AI and Society Fellowship
Applications close March 24, 11:59 PM PDT
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.
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.
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.
Additional guest speakers will be announced soon.
Professor of Economics
Stanford University
Professor of Political Science
University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Law
University of Alabama
Professor of Economics
University of Virginia
Professor of International Affairs
Johns Hopkins University
Associate Professor of Law
University of Minnesota
We welcome applications from scholars who meet the following criteria:
Applicants will submit a CV, writing sample, brief research proposal, and goals for the fellowship. A select number of applicants will then be invited to interview remotely, and final decisions will be communicated to all applicants by mid-April.