Anthropic Fellows Program for AI safety research: applications open for May & July 2026
The Anthropic Fellows Program offers a four-month, mentored research experience focused on hands-on AI safety projects, producing public research outputs in collaboration with Anthropic scientists.
Funder: Anthropic
Due Dates: May 2026 (Cohort start) | July 2026 (Cohort start) | Rolling (applications reviewed continuously)
Funding Amounts: Weekly stipend: $3,850 USD / £2,310 GBP / $4,300 CAD for 4 months; compute funding (~$15,000/month); additional benefits vary by country.
Summary: Supports engineers and researchers to conduct hands-on AI safety research under Anthropic mentorship, culminating in public outputs such as papers.
Key Information: Applicants must have work authorization and reside in the US, UK, or Canada for the program; Anthropic does not sponsor visas for fellows.
Description
The Anthropic Fellows Program offers a unique, intensive opportunity for engineers and researchers to work on high-priority AI safety research projects under the guidance of Anthropic scientists. Over four months, fellows design and execute empirical projects aligned with Anthropic’s research interests, producing public outputs such as papers. Projects span critical areas including scalable oversight, adversarial robustness and AI control, mechanistic interpretability, AI security, model organisms, and model welfare. The program is highly collaborative, with fellows selecting and shaping their projects in close consultation with mentors. Past fellows have contributed to prominent research and, in many cases, transitioned to full-time roles at Anthropic or other leading AI safety organizations.
