Location: Cambridge, UK (in-person, at Meridian)

Award: GBP 1,500 stipend, plus travel, accommodation and food covered. No application fee.

Duration: Six days, 17-22 August 2026

Deadline: Closed 07 Jun 2026

A six-day intensive in Cambridge to build the mechanisms that let third parties verify what AI chips are computing, where they are operating, and at what scale, while preserving confidentiality. Hardware assurance covers tamper-evident enclosures, telemetry and network monitoring, attestation protocols, and cryptographic approaches to inference verification, technical infrastructure that AI governance increasingly depends on but that does not yet exist. The cohort of twenty spends the week in talks, working sessions and project work with domain-expert residents (from the Future of Life Institute, MIRI, Longview Philanthropy and others), presenting their work on Day 6. WHO SHOULD APPLY: practising engineers, researchers, PhD students, and technically strong undergraduate or master's students with depth in one of: silicon and firmware (RTL, ASIC, SoC, FPGA, embedded); hardware security (side-channel countermeasures, tamper protection); cryptography and formal methods (applied crypto, zero-knowledge proofs, formal verification); trusted execution (TEEs, attestation, secure boot, root-of-trust); ML systems (distributed training with NCCL/Megatron/DeepSpeed, large-scale inference); or networking (line-rate packet processing, deep packet inspection). Years of industry experience are not required; strong technical projects, research or coursework can be enough. Example open problems include tamper-evident enclosures for liquid-cooled AI accelerators, mutually trusted attestation hardware for international agreements, inference verification at scale, and workload classification from hardware telemetry. Day 6 also covers next steps including Coefficient Giving's Career Development and Transition Funding and BlueDot Impact's Rapid Grants (up to USD 10,000). APPLY by 7 June 2026, 23:59 Anywhere on Earth.

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Location: Remote with intermittent short visits to Oxford, OR up to 6 months in-person in Oxford, UK

Award: Monthly stipend of GBP 2,000 to support accommodation, travel, food and living expenses. Economy airfare to and from the UK and any visa costs covered. Project-related costs (workshops, seminars, public exhibitions/events) considered case-by-case if a clear proposal and brief cost justification are included in the application. No application fee.

Duration: 6 or 12 months. Earliest remote start: September 2026. In-person start dates: April 2027 or September 2027

Deadline: 15 Jun 2026

Accelerator Fellowship Programme at the University of Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI, supporting impact-driven projects addressing the urgent ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence, grounded in philosophical inquiry, academic independence and a collaborative ethos. 3-4 fellows recruited for the 2026/27 cohort. NOT FOR: early-stage, proof-of-concept, or blue-skies-only proposals. PROJECTS MUST: be already on a clear path to creating meaningful impact, with established or clearly identified partnerships, a well-defined delivery roadmap, and clear indicators of how impact will be achieved and measured. POTENTIAL IMPACT INCLUDES: policy or governance innovation in AI; new professional-development opportunities in the AI industry; commercial or technical innovation in responsible AI; strategic networks/alliances; transformation of public discourse on AI ethics. ELIGIBILITY: practising professionals and academics from any discipline, holding a continuing role within a university, not-for-profit research organisation, industry, or who are otherwise professionally established and engaging with AI. Open worldwide; proficiency in English required. PhD applicants: 2+ peer-reviewed publications and a rising trajectory of research including at least one grant as PI or Co-I. Non-PhD applicants: 7+ years equivalent professional standing with advanced expertise, original contributions, peer/professional recognition, and significant impact. WHAT FELLOWS GET: GBP 2,000/month stipend; economy UK travel and visa costs covered; intellectual engagement with Oxford researchers; visibility through seminars, public discussions, collaborative events; flexible self-directed structure (no formal supervision); induction meeting plus a one-day retreat. FORMAT: remote with short visits, or up to 6 months in-person in Oxford (subject to UK immigration eligibility); in-person stays should align with university term dates. NOTE: this is NOT an employed position with the University. APPLY: (1) complete the online application form; (2) email the three documents (Project Statement max 500 words including impact pathways and any project-cost proposal; Motivation Letter max 500 words; CV max 2 pages) as PDFs to aiethicsafp@philosophy.ox.ac.uk with subject line 'AFP Fellowship Application' and the naming convention 'Surname_Name_Month_Year_AFP_filetype'. TIMELINE: applications opened 25 May 2026; deadline 15 June 2026 23:59 UK time (programme reserves the right to close applications early). VISA: if needed, allow 6 months before intended visit; 3 months otherwise.

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Location: London (London Initiative for Safe AI / LISA)

Award: £6,000 to £8,000 stipend + travel to London + £2,000 housing for non-London fellows + weekday lunch and dinner + compute. Extensions of up to 6 months with continued financial support, mentorship, management and workspace (70 to 90% of fellows in recent cohorts received extensions).

Duration: 9 weeks (29 June to 28 August 2026), with up to 6-month extensions

Deadline: Closed 03 May 2026

In-person AI safety research fellowship in London for anyone committed to ensuring AI develops safely. Weekly 1-on-1s with established researchers (mentors include staff from Google DeepMind, UK AI Security Institute, Redwood Research and SecureBio), dedicated research-management support, in-person co-working at LISA, weekday lunch and dinner included, workshops and Q&As with leading domain experts. Application stages: written application (1-2h), short recorded video interview (<10min), mentor-specific work task (1-3h), personal interview (30-45min). Decisions by 22 May 2026. Past fellows have moved to GovAI, SaferAI, UK AISI, IAPS, AI Futures Project, Anthropic Fellowship, Timaeus, Google DeepMind, Cooperative AI Foundation, FLI; some have founded organisations (PRISM Evals, Catalyze Impact, Moirai) or started PhDs at Oxford, Stanford, EPFL, Max Planck. 7 cohorts completed; 129 alumni; peer recommendation 9.1/10. $1,000 referral bonus if you recommend an accepted fellow.

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Location: United Kingdom & Ireland (registered nonprofit charities only)

Award: Up to $100,000 USD unrestricted cash + up to $50,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credits + AWS technical and training support

Duration: Two-round process. Round One closes 12 June 2026; Round One notification 14 July 2026; Round Two opens 10 August 2026 and closes 2 October 2026.

Deadline: 12 Jun 2026

UK & Ireland Pathfinder track of the 2026 AWS Imagine Grant. For registered nonprofit charities with strong data practices, in the planning phase of incorporating frontier AI (generative AI, agentic AI, autonomous systems) as a core workload during the grant term. Up to $100K cash + $50K AWS credits, plus AWS technical and training support. Round One closes 12 June 2026; notifications 14 July; Round Two open 10 August to 2 October 2026. Eligibility: registered nonprofit charities based in the UK or Ireland. NOTE: this is a charities-only programme and is not open to individual artists, researchers, or for-profit studios.

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