[Linkpost] “Announcing: MIRI Technical Governance Team Research Fellowship” by yams, peterbarnett, Aaron_Scher, Robi Rahman

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This is a link post. MIRI's Technical Governance Team plans to run a small research fellowship program in early 2026. The program will run for 8 weeks, and include a $1200/week stipend. Fellows are expected to work on their projects 40 hours per week. The program is remote-by-default, with an in-person kickoff week in Berkeley, CA (flights and housing provided). Participants who already live in or near Berkeley are free to use our office for the duration of the program. Fellows will spend the first week picking out scoped projects from a list provided by our team or designing independent research projects (related to our overall agenda), and then spend seven weeks working on that project under the guidance of our Technical Governance Team. One of the main goals of the program is to identify full-time hires for the team. If you are interested in participating, please fill out this application as soon as possible (should take 45-60 minutes). We plan to set dates for participation based on applicant availability, but we expect the fellowship to begin after February 2, 2026 and end before August 31, 2026 (i.e., some 8 week period in spring/summer, 2026). Strong applicants care deeply about [...] --- First published: December 16th, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Dom6E2CCaH6qxqwAY/announcing-miri-technical-governance-team-research Linkpost URL:https://techgov.intelligence.org/blog/announcing-miri-technical-governance-team-research-fellowship --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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