Applicants can work as research associates on specific projects, supervised by experienced project leads from organisations such as Google DeepMind, GovAI, Safe AI Forum, the Global Priorities Institute, Polaris Ventures, the Center for Reducing Suffering, and METR. 

Research associates would spend 5-10 hours per week working directly on high-potential research. FIG participants have produced blog posts for think tanks, co-authored papers under consideration at NeurIPS and ICML, and written confidential policy memos to support meetings with American, European, and Chinese cloud compute providers. 

We have an array of projects across AI policy and philosophy, with opportunities to work with project leads such as:

• DeepMind researchers, focusing on the limits of interpretability, debate as an oversight strategy, and the impacts of AI on society.
• METR staff & ex-OpenAI contractors, working on technical governance like evals & compute verification.
• IDAIS staff and senior GovAI researchers, working on international AI governance, labour markets & AI, and UK policy engagement.
• CRS, GPI & Polaris researchers, on corrigibility, digital sentience, suffering risks, and ideological fanaticism.

Past participants have credited their FIG fellowships with providing valuable research experience, direction for how to use their career to do more good, and lasting professional networks that enable them to find and access better opportunities. Our alumni have received offers from organisations such as OpenAI, the UK’s AI Policy Team, and GovAI. We’d be excited to help you pivot to and accelerate an impactful career!

We welcome applications from a wide variety of people, ranging from students and to mid-career professionals. We encourage you to apply even if you’re not 100% sure you’re a fit. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below, or at info@futureimpact.group. 

Applications are due by 28 September, Anywhere on Earth. Apply now!