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Vitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety

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Description5-year tuition + $40K/year stipend + $10K research fund. 14 fellows at UC Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, Cambridge.
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CreatedMay 1, 2026, 6:56 PM
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sourcefutureoflife.org/grant-program/phd-fellowships/
notesRun with BAIF (Berkeley AI Foundation). Funded by Vitalik Buterin's $665.8M donation. Closed for submissions; deadline was 2025-11-21.

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