MATS AUTUMN 2026

Program Autumn 2026 MATS Autumn 2026 The Autumn 2026 program will run for 10 weeks in Berkeley, CA and London, UK from September 28th to December 4th. Fellows will receive mentorship from world-class researchers and at organizations like Anthropic, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Redwood Research, and ARC, with the option to apply for a 6–12 month funded extension beyond the main program. For the first time, we are running Founding & Field-Building and Biosecurity tracks. Applications are now open. Apply by June 7th. Apply Apply Autumn 2026\\ \\ Streams Program phases Key dates for the application and admissions timeline 1\. Applications General Application (May 12th to June 7th) Applicants fill out a general application to individual tracks which should take 1-2 hours. Applications are due by June 7th EOD AOE. Additional Evaluations (June 7th to late July) After an initial evaluation, applicants will apply to individual streams listed below. Additionally, applicants undergo a variety of track specific evaluations including coding tests, writing reviews, work tests, and interviews. Which evaluations you will undergo depend on the tracks, streams and mentors you apply to. Admissions Decisions (Late July to early August) Selected applicants are notified of their acceptance and anticipated mentor later in the application cycle. Autumn 2026 Timeline: 2\. Main Program 3\. Extension Phase 4\. Post-program Autumn 2026 Streams Filters Founding and Field-Building Empirical Policy and Governance Biosecurity Strategy and Forecasting Theory Systems Security 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. AI Futures Project Strategy and Forecasting We are interested in mentoring projects in AI forecasting and governance. This work would build on the AI 2027 report to either do more scenario forecasting or explore how to positively affect key decision points, informed by our scenario. Read more Mentorship structure Desired fellow characteristics Project selection process Alignment Research Center (ARC) Theory The Alignment Research Center is a small non-profit research g