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Applications are currently being accepted for the Kairos - Pathfinder Fellowship 2026 for Students. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Pathfinder is a selective fellowship for students organizing technical AI safety or AI policy university groups around the world. They provide mentorship, funding, and other resources to help fellows develop into on-campus leaders, preparing themselves and their group members for careers in the field.
Pathfinder organizers can apply for funding to support their group's activities, including everything from compute to speaker events to pizza. Graduate students can also apply for a stipend to support their time spent on the group.
We pair accepted fellows with experienced organizers who will support your planning, share tried-and-tested advice, and work closely with you on your specific goals and challenges.
Our workshops, Slack community, and virtual coffee chats provide opportunities to connect with other fellows and share resources, ideas, support, and inspiration.
Many of our mentors have worked at top AI safety orgs like METR, RAND, and Anthropic. They're here to offer you advice and help you navigate your own successful future in the field. Recent Pathfinder participants have landed AI safety roles at orgs like Coefficient Giving, Constellation, UK AISI, and Redwood Research, and gone on to MATS, Astra, Generator, Horizon, and other top fellowships.
Pathfinder hosts workshops on important field-building skills like doing outreach on campus, involving graduate students, and facilitating in-person courses. We also share access to the AI Safety Groups Resource Center, which contains dozens of articles on how to build and manage an AIS university group.
Organizing is one of the highest-leverage things you can do for the field, and for your own trajectory. Pathfinder helps you help students at your university learn and upskill, so they can help the world safely navigate the arrival of transformative AI.
Pathfinder fellows must:
Fellows can be based anywhere in the world. If you meet these criteria, you are encouraged to submit an application. Top applicants will be admitted to the fellowship.
