[DMANET] Apply by Jun. 7: MATS Autumn 2026 AI Safety Fellowship

MATS Research is an educational research nonprofit dedicated to solving the talent pipeline bottleneck in AI alignment and security research. We believe reducing risks from powerful AI is one of the world's most urgent and talent-constrained challenges, and that ambitious people from a wide range of backgrounds and career stages can meaningfully contribute to this work. That's why we're training the next generation of AI safety researchers. The Autumn fellowship runs from September 28 to December 4, 2026, based in Berkeley, California and London, UK. Fellows receive: - field-leading research mentorship - funding ($5,000/month stipend + $8,000/month compute) - office space, housing and meals - immigration support for our Berkeley office - talks and workshops with AI experts - a global network of peers In addition to technical and governance research tracks, this cohort introduces two new tracks: the Founding & Field-Building track <http://matsprogram.org/tracks/founding-and-field-building?utm_source=dmanet&utm_medium=mailing-list&utm_campaign=a26> for entrepreneurial generalists looking to launch new AI safety initiatives and the Biosecurity track <https://www.matsprogram.org/tracks/biosecurity?utm_source=dmanet&utm_medium=mailing-list&utm_campaign=a26> for technical researchers focused on the intersection of advanced AI and catastrophic biological risk. MATS has accelerated 500+ researchers so far. Among alumni who graduated before 2025, 80% are working directly in AI safety/security and 10% have co-founded active AI safety startups. Participants have coauthored 200+ papers, with over 12,300 citations. Our philanthropically-funded program connects participants with world-class mentors from leading organizations such as Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Redwood, AI Futures Project, and more. *Apply by June 7 <https://www.matsprogram.org/apply?utm_source=dmanet&utm_medium=mailing-list&utm_campaign=a26> AoE to be considered!* Help us spread the word with people you know who'd be a good fit, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! Best, Eric -- Eric Dhan Operations Generalist, MATS <https://www.matsprogram.org/> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-dhan/> ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************