MATS Autumn 2026 AI Safety Research Fellowship
MATS (Alignment Research Center)
Quick Facts
A word from Eli, founder of Rise Africa Scholars
MSc Information Security — Unicaf Scholar
While you wait for a fully funded opportunity, don’t put your education on hold. I completed my MSc through Unicaf — studying online from Nairobi while working full-time. The tuition discount made it genuinely affordable, and the degree is from an accredited UK university.
If you’re serious about advancing your career now, I’d encourage you to explore it. I only recommend what I’ve used myself.
About This Scholarship
The MATS Autumn 2026 fellowship programme connects researchers and field-builders with mentors from leading AI organizations to conduct impactful research on AI safety, alignment, governance, and related fields. Selected fellows receive comprehensive support including funding, housing, meals, compute resources, and mentorship to enable full-time focus on their research projects.
What This Scholarship Covers
- Funding support
- Access to compute resources
- Housing and meals
- Research management support
- Mentorship from leading AI researchers
- Access to global research community
Who Can Apply
- 1 Highly motivated to contribute to AI alignment, transparency, interpretability, governance, policy, frontier AI safety, systems security, or biosecurity
- 2 Willing to engage seriously with infohazard considerations and operate within publication and disclosure frameworks
- 3 Background in relevant fields welcome including biology, AI safety, public health, epidemiology, machine learning, engineering, chemistry, biosafety, biosecurity, and national security
- 4 Must provide contact details for two references