ML4Good Spring 2026 Bootcamps - Applications Open!

This Spring, ML4Good bootcamps are coming to Western Europe, Central Europe, Canada, and South Africa! 

Join one of our 8-day, fully paid-for, in-person training bootcamps to build your career in AI safety. We’re looking for motivated people from a variety of backgrounds who are committed to working on making frontier AI safer.

Each bootcamp is a residential, full-time programme, and is divided into two tracks:

• Technical: For people with some technical background who are interested in moving into technical safety roles
• Governance & Strategy: For people looking to contribute to AI safety through policy, governance, strategy, operations, media, or field-building

ML4Good is targeted at people looking to start their career in AI safety, or transition into AI safety from another field. Our alumni have gone on to roles at leading AI safety organisations including the UK AI Safety Institute, the European Commission, MATS, CeSIA, Safer AI and the Centre for Human-Compatible AI.

Logistics

• It's free to attend: tuition, accommodation, and meals provided
• Participants cover travel costs (with financial support available in cases of need)
• Camps are all taught in English and require 10-20 hours of preparatory work
• Cohorts of ~20 participants

Dates

Application deadline for all camps: 8th February 2026, 23:59 GMT

Bootcamps will be held on the following dates:

Technical track

• Western Europe                      11th - 19th April, 2026
• South Africa                             17th - 25th April, 2026
• Central Europe                        6th - 14th May, 2026
• Canada                                        1st - 9th June, 2026

Governance & Strategy track

• South Africa                             17th - 25th April, 2026
• Europe                                        4th - 12th May, 2026

Who should apply?

• People based in or around the world region in which the bootcamp is held
• People who are committed to working in different areas of AI safety, including engineering, policy, research, operations, communications, or adjacent fields
• We’re especially excited about early- to late-career professionals who are ready to contribute directly to AI safety work in the near term.

Referrals

If you know strong candidates for either the technical or governance track, please refer them by sending them to our website, or use this referral form. Referrals are one of the most useful ways the EA community can support ML4Good.

You can learn more and apply on this link.