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We, the Center on Long-Term Risk, are looking for Summer Research Fellows to explore strategies for reducing suffering in the long-term future (s-risks) and work on technical AI safety ideas related to that. For eight weeks, fellows will be part of our team while working on their own research project. During this time, you will be in regular contact with our researchers and other fellows, and receive guidance from an experienced mentor.

You will work on challenging research questions relevant to reducing suffering. You will be integrated and collaborate with our team of intellectually curious, hard-working, and caring people, all of whom share a profound drive to make the biggest difference they can.

While this iteration retains the basic structure of previous rounds, there are several key differences:

• We are particularly interested in applicants who wish to engage in s-risk relevant empirical AI safety work (more details on our priority areas below).
• We encourage applications from individuals who may be less familiar with CLR's work on s-risk reduction but are nonetheless interested in empirical AI safety research. Our empirical agenda focuses on understanding LLM personas, in particular how malicious traits might arise.
• We are especially looking for individuals seriously [...]

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Outline:

(01:51) About the Summer Research Fellowship

(01:55) Purpose of the fellowship

(03:29) Priority areas

(05:36) What we look for in candidates

(07:11) Program details

(07:26) Program dates

(07:38) Location & office space

(08:10) Compensation

(08:33) Program length & work quota

(08:53) Application process

(09:28) Stage 1

(09:52) Stage 2

(10:16) Stage 3

(10:44) Stage 4

(11:13) Why work with CLR

(13:13) Inquiries

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First published:
March 2nd, 2026

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cJBgd6cCke6FQPL5p/clr-summer-research-fellowship-2026

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