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Brains Fellowship Applications Open!

L5 · ResearcherIndustry & BusinessLessWrong AI· 10/7/2026

Direct opportunity for AI researchers to secure substantial funding and mentorship for ambitious research projects

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Brains Fellowship is accepting applications for a four-month program that provides scientists with $50M funding to develop research ideas outside traditional academia or startups, with alumni raising over $70M.

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Brains is a four-month, nights and weekends fellowship to help talented scientists develop ambitious ideas (~$50M in funding) that don't make sense in a startup or academic lab. Brains Fellows receive training, mentorship, and networking opportunities to enable them to start research programs at ARPAs and philanthropic foundations or lead their own non-profit startups like FROs or NSF's X-labs. Brains fellows have gone on to raise over $70M for their research. We welcome ideas from any scientifi

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