Future Impact Group is currently accepting applications for the Longview Digital Minds Career Development Fellowships 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Longview Philanthropy is offering funding to support individuals exploring a career move into research, policy, or practice concerning the consciousness, sentience, moral status, or welfare of AI systems.
Funding: a stipend calibrated to the duration of the award, cost of living, and the recipient's prior experience; plus additional funding for research or logistics on a case-by-case basis
Support: Networking opportunities, access to computational resources (if applicable), and an invitation to the annual Mind, Ethics, and Policy Summit at NYU
The following is a non-exhaustive list of profiles that we anticipate may fit the program:
A current or prospective graduate student seeking financial support to pursue studies in digital minds issues
A technical AI researcher who would like to explore research topics, attend events, and meet organisations in the digital minds space in order to select a high-impact role
A communications professional interested in pivoting to digital minds work by running surveys and building experts’ platforms
A non-profit entrepreneur who plans to spend a year exploring the digital minds space and identifying an organisation that would be useful to start up
A career civil servant, diplomat, or legal researcher seeking to explore what could be done to secure policies that deal with potential digital minds sensibly
A participant in an AI safety fellowship program (such as MATS or FIG) who is looking to continue working with their mentor on digital minds topics in a way that sets them up for longer-term roles.
The application requires the following:
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