Announcing: Iliad's New 2026 Fellowships

Iliad, an AI alignment research organization, announced three new fully funded fellowship cohorts starting before the end of 2026, in addition to its Fall 2026 cohort. Each cohort offers a $6,000 monthly travel-and-housing allowance and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area or London, with application deadlines on August 31, September 21, and October 19, 2026. The fellowships provide mentored research in applied math for AI alignment, with durations of 11 or 14 weeks.

Timelines are short. Given that, the sooner we can onboard people into the alignment field, the better. In that spirit, and in light of our current applicant count and quality, Iliad https://www.iliad.ac/ is launching three new Iliad Fellowship cohorts, all to start before the year is out. That is, separate from our incoming Fall 2026 Iliad Fellowship https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vBhqyeTeKMmLzW73z/announcing-iliad-s-fall-2026-programs Fall 2026 Iliad Fellowship cohort September 7–December 4 , the following Fellowship cohorts are now open for applications https://www.iliad.ac/apply?direct : Location:Choice ofSF Bay Area, USA, orLondon, UK Duration:October 5–December 18, 2026 inclusive Travel-and-Housing Support:$6,000 USD monthly travel-and-housing allowance Application Deadline:August 31, 2026 EoD AoE ; open now Description:An 11-week mentored, fully funded research fellowship in applied math for AI alignment. It will start concurrently with the October 2026 Iliad Intensive . Location:Choice ofSF Bay Area, USA, orLondon, UK Duration:November 2, 2026–February 5, 2027 inclusive Travel-and-Housing Support:$6,000 USD monthly travel-and-housing allowance Application Deadline:September 21, 2026 EoD AoE ; open now Description:A 14-week mentored, fully funded research fellowship in applied math for AI alignment. It will start concurrently with the November 2026 Iliad Intensive . The last two weeks of the year may be taken off for the holidays. Location:Choice ofSF Bay Area, USA, orLondon, UK Duration:December 1, 2026–March 5, 2027 inclusive Travel-and-Housing Support:$6,000 USD monthly travel-and-housing allowance Application Deadline:October 19, 2026 EoD AoE ; open now Description:A 14-week mentored, fully funded research fellowship in applied math for AI alignment. The last two weeks of the year may be taken off for the holidays. Applying to any or all of the above is a ~10-minute process with a single common application form https://www.iliad.ac/apply?direct .