellows receive an annual stipend ranging from USD 40,000 to 200,000 for full-time work depending on experience, plus a monthly payment that can be put toward health and dental insurance; UK fellows are compensated based on experience. The programme spans career stages from undergraduate through mid-career. ELIGIBILITY: applicants must be based in the US or UK; US applicants need to be eligible for a government security clearance, and UK applicants must have a current and ongoing right to work in the UK. Current RAND staff are not eligible. ROLLING DEADLINE: applications are submitted through an online form and reviewed quarterly, with published cutoffs of 1 February, 1 May, 1 August and 1 November, each answered by the first of the following month. The date recorded here is the next cutoff (1 August 2026); the call does not close after it. RAND notes that if one of its listed staff openings matches your interest you should apply to that instead, and suggests not applying to the fellowship if you have submitted another CAST application within the last six months.
MOVIDA is a Creative Europe co-funded consortium pairing academic institutions with dance centres across four European cities. Sixteen duos, each made up of one dancer and one creative technologist, are selected across four themed labs: AI and accessibility in Bucharest, AI and AR/VR in Dusseldorf, AI and robotics in Lisbon, and AI and mental health in Tallinn. Applicants are assessed on demonstrated capability in integrating technology with live performance, computational creativity, and audience interaction. Participants selected for the labs receive fast-track consideration for the MOVIDA residencies running in 2027 and 2028.
A joint philanthropic funding call by Schmidt Sciences, Google DeepMind, ARIA, the Cooperative AI Foundation and Google.org to catalyse the foundational scientific research needed to understand, evaluate and control risks emerging from large-scale ecosystems of interacting AI agents deployed by multiple actors (multi-principal, multi-agent settings). The call argues that focusing only on the safety and alignment of individual models is insufficient, and seeks system-level approaches. RESEARCH AGENDA (four clusters): (1) Sandboxes and Testbeds, realistic, reproducible multi-agent environments for studying populations of frontier-model agents; (2) The Science of Agent Networks, how collective capabilities emerge and scale, how networks fail, and how dangerous population-level properties can be detected; (3) Strengthening Agent Infrastructure, evaluating and stress-testing primitives such as identity, verifiability, reputation, communication and commitment; (4) Multi-Agent Oversight and Control, detection, attribution, security and intervention methods to keep deployed agent populations safe at scale. Proposals may target one cluster or span several, with priority on depth over breadth and on realistic sandboxes and testbeds. OUT OF SCOPE: single-agent safety, capability advancement without a clear safety motivation, toy systems, naive application of pre-existing solutions, commercial product development, and purely conceptual/policy work. ELIGIBILITY: individual researchers, research teams, research institutions and multi-institution collaborations across universities, national laboratories, institutes and nonprofit research organisations; open globally. Informational webinars on 30 June and 23 July 2026; notification of decisions in autumn 2026. Proposals due 8 August 2026 by 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth. Contact: multiagentsafety@schmidtsciences.org. Apply at https://schmidtsciences.smapply.io/prog/scaling_ai_safety_for_a_multi_agent_world/.
The Gwangju Media Art Platform (G.MAP), an institution of Gwangju, UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts, invites artists and teams working in digital art to the 2026 Digital Art Culture Lab: Project Lab, a five-month creation support program (August to December 2026) covering the entire creative process from idea development through production, showcase and archiving. WHO CAN APPLY: artists and groups in digital art wishing to create interdisciplinary projects using digital technology (all members aged 19+; international applicants welcome). Focus areas: digital art, media art, generative art, AI, interactive art, XR, AR, VR, interdisciplinary, art and technology. SELECTION: 14 teams total across two tracks: Track 1 Digital Transformation (7 artists/teams) and Track 2 Interdisciplinary Creation (7 teams). INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS CAN APPLY FOR TRACK 2 ONLY. SUPPORT: creation and production grant up to KRW 30,000,000 per team for Track 2, two online mentoring sessions, and a showcase in G.MAP exhibition spaces and on large-scale public media platforms including the G.MAP LED Wall and city media facades. KEY DATES: application period 21 July to 9 August 2026, 6 PM KST; results announced 14 August 2026; program period 20 August to 31 December 2026. Overseas participants (Track 2) must attend two in-person meetings in Jeonnam-Gwangju. HOW TO APPLY: submit the application form and portfolio (PDF) by email to uartlabseoul@gmail.com. More info at urbanartlab.org/opencall. Free to apply.
Research Fellows play a central role in GovAI's research: experienced researchers who conduct independent, high-quality work with direct relevance to AI governance and policy while contributing to GovAI's intellectual community. NOTE: applications open at the end of July 2026; GovAI does not publish a fixed closing date, so the 17 August 2026 date shown here is just when this listing is set to expire (check the GovAI page for the live status). Work may take the form of academic publications, policy memos, reports or blog posts, alongside mentoring early-career researchers (such as Summer and Winter Fellows), shaping GovAI's research strategy and convening stakeholders. Fellows work under a Senior Research Fellow or leadership-team member but have substantial autonomy over projects, agendas and publication formats. TOPICS include risk management, threat modeling, economics of AI, geopolitics of AI, public policy and technical governance; candidates working on adjacent topics are also welcome. ELIGIBILITY: open to a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds (computer science, political science, public policy, economics, philosophy, law, plus government/industry/civil-society experience); no strict educational requirement, but the strongest candidates typically have multiple years of relevant research or policy experience and a track record of high-quality, impactful work. A shared application also covers a one-year visiting Research Scholar position for those with less experience (apply once for both). PROCESS: written application; a paid remote work test (some workstreams add a research agenda and a second paid test); then a final stage of two interviews and reference checks. Deep expertise in technical governance, frontier safety design, cybersecurity or US policy is especially welcome. Contact recruitment@governance.ai with location or access questions.
Annual essay competition from the Berggruen Institute, a companion to the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture, seeking new thinking and cross-cultural perspectives on fundamental philosophical questions of significance for contemporary life and the future. It looks for essays in the tradition of Rousseau, Montaigne, and Emerson (models cited include Frankfurt, Nagel, Sontag, Fukuyama, and recent Noema pieces), not peer-reviewed academic work: novel ideas, clearly argued in compelling ways for intellectually serious readers. THEME for 2026: 'A New Axial Age?' Referencing Karl Jaspers's Axial Age (c. 800-200 BCE), the prompt asks whether civilisation is again at a 'hinge of history' undergoing a pivotal transformation of consciousness driven by rapid technological change and its social, economic, and political consequences. Suggested (non-exhaustive) angles: the foundational ideas and institutions underpinning present and future societies; the philosophical implications of the current era; the future of human evolution and life amid the ecological crisis; shared conceptual foundations for a common future; global transformation driven by technology and the rise of AI; the end of the global order and its ramifications; and the future of life amid biotechnology and synthetic life. Entrants may choose their own topic; for 2026 creative fiction is accepted. ELIGIBILITY: open to the public; not for academic papers and not governed by academic disciplinary standards or affiliations. Length up to 10,000 words in English or 15,000 characters in Chinese (excluding diagrams, tables, endnotes, bibliography, or authorship declaration). One submission per year per entrant, in either English or Chinese; co-authorship allowed. Submissions must be original and previously unpublished. AI USAGE: generative AI must not be used to create content or substitute original thought, and entrants must engage primary sources rather than AI summaries; AI is permitted only for proofreading/grammar, as quoted supporting material when AI itself is the subject of the research, or for translating an essay into English or Chinese, and all AI use (including AI-assisted translation) must be disclosed on the front page or the entry is disqualified. JUDGING: originality, clarity, and style. Essays are due by 23:59 PT on 17 August 2026; PDF only. Chinese-language submissions use a separate page. Inquiries to essay@berggruen.org.
An eight-week full-time empirical AI alignment research programme run by the AI Alignment Foundation, with a dedicated research manager, mentorship from senior researchers, compute and infrastructure, culminating in a Demo Day where fellows present their work. Fellows receive a USD 12,000 stipend paid in two installments plus a compute budget. The programme is fully remote for the research period; Demo Day is hybrid in Los Angeles and travel is covered for fellows who attend in person. ELIGIBILITY: open to all career stages, including recent PhDs, graduate students, self-taught researchers and career-changers, but candidates need a strong machine learning background, demonstrated engagement with alignment research, prior independent research output, and the ability to work autonomously. Non-US applicants are welcome provided they can make Pacific Time meetings; current graduate students may apply if they can confirm availability. This is explicitly a technical programme: the foundation says policy-focused applicants should not apply. SELECTION: all applications are reviewed, qualified candidates advance to a technical test, and finalists are interviewed, with decisions expected by early September. Applications close 17 August 2026 (Anywhere on Earth); the programme starts 8 September 2026.
Antikythera, a research programme on planetary computation and the evolution of intelligence, invites contributions to Agentworld, a special issue of its peer-reviewed MIT Press journal launching Fall 2026. THEME: Agentworld is a research initiative on the medium-term future of hybrid human-AI societies, framed not around tools for agentic task completion but around what the brief calls 'the human perplexity of deep agentic diffusion'. It treats human societies as the evolutionary niches into which new artificial species must adapt, where the constraints of agentic integration are qualitative and open-ended (psychological, philosophical, linguistic, symbolic, existential) rather than utility functions to be solved. The framing describes a 'parasociety' of densely reticulated social graphs in which agent-to-agent communication constitutes most socially significant interaction, humans and agents anthropomorphise each other by inheritance rather than necessity, and the two overlapping societies act as mutual evolutionary niches. The disciplinary posture proposed is 'a preemptive anthropology of open-world centaur societies': building the vocabulary, scenarios and conceptual armature for an emergent sociality while it is still forming, rather than describing it after the fact. WHAT THEY WANT: theoretical essays and technical papers that engage the Agentworld themes directly and explain how the contribution adds to the special issue's core questions. Philosophical, theoretical, technical, design-led and product-oriented research are all in scope. The call explicitly favours work that exceeds conventional academic journal formats, including contributions combining philosophical argument, technical analysis, design research, diagrams, software, infrastructure proposals, visual media or web-native formats. Contributors may optionally propose still images, diagrams, video, web-based or interactive components, and should say whether they have the design, development or production capacity to realise them; these elements are not required. SUBMIT: an abstract or proposal of up to 500 words; author name(s), affiliation(s), contact details, biography(ies) and CV(s); a designated lead author or contact person for collaborative submissions; and a portfolio with at least one relevant work sample such as a preprint, published article or paper. Full paper drafts are encouraged where available but not required at the initial stage. Submissions may be individual or collaborative. TIMING: the review window opened 25 June 2026. NOTE: no closing date is published on the call page; the deadline shown here is a placeholder set roughly a month out, so check the site or submit early.
The Horizon Fellowship places technologists, scientists and researchers with emerging-technology expertise into US federal agencies, congressional offices and Washington DC think tanks to work on AI, biotechnology and emerging-technology policy. The 2027 cohort runs three tiers: junior fellows (under three years of experience, no PhD) at a USD 78,000 base for six months; fellows (three or more years of relevant experience, or a PhD) at USD 130,000 for twelve months; and a newly added senior fellow tier (twelve or more years of experience with a leadership background) at USD 190,000 or more for twelve months. All tiers receive a USD 17,000 benefits stipend, a USD 3,000 professional development stipend and up to USD 3,000 in relocation assistance, and all are potentially renewable. The programme year begins with part-time remote training from January to March 2027, followed by matching in April and May and placement from spring or summer 2027 onward. Most offers are expected by the end of November 2026. ELIGIBILITY: no prior policy experience or specific degree is required, and Horizon explicitly welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds; fellows must reside in Washington DC for the placement, and non-citizens need work authorisation that does not depend on sponsorship. Applications close 30 August 2026 at 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth.
The European AI & Society Fund is launching Building Narrative Power, a EUR 2 million funding and learning programme to counter Big Tech's dominance over how AI is understood, and to help people and communities shape new ways of thinking and talking about the technology they want. The Fund's strategy is to build the power of the public interest community to shape the direction of AI in Europe; narratives are central to creating the conditions for a greater say over how AI is adopted and used. THREE THEMES where research shows the public already feels strongly: (1) DATA CENTRES: as the EU aims to triple data centre numbers in the next five to seven years, pollution, energy prices and compromised grid access have mobilised communities across the political spectrum; proposals should explore narrative questions that move communities beyond resistance towards engagement in shaping data centre expansion. (2) AI AND JOBS: 57% of the public in a recent study expressed concern about how AI will change employment, more pronounced among lower-income people, and the concern is not only displacement but the quality and nature of work, autonomy and dignity; proposals should move the debate from generalised anxiety into a mobilising issue that shapes the future of work. (3) YOUNG PEOPLE: beyond the strident social media ban debate, young people encounter AI in education, friendships and future careers, and their wider views are rarely heard; proposals should build narratives that help young people shape the technologies that will influence their lives. LEARNING PROGRAMME: grantees join a community of practice, sharing experiences across issues and places, supporting each other through delivery and reflecting on which strategies and stories have most salience, with findings feeding back to the Fund and other funders. Deadline for first-stage applications is 31 August 2026.
Grain is a cookbook of critical and creative AI literacy exercises for educators across audiovisual and creative practice, co-produced by AIxDESIGN and the Netherlands Film Academy and led by Nadia Piet. The open call collects 'recipes': tried-and-tested group exercises for the classroom or workshop that get people thinking critically and making creatively with AI. Exercises can be hands-on or analog, 15 minutes or a full day, beginner or advanced; the one hard requirement is that someone else can read your recipe and run it themselves. Examples of what might fit: hands-on experiments with specific AI tools (image generators, chatbots, code assistants, video models); analog activities that reveal computational logic through embodied practice; critical readings, watchings, or listenings with structured discussion; provocations, games, or role-plays that get at how AI sees, thinks, or makes; and exercises that help people figure out how they want to relate to AI in their own practice. WHAT YOU GET: your recipe formatted and credited to you in the first edition of Grain, a print copy when it lands, and an invite to the launch. Everything is published under CC BY-SA 4.0 so the work can travel and you keep authorship. FEE: this round offers a need-based fee for freelance and independent practitioners of EUR 150 per recipe; if making the time would be hard without it, email hello@aixdesign.co with your proposal. After this round the call stays open but the fee will not. LIVE SESSION: an optional 30-minute live session on Wednesday 12 August 2026 at 16:00 CEST lets you bring a rough exercise and turn it into a recipe on the spot with the Grain Recipe Converter (online, sign up at luma.com/84w148in). Submissions are open until the end of August 2026; Grain publishes March 2027. Submit via the form; questions to hello@aixdesign.co.
AIxDESIGN and the KB (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands) are building an exhibition and public programme about AI, made from the national collection, at the KB in The Hague. Nadia Piet is Creative Lead with the AIxDESIGN community, co-presented with the KB. The premise: long before neural nets, libraries were the machines we built to organise human knowledge, and the show uses the KB's collection to look at what AI is, where it comes from, and how it connects to the older story of how we store, sort, and search what we know. Part of the show lives in the KB Atelier, with talks, workshops, and screenings alongside, intended as AI literacy you can wander into. WHAT THEY WANT: work that engages AI in some way (critical, creative, hands-on, or playful); bonus if it also speaks to archives, libraries, or how we store and sort knowledge, though you do not need to touch the KB's collection to take part. You may pitch to more than one track: (A) SOMETHING FOR THE OPENING NIGHT, a performance, talk, screening, tour, ritual, booth, game, or other experience for the November 2026 opening, fee EUR 1,500 to 2,000; (B) A SESSION IN THE EVENTS PROGRAMME, a workshop or other session once during the three-month run, around 2.5 to 4 hours, fee EUR 2,000 to 2,500; (C) AN (ART)WORK FOR THE EXHIBITION, existing work in any format (installation, sculpture, zine stand, a corner of your own) sturdy enough for a public area with daily traffic, honorarium EUR 200 to 400 including licensing and production; (D) SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY, pitch it anyway. WHO: artists, designers, researchers, technologists, performers, musicians, archivists, or educators working around AI, data, libraries, or cultural heritage; no finished idea or polished CV needed, just a clear, specific pitch. You can be based anywhere and they especially welcome people outside the Netherlands; the show is in-person in The Hague and the fee stays the same wherever you are coming from. HOW TO APPLY: send a short pitch through the form (which track, your idea in a paragraph or two, roughly what it would need, and a link to your work); takes about five minutes, no full application required. Deadline: end of August 2026. Questions to hello@aixdesign.co.
The ZwillGen Fellowship is a 12-month position for recent law-school graduates and early-career attorneys interested in working at the intersection of law, technology, and public policy. Fellows work alongside attorneys on matters involving privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, online platforms, surveillance, digital advertising, fintech, online safety, and technology regulation, contributing to client counseling, investigations, litigation, and emerging regulatory matters, as well as research, writing, and speaking. The program includes a reduced billable target (1,250 hours) to make room for thought leadership and engagement with the technology policy, privacy, and civil liberties community. ELIGIBILITY: must have graduated from law school before the program starts; must have taken or plan to take a bar exam near the start of the Fellowship; must be able to work out of the DC office and be eligible to apply for admission to the DC Bar. Candidates primarily interested in traditional IP practice may find it less aligned. A small number of applicants may also be considered for the Hannah Schaller Memorial Skylark Fellowship (privacy-law focus, with a reduced 1,100-hour billable target for additional community engagement). Following the Fellowship, fellows may be invited into a full-time attorney role or supported in pursuing other technology law and policy opportunities. APPLY with a resume, law-school transcript, writing sample, and cover letter by 31 August 2026.
The Digital Democracy Centre (DDC) at the University of Southern Denmark, with support from TrygFonden, is calling for applications for its 2027 fellowship cohort. The program fosters collaboration between researchers, journalists, and policymakers exploring the impact of digital technology and AI on media, politics, and democracy. Fellows collaborate with a self-selected DDC mentor to generate new knowledge, contribute to public debate, develop networks, and produce tangible outreach outputs such as policy briefs, educational packages, and talks. THREE FELLOWSHIP TYPES: (1) academic fellows researching digital technologies and democracy; (2) journalist fellows covering digital technology and democracy; (3) policy fellows contributing to the regulatory debate. Target group: researchers, journalism graduates, and policymakers in research/educational institutions, media organizations, ministries, NGOs, etc. PRIORITIES: projects with clear relevance to Denmark or Danish society (including comparative/international projects yielding insights relevant to a Danish context); in 2027, projects related to DDC's Hybrid Warfare Initiative (societal resilience to new forms of international conflict, with a focus on digital technologies and AI) are also prioritized. EXPECTATIONS: applicants must secure confirmation of mentorship from their desired DDC mentor BEFORE applying (applications without a confirmed mentor are automatically rejected; PhD students and research assistants are generally not eligible as mentors, and Sten Schaumburg-Muller is unavailable as a mentor for the 2027 call); applicants must also coordinate support from their current supervisors/managers. Fellows engage in DDC activities, seminars/workshops, and public outreach, and submit a short report within two months of finishing. APPLICATION (in English): preliminary project title, fellowship type, brief project description (max 1000 chars), detailed description and timeline (max 2400 chars, including duration, confirmed mentor, and remote/in-office work plan), description of activities and collaboration with external practice partners (max 1000 chars), expected product/impact/output (max 500 chars), a CV (max 5 pages), and an overview of the posts for which financial support is sought. Submit the application form (PDF or Word) plus CV as PDFs to ddc@sdu.dk with subject line 'DDC / TrygFonden Fellowship application'. Deadline 1 September 2026; decisions communicated no later than 1 October 2026.
Since 2020 the Prototype Fund Switzerland has strengthened the common good with open-source, public-interest technology, supporting interdisciplinary teams to develop and test early-stage projects that show how open source, data and digital technologies such as AI can create real societal value. The 2026-2027 edition focuses on Responsible and Sustainable AI: building the path toward a more responsible and sustainable AI, tech and digitalization landscape, open source and beyond. THIS YEAR'S FOCUS: projects that reduce resource use, energy consumption or emissions; strengthen accountability, transparency and governance; and contribute to resilient and trustworthy digital systems, including sustainable digitalization and digital sufficiency, public-interest AI and data infrastructures, and tools for governance, oversight or digital sovereignty. PUBLIC INTEREST TECH areas span sustainability and climate, participation and civic tech, education and literacy, health and inclusion, and open knowledge and data. WHO THEY FUND: individuals and small teams open to open source, AI and iterative experimentation, eager to combine technical capability with societal and political awareness, willing to share learnings, motivated to work on pressing societal problems through technology, with an early-stage but well-thought-out concept, and eligible to work in Switzerland. SUPPORT: up to CHF 50,000 in funding, a 4-month prototyping phase, coaching, mentoring and workshops, and access to a strong network across tech, policy and society. Teams are strongly encouraged (though not required) to publish code, data or components under open-source licenses and to document their approach. TIMELINE: applications 21 July to 7 September 2026; rolling jury selection August-September 2026; prototyping mid-October 2026 to mid-February 2027; outputs and learnings November 2026 to July 2027. Questions: info@prototypefund.ch.
Híbrides is a biennial of artistic research co-organised by the Axolot.cat collective and the DARTS (Design, Art, Technology and Society) research group at the UOC in Barcelona. The second edition, "Small Embodied Data," centres on the concept of classification -- approached through machine learning, data science, algorithmic systems, and questions of who designs classifiers, under what ethical codes, and to what end. The biennial brings classification into dialogue with its previous themes of Small Data (community-defined, intentional data collection and analysis) and Embodiment (bodily experience as a foundation of situated, sensory knowledge). Both academic and non-academic contributions are welcome. FORMATS ACCEPTED: Oral Presentations (20 minutes; artistic practice, artistic research, or academic research projects; may be video-recorded for a public archive and developed into short papers); Performances (20-30 minutes; must engage with the physical body, stage, and technology; complete works, including previously presented work; takes place in a multipurpose space with technical support). SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: online form with abstract (max 1,000 characters), professional biography (max 1,000 characters), and link to representative materials (3-5 images; video and technical rider required for performances). HONORARIA: oral presentations €100; performances €400; invoice required in both cases. Participants must follow the event's code of conduct. Event runs 26-28 November 2026 at UOC Poblenou campus and Convent de Sant Agustí, Barcelona. Deadline: 7 September 2026. Submit at https://hibrides.axolot.cat/opencall.html.
Hiding in Plain Site is an international public art short film festival accepting film, video art, XR, and explicitly AI-generated or AI-assisted moving image works of 2 to 20 minutes, screened in public space. Free to submit; selected filmmakers receive a modest stipend whose amount is revenue-dependent and not yet confirmed. Deadline 10 September 2026.
Horizon Europe Cluster 2 funds research on culture, creativity, and inclusive society. The 2026 call (HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-HERITAGE, launched May 12, 2026) covers 7 topics with an indicative budget of €85.5 million. Topic HERITAGE-04 is explicitly titled 'Towards a fair and transparent market for cultural and creative content in the era of generative AI,' covering: impacts of generative AI on creative industries employment; upskilling needs for creative workers; policy and regulatory frameworks; fair remuneration and transparency. Highly relevant for research into AI and cultural/creative industries, artists' rights in the AI era, and sociotechnical studies of AI and culture. ELIGIBILITY: consortium-based applications (minimum 3 organisations from 3 different EU/associated countries are typical for Horizon RIA grants; check call conditions on the Funding & Tenders portal for specific requirements). Deadline: 23 September 2026. Apply via the EU Funding & Tenders portal (ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders).
Call for short films (1-10 minutes) involving human/AI hybrid creation, from the We Are Human Foundation in Paris. Three cash awards: Grand Prix EUR 5,000, Best Screenplay EUR 3,000, and an Ethics Award EUR 2,000. ELIGIBILITY: international, applicants 18+; films must have been completed after 1 June 2025 and involve human/AI hybrid creation; a mandatory Ethics Notebook accompanies each submission. No submission fee. Festival screening at Forum des images, Paris, on 24 November 2026. Apply via FilmFreeway; deadline 30 September 2026.
The Wilson Center, the congressionally chartered nonpartisan policy research institution in Washington DC, awards 10 to 20 research fellowships for its 2027-2028 class. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest while interacting with policymakers in Washington and with other fellows. The Center accepts policy-relevant, nonpartisan proposals that address key foreign policy challenges confronting the United States and the world, and projects must align with at least one of the Center's four scholarship pillars: strategic competition, economic statecraft, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, and regional scholarship. The technology and innovation pillar is the relevant route for AI governance, emerging technology and digital policy projects, which the Center also supports through its Science and Technology Innovation Program. Fellows work remotely for the duration of the fellowship; the Center covers travel costs for two required trips to Washington DC at the beginning and the conclusion of the term. The stipend is USD 10,000 per month for the twelve-month term, which runs 1 June 2027 to 30 May 2028. ELIGIBILITY: academic candidates need a PhD in hand and either a published book or monograph beyond the dissertation, or a substantial body of research articles (five or more) in reputable peer-reviewed journals. Non-academic applicants (practitioners, journalists, public intellectuals) need at least ten years of relevant experience and a record of substantial policy impact. There is no citizenship restriction, but English proficiency is required. Applications, including letters of recommendation, must be submitted online via Interfolio by 11:59pm ET on 30 September 2026. Questions: fellowships@wilsoncenter.org. NOTE: this is an open-topic foreign policy fellowship, not an AI-specific one; the technology angle depends on how you scope the proposal.
The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships place scientists and engineers inside US federal agencies, congressional offices and the judicial branch for a year of hands-on policymaking, contributing technical knowledge and analytical skills to the federal policy process. AI, data and computing policy placements are among the largest tracks, and AAAS runs a dedicated AI legislative branch cohort that places AI experts in congressional offices at GS-12 Step 10 on the DC locality scale. ELIGIBILITY: US citizens holding a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in any science or engineering field, or a master's degree in engineering plus three years of post-degree professional experience; some tracks accept a bachelor's plus five years. Relevant expertise includes AI, machine learning, computer science, robotics and data science. Fellows must reside in DC, Maryland or northern Virginia during the fellowship year. TIMELINE: the application portal opens 1 August 2026 and closes 1 November 2026 at 11:59pm ET, with eligibility notification in late November, interview notification January to February 2027, semi-finalist interviews in March, placement offers by early May, and the fellowship year running 1 September 2027 to 31 August 2028. Apply through fellowshipapp.aaas.org.
The Omidyar Network Tech Journalism Fund offers rolling grants of $5,000-$25,000 for technology journalism projects. Relevant for journalists and media organizations investigating AI, tech policy, and AI's impacts on culture, society, and creative industries. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through December 31, 2026 — one of the few currently open opportunities with a confirmed near-term deadline. Apply via the application form on omidyar.com.
The New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles champions stories told with new technology and was among the first festivals to screen AI-generated content; it has a dedicated AR / MR / AI / TECH category. Open worldwide in all formats. Deadlines: 6 December 2026 (USD 80), 6 February 2027 (USD 85), final 6 April 2027 (USD 95).
The Institute for Advanced Study is seeking a 2026-27 Civic Science Fellow to advance understanding of the social, democratic and scientific implications of artificial intelligence. The full-time, 18-month position is based in the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab led by Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science Alondra Nelson. Working closely with Professor Nelson and Lab members, the Fellow contributes to research and policy analysis and to scholarly and public-facing publications, and supports multidisciplinary, multisector initiatives at the intersection of AI, science and governance. DUTIES (75% Lab work): conduct original research on the Lab's AI-and-society agenda; synthesize scholarship on the social implications of AI, sociotechnical approaches to AI governance and the epistemological implications of AI in research; contribute policy research on governance mechanisms that strengthen democratic institutions; help organize convenings and working groups; collaborate on manuscripts, reports and grant proposals; support editorial development of publications; and develop public-facing essays, policy briefs and digital materials. The remaining 25% supports the Fellow's own independent research, network-building and full participation in the intellectual life of IAS. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: a PhD in the social sciences, sciences or humanities; a strong record of scholarly research, writing and publication on the social implications of science and technology or related fields; and exceptional writing and editing skills for both academic and non-academic audiences. Preferred: specialization in science and technology studies, science and technology policy, organizational studies or qualitative methods, and demonstrated engagement with AI governance and technology policy debates. Apply with a cover letter and resume via the IAS/Paylocity posting.
Manifund's regranting program funds AI safety and global-catastrophic-risk work through a network of expert regrantors, each given an independent budget to recommend grants to people and projects they find promising. Applicants submit a project proposal on the Manifund platform; regrantors can then offer funding. GRANTS: typically USD 5,000 to 50,000, though amounts vary. ELIGIBILITY: individuals (no legal entity or institutional affiliation required) and organizations working on AI safety or reducing catastrophic risk from AI. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; per-regrantor budget availability varies over time. Learn more at the regranting page and apply on the Manifund platform (manifund.org).
The Sony Innovation Fund (now under Sony Ventures Corporation) is Sony's corporate venture capital arm, investing in early-stage (Seed, Series A and Series B) transformational-technology startups across business, entertainment and society, including entertainment, gaming, AI, robotics, fintech, climate and blockchain. Music, entertainment and AI startups fit within its thesis, though it is not a music-only fund. Typical checks are roughly USD 100,000 to USD 5 million, alongside mentorship and access to Sony's network and R&D. It is an equity investment, not a grant. Global, with offices in the US, London/EU, Tokyo, Bangalore and Israel. Startups engage on a rolling basis via the contact and inquiry form. No application fee.
Humans in Control empowers the public to shape AI policy through grassroots organizing and bipartisan advocacy for commonsense safeguards that protect children and families. The Distributed Organizing Manager builds and supports distributed/volunteer organizing to advance the organization's advocacy goals. This is a full-time, fully remote role open to candidates anywhere in the United States (US work authorization required). Compensation is USD 65,000-80,000 plus benefits. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis (no fixed deadline). See the listing for full responsibilities and to apply.
The CHAI Research Fellowship trains highly qualified postdoctoral researchers to advance beneficial AI, working with CHAI faculty Stuart Russell, Pieter Abbeel and Anca Dragan and collaborating with affiliate faculty at Berkeley AI Research and beyond. Fellows have broad freedom to pursue novel research toward provably beneficial AI systems in areas such as reasoning, decision making, learning, multi-agent systems and philosophical foundations, using probability theory, game theory and control theory. Current topics of interest include theoretical foundations of intelligent agent architecture, expressive formal languages for probability models (including probabilistic programming), decision making over long time scales, cumulative lifelong learning, human-in-the-loop planning and reinforcement learning, human-robot interaction, the structure of human preferences, acting on behalf of multiple humans, robust cooperation in heterogeneous multi-agent systems, and mechanism design for human-machine systems. Fellows may also lead collaborations, advise junior researchers, and teach. QUALIFICATIONS: a PhD (or about to be obtained) in a relevant technical discipline (computer science, statistics, mathematics, or theoretical economics) and a record of high-quality published research; prior work on the AI control problem is not required. International applicants are eligible (visa sponsorship provided). TO APPLY: submit via the CHAI application form a resume, a one-page statement of interest describing the research you would like to undertake, and the names and emails of two academic referees. Start date is flexible and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis (no fixed deadline). General enquiries: chai-info@berkeley.edu.
Foresight Institute grants supporting work at the intersection of AI, science and safety, including AI-for-science tools and AI-safety research. ELIGIBILITY: individuals, teams and organisations (for- and non-profit) worldwide; applicants active in the San Francisco or Berlin hubs are prioritised. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with a cutoff on the last day of each month. Apply via the Foresight Institute grants page.
Effective Altruism Funds' Long-Term Future Fund makes grants to individuals and small groups working to reduce risks from advanced AI and other threats to humanity's long-term future, including technical AI safety and alignment research, field-building and communication. ELIGIBILITY: individuals and small groups; not geographically restricted. Applications accepted on a rolling basis via the EA Funds application form.
Research residency at Perplexity for exceptional researchers, engineers and analysts from any quantitative or analytical discipline (physics, cognitive science, quantitative finance, theoretical mathematics, etc.) to apply their expertise to AI research challenges including agentic systems and human-AI interaction. ELIGIBILITY: no PhD or deep-learning-framework experience required; instead, strong mathematical foundations, demonstrated technical depth in a rigorous quantitative field, curiosity-driven research practice and clear communication skills. FORMAT: in-person residency paired with senior researcher mentors, with access to compute, research tools and proprietary datasets; residents are encouraged to publish at top-tier conferences and contribute to open source. Rolling start within ~8 weeks of acceptance. Applications via the Perplexity portal: resume/CV or portfolio plus a cover letter describing your interest in AI research at Perplexity; an optional research statement of project ideas is welcomed.
Rolling grant programme funding individuals at any career stage who want to pursue careers that could help reduce global catastrophic risks or otherwise improve the long-term future. Especially interested in candidates working on risks from future advances in AI and global catastrophic biological risks. Funds graduate study (master's/PhD/MPP/law school), unpaid internships, postdocs, professional certifications, online courses, independent study/upskilling, career-transition and exploration periods, and academic sabbaticals. Concrete examples Coefficient Giving lists: a senior ML engineer doing six months of independent study to investigate AI risk mitigation careers; a physics PhD doing self-guided ML interpretability work to transition into technical AI safety; a management consultant exploring how to apply their skill set to GCR; a tenured ML/CS professor taking a one-year sabbatical to contribute to AI safety or governance. Open globally; no institutional affiliation required. Looks for candidates whose funding would 'make a difference' (otherwise unable to find sufficient funding, or existing funding has restrictions). Encourages applications from women and people of color. Now subsumes the former Biosecurity Scholarship. Applications are open until further notice and assessed on a rolling basis. Free to apply.
Supports journalists producing long-form investigative reports and tech-policy researchers conducting research, analysis or evaluation that informs policy related to the Kapor Foundation's three priority areas, with an emphasis on responsible AI and tech ethics. Priority areas: CS/AI Education, Innovation, Governance. Aims to dismantle systemic inequities in the tech sector by funding researchers and investigative journalists exploring barriers and driving actionable solutions. Applications accepted on a rolling basis; first awards to be announced by 30 June 2026.
Lightweight rolling grant for individual journalists worldwide (writers, photographers, radio, film; freelance or staff) examining how AI systems are designed, sold and deployed in communities. Faster turnaround than the Pulitzer AI Accountability Fellowship: decisions in 1 to 2 weeks.
PAID 12-week online mentorship program from Belgrade Art Studio: each artist works one-on-one with a dedicated artist-mentor through weekly 1-hour Zoom/Google Meet sessions, aimed at artists at a turning point in their practice (stuck, seeking new directions, experimenting with unfamiliar media including AI). Hybrid seminar/workshop format supporting both physical and online presentation, plus curatorial thinking, writing, interviews, and documentation. Closes with an online viewing and moderated discussion of the works produced. ELIGIBILITY: open worldwide to artists and creatives across visual arts, music, theatre, dance, film, writing, design, photography, digital/interactive art, games, fashion, architecture, and curation. English-language program (ability to collaborate in English preferred but accommodations possible). EXPECTATIONS: artists must treat the program as they would an in-person residency (dedicated time for research/creation/reflection), submit in-progress material for social-media exposure, participate in an artist interview, and refrain from hate speech or discriminatory content. APPLY by emailing CV, summary, and portfolio (links accepted) to artlab@belgradeartstudio.com. Rolling intake (no deadline). Selected artists are announced and contacted by email. COST: EUR 675 to participate — this is a paid offering, not a funded residency.
The microagi Research Fellowship (Cohort 01) provides researchers with frontier-lab resources and the freedom to work on hard problems in robotics, embodied AI, and the systems around them. Fellows work in residence for six months at microagi's offices in Munich or Zurich. AMOUNT: up to $2,000,000 in compute; $10,000/month stipend. RESEARCH AREAS: (1) Long Horizon Dexterous Manipulation -- end-to-end models for complex multi-stage tasks with dexterous hands, natural language instruction following, memory across long task sequences, fine-grained physical control in unstructured environments; (2) Cross Embodiment Learning; (3) On Device Physical Intelligence; (4) Safe and Reliable Deployment. microagi's model is to deploy embodied intelligence into physical-world operations and turn what it learns there into compounding research. REFERRAL: $10,000 bonus for referring a candidate who is accepted into the cohort. No application deadline publicly stated as of June 2026 -- one cohort only, apply as soon as possible via https://www.microagi.ai/fellowship.
The Good Life Residents Program is a six-month Roosevelt Institute initiative that develops new leaders and elevates bold ideas across six economic policy priorities under its Good Life Agenda. Each topic area hosts a cohort of 3 to 4 residents plus 1 to 2 senior Topic Advisors (academics, policy leaders, organizers or government practitioners) who provide strategic and intellectual mentorship and moderate the closing event. Residents write a roughly 1,500-word original policy essay advancing a people-centered policy vision against a topic-specific prompt, take part in structured dialogue with peers, Topic Advisors and Roosevelt Think Tank directors, help prepare and appear at a culminating public event, contribute to press opportunities such as op-eds and reporter calls where applicable, and act as ambassadors for the Good Life Agenda in their professional and public networks. The current round, the AI and Finance Residents Program, is run in partnership with Data & Society and asks for bold ideas on how to shape, redirect, interrupt or make more visible and contestable the flows of capital into generative AI. Framing: breakneck investment in generative AI technology and infrastructure is distorting the stock market, profit measures, bond issuance, the pace and composition of growth, job creation and trade policy, with seven tech companies accounting for more than a third of S&P 500 market capitalisation and complex, sometimes circular financial arrangements obscuring risk. Suggested lines of inquiry include what government interventions could improve public oversight, risk allocation and direction-setting in private markets; how other investments could be coordinated and scaled if AI spending is crowding them out; what role public spending or new institutions could play in catalysing technology R&D designed to support workers, sustainability and supply chains; what democratic input mechanisms would keep state influence over capital flows less vulnerable to corruption; and how federal AI policy should address public hostility to data centre investments alongside national security and competitiveness. Compensation is USD 3,000 plus travel and accommodation for the culminating event. FLAG: Roosevelt does not publish an application deadline for the AI and Finance round on the programme page, and earlier rounds (Social Security financing, Federal Reserve powers, housing) each ran their own short application window. Check the Formstack application form linked from the programme page for the current closing date before applying.
Luminos.AI, an embedded AI-governance and legal-risk infrastructure company (built by former Fortune 500 AI governance leads and company-builders), runs a part-time fellowship for a technically inclined law student or recent graduate who wants to work at the frontier of AI agent oversight and risk evaluation. Fellows work directly with senior lawyers and engineers on the practical problem of how to test, evaluate and govern generative and agentic AI systems that change every quarter. WHAT YOU DO: research and help design rigorous testing and evaluation approaches for generative and agentic AI, translating fast-moving legal and regulatory requirements into concrete, testable standards; track the global AI regulatory landscape in real time and turn it into practical guardrails; draft frameworks, workflows and risk assessments that hold up under real deployment conditions; and partner closely with the technical team, where comfort around code, models or data is an asset. Fellows with technical skills who want to spend part of their time working directly with engineering are encouraged to do so. WHO YOU ARE: currently pursuing a JD (or a recent graduate) from a top law program; an excellent researcher and writer comfortable applying existing law to genuinely new situations; genuinely enthusiastic about AI and willing to learn the technical details. Bonus: coding ability, ML/GenAI exposure, or a background in privacy, security or data governance law. TERMS: USD 35 per hour, remote, part-time, flexible 3 to 6 month term, with direct mentorship from senior legal and technical leadership. TO APPLY: send a cover letter, resume, transcript and writing sample to careers@luminos.ai with the subject line 'Application for Luminos.AI Fall 2026 Fellowship'. Rolling review with remote interviews.