Anthropic opens Residency applications through November 22 for technical leaders; ML background not required
READ THE ORIGINAL SOURCEOpen original sourcealignment.anthropic.com · Opens in a new tabAnthropic is opening applications for the Anthropic Residency, a paid, fixed-term research program with placements of six weeks to six months, aimed at established technical leaders such as quantitative professors, technical founders, and staff-level engineers. Background in machine learning is not required. Applications for this round close November 22, 2026. Residents are paired with Anthropic mentors, receive a dedicated compute budget, and are paid $350,000 to $500,000 per year equivalent. The program builds on the Anthropic Fellows Program and covers areas including scalable oversight, interpretability, AI security, and ML systems.
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Anthropic is opening applications for the Anthropic Residency, a paid, fixed-term research program with placements of six weeks to six months, aimed at established technical leaders such as quantitative professors, technical founders, and staff-level engineers. Background in machine learning is not required. Applications for this round close November 22, 2026. Residents are paired with Anthropic mentors, receive a dedicated compute budget, and are paid $350,000 to $500,000 per year equivalent. The program builds on the Anthropic Fellows Program and covers areas including scalable oversight, interpretability, AI security, and ML systems.
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- Applications for the Residency close November 22, 2026, with separate US and UK postings.
- Placements last six weeks, three months, or six months, and residents are paid $350,000 to $500,000/year equivalent.
- Residents are paired with an Anthropic mentor and receive dedicated self-study time, talks, and a compute budget.
- Background in machine learning, a PhD, or published papers is not required for candidates.
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Fixed-term research program for academics, technical founders and staff-level engineers working on AI safety and benefit; US and UK tracks. Anthropic launch post: 8.2K likes, 955K views, 7.4K bookmarks. Page dated around Nov 2, 2026 (date-only on page).
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