Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
Apply using this link. The next cohort of Anthropic fellows starts on July 20, 2026. Apply by April 26, 2026 to be considered for this cohort. We will continue accepting applications for later cohorts on a rolling basis. In exceptional circumstances, we may be able to accommodate fellows starting outside of usual cohort timelines.
This page is specific to one of the Anthropic Fellows Workstreams, see also the main Anthropic Fellows posting.
The Anthropic Fellows Program is designed to foster AI research and engineering talent. We 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 our research priorities, with the goal of producing a public output (e.g. a paper submission). In one of our earlier cohorts, over 80% of fellows produced papers.
We 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 interview process will include an initial application & reference check, technical assessments & interviews, and a research discussion.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single q