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OpenAI Safety Fellowship

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Here is an opportunity for you.

OpenAI has just announced a call for applications to the OpenAI Safety Fellowship, a new program for external researchers, engineers, and practitioners to pursue rigorous, high-impact research on the safety and alignment of advanced AI systems.

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The OpenAI Safety Fellowship offers fully funded fellowship that covers Visa Support, Stipend: $3,850 per week, free workspace and compute of up to $15,000 per month.

The fellowship is applicable to xternal researchers, engineers, and practitioners.

In this post, the full details of the eligibility, benefits, timeline, and application procedure will be provided.


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OpenAI Safety Fellowship 2026 Abstract

  • Host: OpenAI
  • Study Abroad: Study Abroad || Study-In-USA
  • Location: San Francisco 
  • Category: Fellowships 
  • Benefits: Full Sponsorship
    • Mentorship
    • Visa Support
    • Stipend: $3,850 per week
    • Compute
    • Free Workspace
  • Eligibility: All Countries
  • Deadline: May 3, 2026

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OpenAI Safety Fellowship 2026 Details

OpenAI Safety Fellowship is a new program for external researchers, engineers, and practitioners to pursue rigorous, high-impact research on the safety and alignment of advanced AI systems.

Priority areas for the fellowship include safety evaluation, ethics, robustness, scalable mitigations, privacy-preserving safetymethods, agentic oversight, and high-severity misuse domains, among others.

Fellows will work closely with OpenAI mentors and engage with a cohort of peers. Workspace will be available in Berkeley alongside other fellows at Constellation⁠(opens in a new window), though fellows may also work remotely.

Fellows are expected to produce a substantial research output by the end of the program, such as a paper, benchmark, or dataset.The program will run from September 14, 2026 through February 5, 2027.

OpenAI Safety Fellowship 2026 Benefits

OpenAI Safety Fellowship 2026 offers:

  • Mentors: mentorship will be provided by OpenAI’s safety and alignment teams, based in San Francisco. Potential mentors include: Chloé Bakalar, Micah Carroll, Tom Dupre la Tour, Isak Czeresnia Etinger, Tomek Korbak, Jenny Nitishinskaya, Jolene Parish, Xiangyu Qi, Dylan Sam, Karan Singhal, Jay Wang, Kaiwen Wang, Gabriel Wu, Maja Trebacz, Marcus Williams, and Jasmine Wang
  • Time Commitment: Full-time participation expected (40 hrs/week)
  • Visa Support: We are able to support fellows through multiple visa paths.
  • J-1 ; F-1 / CPT (full-time only) or OPT, and requires DSO approval
  • We may be able to support other visa situations. Please elaborate in the appropriate section below.
  • Stipend: $3,850 per week
  • Compute: Compute will be provided to support projects as needed, up to ~$15,000 per month
  • Workspace: Fellows have access to shared workspaces at Constellation (Berkeley). Remote participation is possible, but the Berkeley location is preferred for in-person interaction with mentors

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OpenAI Safety Fellowship Requirements

Fellows will work primarily with external infrastructure (e.g. open-source models, public APIs) and will not have internal system access.

You may be a good fit if you:

  • Are excited to transition into full-time empirical AI safety research
  • Have strong technical fundamentals: you can code well in Python, take ambiguous problems and make concrete progress, and think clearly about hard technical questions
  • Thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and can drive projects forward under uncertainty

 

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  • Have background in computer science, social science, cybersecurity, privacy, HCI, and related fields
  • Have prior research experience, technical judgment, and execution

You don’t need a PhD, prior ML experience, or published papers. Successful fellows from similar fellowships have had backgrounds in physics, mathematics, computer science, cybersecurity, and other quantitative fields.

OpenAI Safety Fellowship Required Documents

While applying for the OpenAI Safety Fellowship 2026, you will be required to submit the following documents;

  • Reference Letters
  • Resume
  • Academics or Professional Accomlishments

How To Apply for OpenAI Safety Fellowship 2026

To apply for the OpenAI Safety Fellowship 2026, follow the instructions we have outlined below; 

  • Read the information we have provided on this webpage and ensure your eligibility
  • Prepare all necessary documents
  • Look forward to the shortlisting for interview

  • The interview process consists of three stages:

    1. Initial application and references review
    2. Technical assessments and interviews
    3. Live interview with potential mentor(s)

Begin your application by clicking on the button below.

Deadline: May 3rd, 2026


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