MATS Research Program
MATS (ML Alignment & Theory Scholars) Berkeley, London, United States, United Kingdom · open to applicants worldwide
12-week in-person AI safety research program pairing fellows with top mentors in alignment, interpretability and security, with a chance at a funded 6-12 month extension.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
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About
Also: mentorship from AI safety researchers; research in Berkeley or London; optional funded 6-12 month extension.
Who can apply: See the program site for stream-specific requirements.
Free to apply.
Twice a year (Winter and Summer cohorts); Winter 2027 applications are closed.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: application form, cv, work test.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Winter 2027 applications are closed.”
Who can apply
- Open to researchers, students, people in a career transition, working professionals
- See the program site for stream-specific requirements.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Test scoresOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to MATS (ML Alignment & Theory Scholars) without your tap.
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