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Greetings,
We are excited to share this fellowship opportunity from the Foresight Institute. The Foresight Fellowship is a year-long program supporting early-career scientists, engineers, and innovators to supercharge their ability to advance technological progress. More information about the opportunity can be found in the synopsis and links below. For a full list of currently open opportunities that have been announced through our office, please visit our new Current Opportunities web page. As a reminder, our Research Development team is available to provide proposal development support to FAS ladder faculty.
- OSP Deadline: Not applicable for individual fellowships
- Sponsor Deadline: July 31, 2026
- Award Amount: One-year fellowship that provides:
- Introductions to senior scientists, relevant funders, and other mentors
- Attendance at, and paid travel for, one technical workshop and one Vision Weekend conference – events gathering leading figures at the frontiers of science and technology
- Membership in a seminar group with the option to present work
- Priority access to AI Nodes in San Francisco and Berlin – physical hubs for researchers and builders working on AI for science and safety
- Opportunity to share career successes with the Foresight community
- Quarterly career counseling calls across fellowship cohorts
Program Overview
The Foresight Institute is a research organization that supports pioneering scientists and innovators advancing technologies that benefit the future of life. The Foresight Fellowship is a year-long program supporting early-career scientists, engineers, and innovators to supercharge their ability to advance technological progress. The Institute provides Fellows with a strong network of senior researchers, mentors and funders, influential platforms to share their work, and knowledge exchange with leading experts. Fellows receive the mentorship, resources, and networks needed to advance their careers in a supportive and flexible environment. With no minimum work requirement, the focus is on empowering exceptional individuals to grow, collaborate, and make lasting impact through personalized guidance and access to a vibrant community of experts. Following completion of the program, Fellows will be accepted into the Foresight Fellowship Alumni community.
Priority Areas
- Longevity Biotechnology: Research and lab automation, reversible biostasis, healthcare 3.0
- Existential Hope: Existential opportunity and security, technological alignment, radical progress, worldbuilding, and strategic foresight
- Secure AI: Computer security, automating alignment, secure multiagent systems
- Nanotechnology: Molecular 3D printing, molecular simulation and modeling software
- Neurotechnology: Brain-computer interfaces, whole brain emulation, neuro-informed AI
- Space and Energy: Advancing progress in space development, from near-term applications to long-term exploration
Eligibility Criteria
- Early-career scientists, engineers, and innovators
- Ideal candidates demonstrate a strong track record in their domain, intellectual curiosity, and the ambition to create meaningful societal impact:
- Alignment with Focus Areas: Applicants must pursue work that aligns with Foresight Institute focus areas, listed above in Priority Areas.
- Domain Expertise: Applicants who are deeply involved in their field, with a history of academic or professional success, whether through publications, lab placements, or notable projects.
- Technical Excellence: Applicant’s work should be technically feasible and demonstrate clear potential to change the world for the better. Excellence in execution and a solid foundation for turning ideas into reality is prioritized.
- Ambitious Vision: Applicants should possess a bold, futuristic mindset. Foresight looks for visionaries who aim to challenge the status quo, take on ambitious projects, and bring new, innovative ideas to life.
- Commitment to Growth: Applicants should have a passion for continuous learning and a drive to expand their capabilities. The Institute seeks individuals who are excited about exploration, overcoming challenges, and pushing commonly accepted boundaries.
Additional Information and Resources
Interested applicants may view profiles of Fellows, recordings of Seminars, and a list of Mentors on the Foresight Fellowship landing page. Applications must be submitted via the application form. Alternatively, applicants may be nominated for consideration via the nomination form; self nomination is not allowed.
In addition to this Fellowship program, the Foresight Institute offers grants, including the current AI for Science and Safety Nodes program, with application deadlines at the end of every month.
Questions from FAS or SEAS faculty about this opportunity may be directed to research_development@fas.harvard.edu. |
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MAILING LISTS
Sign up to join the mailing list for FAS Funding Focus, a resource series tailored to help FAS faculty and staff navigate the ever-evolving landscape of grants and funding. Previous editions of FAS Funding Focus (FFF) are accessible in the FFF archive. To receive additional announcements from FORA, including the monthly On Your RADAR (Research Administration Developments & Announcements Rundown) newsletter and invitations to the FORA Forum, a monthly meeting for Harvard research administrators, please sign up for the FORA listserv here.
RESOURCES
Research Development maintains a Sample Proposal Library of successful proposals from recent award recipients that are available to FAS and SEAS faculty by request; please email Research Development to request to view a proposal. For more information on Research Development's resources—including lists of internal funding programs, early career funding programs, and sabbatical fellowships—please visit the Funding Opportunities web page.
SEARCH FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITH PIVOT
All Harvard affiliates can search for opportunities and set up alerts using Pivot, a searchable database of federal and private funding opportunities. Information on Pivot, including a one-page user guide, and other funding opportunity databases available to the Harvard community can be found on the Funding Databases web page.
PIVOT CURATED SEARCHES
Curated funding opportunity lists are funding search topics of broad interest. The following curated lists can be further refined in Pivot based on your funding needs. To view the results you must be on a Harvard network or logged in to your Pivot account. Information on setting up a Pivot account can be found in our one-page user guide.
Additional curated lists are available on the Funding Databases web page. We continue to add to and refine these lists based on feedback. Please feel free to reach out to us at research_development@fas.harvard.edu with any suggestions you may have. |
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