Deadline: April 26, 2026
Applications are open for the Anthropic Fellows Program 2026. The Anthropic Fellows Program is designed to foster AI research and engineering talent. They provide funding and mentorship to promising technical talent – regardless of previous experience.
Fellows will primarily use external infrastructure (e.g. open-source models, public APIs) to work on an empirical project aligned with Anthropic’s research priorities, with the goal of producing a public output (e.g. a paper submission). In one of the earlier cohorts, over 80% of fellows produced papers.
Fellows Workstreams
Due to the success of the Anthropic Fellows for AI Safety Research program, they are now expanding it across teams at Anthropic. They expect there to be significant overlap in the types of skills and responsibilities across the roles and will by default consider candidates for all the workstreams.
Some of the workstreams may include unique assessment steps; they therefore ask you for workstream preferences in 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 research
- Direct mentorship from Anthropic researchers
- Access to a shared workspace (in either Berkeley, California or London, UK)
- Connection to the broader AI safety and security research community
- Weekly stipend of 3,850 USD / 2,310 GBP / 4,300 CAD + benefits (these vary by country)
- Funding for compute (~$15k/month) and other research expenses
Eligibility
Candidates must be:
- Fluent in Python programming
- Available to work full-time on the Fellows program
Strong candidates may also have:
- Strong background in a discipline relevant to a specific Fellows workstream (e.g. economics, social sciences, or cybersecurity)
- Experience in areas of research or engineering related to their workstream
Across the workstreams, you may be a good fit if you:
- Are motivated by making sure AI is safe and beneficial for society as a whole
- Are excited to transition into empirical AI research and would be interested in a full-time role at Anthropic
- Have a strong technical background in computer science, mathematics, or physics
- Thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments
- Can implement ideas quickly and communicate clearly
Application
They run multiple cohorts of Fellows each year and review applications on a rolling basis. This application is for cohorts starting in July 2026 and beyond. The next cohort of Anthropic fellows starts on July 20, 2026. Apply by April 26, 2026 to be considered for this cohort.
For more information, visit Anthropic Fellows Program.
