Arcadia Impact runs the AI Governance Taskforce for professionals moving from established careers into frontier AI governance. Participants work remotely in multidisciplinary teams of four under a research team leader and an expert partner.
Over 12 delivery weeks, teams develop policy-relevant outputs such as academic-style preprints, policy briefs, memos, and articles. The Autumn 2026 cohort runs from 12 October 2026 to 15 January 2027, including a two-week year-end break. The taskforce has run several seasonal cohorts, without a fixed annual or twice-yearly cadence stated.
Benefits & funding
- Participation is free, voluntary, and unpaid; Arcadia Impact provides no remuneration.
- Participants receive research direction and oversight from a research team leader and an expert partner.
- Teams build research credentials and professional connections while producing policy-relevant work.
- Approximately 20 Research Associate places are expected.
Eligibility
- Applicants may be based anywhere; no nationality or residency restriction is stated.
- The program is intended for experienced professionals transitioning into frontier AI governance, but no minimum number of years is specified.
- Applicants must commit at least eight hours per week throughout the cohort and work in a structured remote team.
- Applicants must be committed to careers reducing catastrophic and systemic risks from frontier AI.
- No specific degree or deep technical background is required; transferable expertise from many disciplines is considered.
Can you apply?
Open to all applicants
No nationality, residency, education, or experience limits are listed.
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Application process
- 1Submit a CV and short written answers through the general application.
- 2If shortlisted, review project briefs, select suitable projects, and complete a short project-related written task.
- 3Attend a remote interview.
- 4Successful candidates receive an offer for a specific project team.
Program timeline
Stage 1 general applications open
5 August 2026
Stage 1 general application deadline at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth
31 August 2026
Stage 2 invitations issued by this date
7 September 2026
Stage 2 project applications and written task due
13 September 2026
Interview invitations issued by the end of the day
21 September 2026
Remote interviews
Weeks commencing 21 and 28 September 2026
Offers made
Week commencing 5 October 2026
Program starts
12 October 2026
First delivery block ends
18 December 2026
Program resumes after the year-end break
4 January 2027
Program ends
15 January 2027