AI fellowships
16 open AI fellowships, each checked against the organizer's official page. 5 close in the next 7 days and 3 take applications on a rolling basis.
A fellowship pays a person rather than a project, usually a stipend or a salary for a set period, with time to do research, open source work or a career move.
Money for people who build or study AI systems: research grants, compute credits, AI safety funding, fellowships and hackathons built around new models.
Schmidt AI in Science Postdocs at UC San Diego: 2027 cohort
The Schmidt AI in Science Postdocs program at UC San Diego pays from $85,000 a year for two years of AI driven science. Apply by October 5, 2026.
Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto: 2027 start
The Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto pays $85,000 CDN a year for two years. Apply by October 5, 2026.
Schmidt AI in Science African Faculty Fellowship 2027 at the University of Michigan
The Schmidt AI in Science African Faculty Fellowship pays a $35,000 yearly stipend for a year at the University of Michigan. Phase 1 closes October 5, 2026.
IAIFI Fellowship 2027 to 2030 at MIT
The IAIFI Fellowship pays postdocs $71,000 to $90,000 a year for three years of physics and AI research in Boston. Apply by October 7, 2026.
NetHope Humanitarian AI Research Fellowship 2026
NetHope's remote, part time Humanitarian AI Research Fellowship pays a stipend for AI research from November 2026 to February 2027. Apply by October 9, 2026.
Iliad Fellowship December 2026
The Iliad Fellowship pays a $6,000 monthly travel and housing allowance for 14 weeks of mentored AI alignment research. Apply by October 19, 2026.
Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship North America 2027
Qualcomm pays $50,000 per student to PhD teams of two at 25 US and Canadian universities. Abstracts are due October 19, 2026.
NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program 2027 to 2028
The NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship gives up to $60,000 per award to PhD students working on accelerated computing. Apply by 30 October 2026.
MATS Residency Winter 2027: paid AI safety research
The MATS Residency pays $155,000 to $285,000 a year for AI safety research in London, Berkeley or Washington DC. Applications close 31 October 2026.
Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship 2027
Jane Street covers a year of tuition and pays a $50,000 stipend to PhD students in computer science, maths, physics or statistics. Apply by 13 November 2026.
Iliad Intensive January 2027
The Iliad Intensive in January 2027 is a free four week AI alignment course with a $5,000 travel and housing allowance. Apply by 16 November 2026.
AFFINE Alignment Seminar Winter 2027 in Portugal
The AFFINE Alignment Seminar is a free four week AI alignment residency in Portugal in January 2027, with a $1,000 stipend. Apply by November 22, 2026.
Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan: 2027 cohort
The Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan pays $81,000 a year for two years of AI driven science. Apply by November 23, 2026.
Perplexity Research Fellowship
The Perplexity Research Fellowship pays a $180,000 or $220,000 annualized salary for 3 months of full time AI research. Applications are rolling.
Anthropic Fellows Program: January 2027 cohort
Anthropic Fellows get a weekly stipend of $3,850 and about $15k a month for compute for four months of AI safety or security research. Applications for the January cohort are open.
Claude Corps fellowship
Claude Corps is a one year paid fellowship at nonprofits across the United States for people early in their careers, with an $85,000 salary. Applications are rolling for the 2027 cohorts.
Questions
How many AI fellowships are open right now?
16 as of 5 October 2026. 5 close in the next 7 days and 3 take applications on a rolling basis.
Which AI fellowships close soonest?
Schmidt AI in Science Postdocs at UC San Diego: 2027 cohort from UC San Diego and Schmidt Sciences closes on 5 October 2026. Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto: 2027 start from University of Toronto and Schmidt Sciences closes on 5 October 2026. Schmidt AI in Science African Faculty Fellowship 2027 at the University of Michigan from Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society (MIDAS), University of Michigan, with Schmidt Sciences closes on 5 October 2026.
Can I apply from any country?
10 of the 16 accept applicants worldwide. The others are limited to a region or a country, and each entry says which.
Do any of them take equity?
None of them take equity. They pay as grants, prizes, stipends or credits.
How is this list checked?
Every entry is written from the organizer's official page and links to it. Programs with a rolling deadline are checked again for closure, and an entry moves to the archive on the day it closes.