Anthropic Fellows Program 2026 (stipend available) – YOA

Deadline: April 26, 2026

Applications are open for the Anthropic Fellows Program 2026. The Anthropic Fellows Program is designed to foster AI analysis and engineering expertise. They present funding and mentorship to promising technical expertise – no matter earlier expertise.

Fellows will primarily use exterior infrastructure (e.g. open-supply fashions, public APIs) to work on an empirical undertaking aligned with Anthropic’s analysis priorities, with the purpose of manufacturing a public output (e.g. a paper submission). In one of many earlier cohorts, over 80% of fellows produced papers.

Fellows Workstreams

Due to the success of the Anthropic Fellows for AI Safety Research program, they’re now increasing it throughout groups at Anthropic. They count on there to be vital overlap within the kinds of expertise and tasks throughout the roles and can by default think about candidates for all of the workstreams.

Some of the workstreams could embody distinctive evaluation steps; they subsequently ask you for workstream preferences within the application.

• AI Safety Fellows
• AI Security Fellows
• ML Systems & Performance Fellows
• Reinforcement Learning Fellows
• Economics & Societal Impacts Fellows

Benefits

• 4 months of full-time analysis 
• Direct mentorship from Anthropic researchers 
• Access to a shared workspace (in both Berkeley, California or London, UK)
• Connection to the broader AI security and safety analysis neighborhood
• Weekly stipend of three,850 USD / 2,310 GBP / 4,300 CAD + advantages (these fluctuate by nation)
• Funding for compute (~$15k/month) and different analysis bills

Eligibility

Candidates should be:

• Fluent in Python programming
• Available to work full-time on the Fellows program

Strong candidates may additionally have:

• Strong background in a self-discipline related to a particular Fellows workstream (e.g. economics, social sciences, or cybersecurity)
• Experience in areas of analysis or engineering associated to their workstream

Across the workstreams, chances are you’ll be a superb match in the event you:

• Are motivated by ensuring AI is secure and helpful for society as a complete
• Are excited to transition into empirical AI analysis and could be excited about a full-time position at Anthropic
• Have a powerful technical background in pc science, arithmetic, or physics
• Thrive in quick-paced, collaborative environments
• Can implement concepts rapidly and talk clearly

Application

They run a number of cohorts of Fellows annually and evaluate functions on a rolling foundation. This application is for cohorts beginning in July 2026 and past. The subsequent cohort of Anthropic fellows begins on July 20, 2026. Apply by April 26, 2026 to be thought of for this cohort.

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For extra info, go to Anthropic Fellows Program.