GovAI DC Summer Fellowship 2026 ($21,000 stipend) – YOA

Deadline: March 1, 2026

Applications are open for the GovAI DC Summer Fellowship 2026. The DC Summer Fellowship is a 3-month bipartisan OPPORTUNITY designed to launch or speed up impactful careers in American AI governance and coverage. Participants deepen their understanding of the sector, join with a community of consultants, and construct their expertise {and professional} profile, all whereas conducting a analysis mission of their selection below knowledgeable steering.

The program emphasizes bipartisan engagement, rigorous evaluation, and sensible coverage relevance, with a concentrate on how AI coverage is formed throughout the US political system. They welcome a variety of candidates, from early-profession people fascinated by coming into the US AI coverage area, to extra skilled professionals trying to transition into rising tech coverage from adjoining fields.

Benefits

• Fellows will be part of for 3 months in Washington, DC, from June 8 to August 28, 2026. Fellows will obtain a stipend of $21,000, plus help for touring to DC. This is an in-particular person position. While in DC, they supply fellows with lunch on weekdays and a desk of their DC workplace. Only candidates who’ve the suitable to work within the US are eligible to apply; they don’t sponsor visas for this fellowship.

Eligibility

• They are fascinated by candidates from a broad set {of professional} backgrounds, together with these with expertise in authorities, academia, trade, or civil society.
• They are particularly enthusiastic about candidates with related skilled expertise, analysis expertise, or graduate study in areas of experience related to US AI coverage, which embody – however are under no circumstances restricted to – public coverage, political science, engineering, pc science, economics, biosecurity, cybersecurity, China research, and danger administration (e.g. assurance and auditing). However, there are not any particular necessities for the position; additionally they welcome functions from promising undergraduates.

Assessment Criteria

When assessing functions, they are going to be searching for candidates who’ve the next strengths or present optimistic indicators of with the ability to develop them:

• Quality of labor: The skill to provide clearly written, insightful, and even-handed analysis or coverage recommendation. They are notably enthusiastic about robust reasoning skill and clear and concise writing.
• Relevant experience: Skills or data which are prone to be useful for engaged on subjects related to AI coverage. They assume that related experience can take many various varieties. Note that additionally they would not have any strict diploma necessities.
• Judgement: The skill to prioritize between completely different analysis or coverage instructions, and good intuitions concerning the feasibility of various instructions.
• Team match: Openness to suggestions, dedication to mental honesty and rigor, consolation in expressing uncertainty, and a critical curiosity in utilizing your profession to contribute to efficiently navigating the transition to a world with superior AI.

Application

The choice course of has 4 levels:

• Written application
• An summary reasoning evaluation
• Interviews and reference checks

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to GovAI DC Summer Fellowship.