深入开展 AI 安全研究，降低灾难性风险

A structured research program, with targeted input from AI safety experts

Every Resident works within a custom program built around their research, with structured milestone progress reviews. At each progress review, the MATS Residency team provides each Resident with concrete feedback that informs the support and resources needed for the next research block. The team also coordinates input from the program's advisors, calibrated to the research direction and each Resident's preferred level of independence.

The opportunity to work alongside leading advisors

The Residency is built around researcher independence. Between milestones, Residents decide when to share their work, seek feedback, pursue new ideas, and/or develop collaborations with leading experts across the AI safety field, including UK AISI, US CAISI, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and others.

Advisors are a resource, not a line of oversight. Where relevant, Residents may also gain access to specialized research resources and opportunities to work with state-of-the-art models. This support is designed to strengthen the research while preserving each Resident’s intellectual ownership and autonomy.

Practical support designed to remove blockers

Residents receive tailored practical support to keep their research moving, including compute, technical assistance, travel and conference funding, research management, reviewer feedback, and research governance. MATS offices also provide opportunities to attend talks, meet other researchers, and connect with the wider AI safety community.

A path to lasting impact

The Residency provides an onward path beyond the program that is tailored to each track: Bridge Residents receive career development and placement support; Anchor Residents receive substantive feedback at the 12-month milestone that guides the next 12 months of research; and Incubation Residents move through ideation, and potentially fundraising and launch.

Not every project will achieve its original goal. The Residency is built to enable Residents to take risks and pursue ambitious research even when results differ from expectations. Every Resident leaves with a body of reviewable work, 4 to 8 weeks of post-Residency support, and continued access to the MATS Research community.