MATS Summer 2025
The Summer 2025 cohort supported 98 fellows with 57 mentors over a 10-week research phase running from June through August 2025. The program received applications from 115 prospective mentors, reflecting continued strong interest from the AI safety research community in mentoring emerging researchers. Research work spanned AI alignment, transparency, and security, with fellows conducting projects across the established five-track structure. The cohort concluded with a Program Symposium on August 22nd featuring 10 spotlight talks and a poster session showcasing all fellow projects.
Applications are now open. Apply by June 7th.
In stage one, you apply to one or more tracks (broad research areas): Empirical, Theory, Strategy & Forecasting, Policy & Governance, System Security, Biosecurity, and Founding & Field-Building. In stage two, advancing applicants choose specific streams within those tracks, each led by one or more mentors with their own research agenda. You can view this list as a grid here.
Additional streams will be added over the course of May.
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Community at MATS
MATS Research phase provides scholars with a community of peers.
Scholars work out of a shared office and are supported by the Community Team.
MATS alumni report that the connections with peers that they made during MATS have had the largest impact on them years later. Our full-time Community Team works to facilitate these connections and also provide general well-being support. Weekly lightning talks, scholar-led discussion groups, game nights, and outings to SF are some examples of MATS events.