AI and Society Fellowship — Center for AI Safety

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 Page sections: Program overview CAIS community Guest speakers Key program details Eligibility Application Process FAQ Rapid AI progress raises fundamental questions about the distribution of power and wealth, the public oversight and accountability of AI developers, and how states pursue technological competition. The AI and Society Fellowship supports scholars in economics, law, international relations, and adjacent disciplines to engage with these and related questions.

 Program overview

 The fellowship is a fully-funded, three-month program in which fellows work with significant autonomy — defining and pursuing their own research directions — while drawing on our internal expertise and network of partners for grounding, feedback, and collaboration. By the end of the program, fellows will produce initial results that can be further developed into a publicly shareable format, such as a journal article, blog post, or lecture series. The program will conclude with a final workshop where fellows present their research to fellow cohort members and invited external academics.

 The program runs June 1 – August 21, 2026 , and will take place in-person at our offices in San Francisco.

 The CAIS community

 Our researchers have published papers in leading journals including Nature and top AI conferences such as NeurIPS and ICML , while our Executive Director advises on AI safety for leading organizations. Throughout the summer, fellows will have the opportunity to take part in events with researchers from CAIS and external institutions in the Bay Area. The fellowship aims to provide sustained exposure to frontier AI developments, peer communities focused on AI as a central issue, and institutional space to pivot research agendas toward AI.

 Guest Speakers

 Additional guest speakers will be announced soon. 

 Chad Jones

 Professor of Economics
 Stanford University 

 Gillian Hadfield

 Professor of AI Alignment and Governance

 Johns Hopkins University 

 Michael Horowitz

 Professor of Political Science
 University of Pennsylvania 

 Anton Korinek

 Professor of Economics
 University of Virginia 

 Yonathan Arbel

 Professor of Law
 University of Alabama 

 Henry Farrell

 Professor of International Affairs
 Johns Hopkins University 

 Alan Z. Rozenshtein

 Associate Professor of Law
 University of Minnesota 

 Matthew Tokson

 Professor of Law
 University of Utah 

 Key program details

 Dates: 
 June 1 – August 21, 2026
 Location: 
 San Francisco, California
 Fellowship stipend:
 $25,000
 Covered expenses:
 Travel to and from San Francisco 
Lunch and dinner provided daily at the office
 Events:
 Regular guest speaker events, workshops, and social gatherings with academics and AI researchers throughout the program.
 Eligibility

 We welcome applications from scholars who meet the f

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